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Spell Bee Word: Fiction


What does fiction mean?

Word: Fiction

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fiction means writing about people and events that are made up, not real.

Synonyms: fantasy, story

Antonyms: non-fiction

How do you spell fiction?

Syllables: fic - tion

Tricky part: The end is tion, not shun or sion.

Watch out for: fictoin, fikshun, ficsion

Memory tip: A made-up tale ends in t-i-o-n: let the t of tale remind you that fiction never ends in sion.

Fiction in a sentence

Example 1: Harry Potter is a work of fiction.

Example 2: The library keeps fiction on the top shelf and atlases below.

Example 3: Is that true, or is it just fiction?

Fun Fact

Fiction comes from the Latin fingere, to shape or make up. Figment, as in a figment of your imagination, comes from the same word.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: fiction

a) poem
b) fact
c) play
d) novel

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b) fact. A fact is true, while fiction is made up.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

ficktion

a) k
b) i
c) t
d) c

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a) k. The k sound in fiction is written with c alone.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

notific

a) friction
b) function
c) faction
d) fiction

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d) fiction. Two i's and no r, u or a: that gives fiction.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) librery
b) auther
c) fiction
d) novle

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c) fiction. Author ends in or, novel ends in el and library has ar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book belongs on the fiction shelf?

a) A book on how volcanoes form
b) An atlas of the world
c) A life of Marie Curie
d) A story about a talking tiger

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d) A story about a talking tiger

2. Science fiction is a story that is usually about...

a) how to pass a science test
b) the lives of famous scientists
c) real experiments done in a lab
d) imagined inventions or space travel

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d) imagined inventions or space travel

Associated Words

Words that end in -ction: attraction, prediction, reflection, instruction, affection, protection

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: fantasy

More words from this list

indicate, misfortune, prevention, several, treatment, agitated, carpenter, description

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