Home / Free Study Material / Spell Bee Summer / Class 5 Spell Bee Summer Words / infection

Spell Bee Word: infection


Basic Details

Word: Infection

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: An illness caused when germs such as bacteria or viruses get into the body, or into a cut, and start to multiply.

Synonyms: illness, disease

How to Spell Infection

Syllables: in - fec - tion

Tricky part: The middle has a c before the t, not a k, and the ending is tion. Children who spell by sound often write infecsion or infekshun.

Watch out for: infecsion, infaction, infektion, infecshun

Memory tip: Start with infect, the action word, then add ion. Germs infect you, and what you end up with is an infection.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Rohan's cut got an infection because he did not wash it after playing in the mud.

Example 2: The doctor said Dadi's cough was a chest infection and gave her medicine for five days.

Example 3: Washing hands with soap before meals stops many infections from spreading in class.

Fun Fact

In 1928 Alexander Fleming noticed that a mould called Penicillium was killing bacteria on one of his lab plates; this led to penicillin, a medicine still used for many bacterial infections.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

infect

a) tion
b) ation
c) sion
d) ion

Show answer

d) ion. Infect already ends in t, so it needs only ion to become infection.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) infection
b) vacination
c) medecine
d) simptom

Show answer

a) infection. Only infection is right; the other three should read vaccination, medicine and symptom.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

infecction

a) c
b) t
c) n
d) i

Show answer

a) c. Infect has a single c sitting just before the t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by ____.

a) bacteria
b) viruses
c) allergies
d) sunburn

Show answer

a) bacteria

2. A cut that turns red, warm and swollen may have ____.

a) an infection
b) a vaccine
c) a plaster cast
d) a fracture

Show answer

a) an infection

Associated Words

enormityfiscalacknowledgelegislativecompressor
conventionplantationdreadfulnumerousbackground

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

70%