What does invention mean?
Word: Invention
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Invention means something new that someone has made or thought of for the first time.
Synonyms: innovation
How do you spell invention?
Syllables: in - ven - tion
Tricky part: The ending is tion, not sion, even though it sounds like shun.
Watch out for: invension, invenshun, invenction
Memory tip: Picture someone holding up a big letter t for their new idea: the shun sound at the end of invention is spelt with that t.
Invention in a sentence
Example 1: The light bulb was one of the most useful inventions of its time.
Example 2: For the science fair, Ines showed her invention: a shoe that dries itself.
Example 3: Grandma says the pressure cooker is the best invention in her kitchen.
Fun Fact
Paper was first made in China; its invention is usually credited to a court official named Cai Lun, around the year 105.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) discovary
b) machene
c) experimant
d) invention
Show answer
d) invention. Discovary, experimant and machene each have one wrong vowel; invention has none.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
vintnoein
a) convention
b) invitation
c) invention
d) intention
Show answer
c) invention. There is a v and three n's; start with in and the rest falls into place.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The printing press was an invintion that changed how people shared books.
a) changed
b) printing
c) shared
d) invintion
Show answer
d) invintion. The middle is ven, as in invent.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
invention
a) silence
b) mistake
c) creation
d) habit
Show answer
c) creation. A creation is something that someone has made, as an invention is.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Name the human invention in this list.
a) the coral reef
b) the volcano
c) the telephone
d) the rainbow
Show answer
c) the telephone
2. Which of these inventions do we use to tell the time?
a) a clock
b) a pencil
c) a kettle
d) a fan
Show answer
a) a clock
