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Spell Bee Word: mentioned


Basic Details

Word: Mentioned

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Past tense of mention: spoke or wrote about something briefly.

Synonyms: remarked, noted, referred to, stated

Antonyms: concealed, omitted

How to Spell Mentioned

Syllables: men - tioned

Tricky part: The shun sound is spelt tion, and the n is not doubled before ed.

Watch out for: mensioned, mentionned, mentiond

Memory tip: Mention ends in tion like action and station; to make the past tense, just add ed and change nothing else.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Did the teacher mention the test date? Yes, she mentioned it twice.

Example 2: The newspaper mentioned our school's science project.

Example 3: He never mentioned that he could play the sitar.

Fun Fact

Mention comes from Latin mentio, 'a calling to mind', which is related to mens, the Latin word for mind.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the word closest in meaning to mentioned as used in the sentence:

The guide mentioned that the fort was built in the sixteenth century.

a) concealed
b) denied
c) remarked
d) forgot

Show answer

c) remarked. To mention is to remark on something briefly; concealed and denied are the opposite.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters:

men_io_ed

a) t, m
b) c, n
c) s, n
d) t, n

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d) t, n. Mention is spelt with tion, and ed simply follows the n.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

The principal deinetomn our project in the morning assembly.

a) mentioned
b) sentenced
c) mentored
d) motioned

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a) mentioned. The principal spoke about the project in the assembly, so he mentioned it; motioned and mentored cannot be built from these letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'As mentioned above' in a letter refers to something ____.

a) never written
b) written by someone else
c) written later
d) written earlier

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d) written earlier

2. Mentioned is closest in meaning to ____.

a) shouted at
b) referred to
c) hidden away
d) written over

Show answer

b) referred to

Associated Words

fulfilledinterrogateobservedactivitiesslowly
primesuccessionecstaticmodalindifferent

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