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Spell Bee Word: Lotion


What does lotion mean?

Word: Lotion

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lotion means a smooth liquid that you rub on your skin.

How do you spell lotion?

Syllables: lo - tion

Tricky part: The end sounds like shun but is spelt tion. Loshun is how the word sounds, not how it looks.

Watch out for: loshun, lotian

Memory tip: Whisper the ending the way it looks, t-i-on, three times before you write it.

Lotion in a sentence

Example 1: Mum rubbed lotion on my dry elbows after the swim.

Example 2: This lotion smells of almonds and feels cool on the skin.

Example 3: Sahil packed a small bottle of lotion for the trip to Ladakh.

Fun Fact

The word comes from a Latin word meaning a washing, so the name was about cleaning long before it was about soft skin.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) perfume
b) towel
c) loation
d) shampoo

Show answer

c) loation. The long o here is written with just one letter, so there is no a in the word.

Spellacadabra

Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:

o, i, o

a) l_t__n
b) m_nt__n
c) f_ct__n
d) st_t__n

Show answer

a) l_t__n. Try o, i and o in each one and just one real word appears: lotion.

Sound Check

Which word does not rhyme with the given word?

lotion

a) notion
b) nation
c) motion
d) ocean

Show answer

b) nation. Nation has an ay sound in its first beat; the other three share the long o.

Jumble Tumble

Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of something you rub on your skin?

a) moilto
b) noilto
c) noiltu
d) noilte

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b) noilto. The letters of noilto make the word; an e, a u or an m gets in the way in the others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would you most likely pack alongside your sun lotion?

a) a maths book
b) a straw hat
c) a pencil box
d) a woollen scarf

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b) a straw hat

2. What does hand lotion do for dry skin?

a) makes it look darker
b) makes it grow thicker
c) makes it feel softer
d) makes it feel colder

Show answer

c) makes it feel softer

Associated Words

Words that end in -tion: subtraction, multiplication, injection, evaporation, operation, confirmation

More words from this list

pleat, sort, tackle, whisker, blend, commuter, dose, gramophone

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