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Spell Bee Word: Nostalgia


What does nostalgia mean?

Word: Nostalgia

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Nostalgia means a warm but slightly sad feeling when you remember happy times gone by and wish you could live them again.

Synonyms: homesickness

How do you spell nostalgia?

Syllables: nos - tal - gia

Tricky part: The j sound near the end is spelt with a g, as in magic and giant.

Watch out for: nostaljia, nostalja

Memory tip: Picture a magic photo album that takes you back in time: magic and nostalgia both write their j sound as a g.

Nostalgia in a sentence

Example 1: Looking at my baby photos fills Mummy with nostalgia.

Example 2: Grandpa speaks with nostalgia about his village school.

Example 3: The smell of rain on dry earth fills me with nostalgia for summer holidays.

Fun Fact

A Swiss doctor, Johannes Hofer, made up the word in 1688 from two Greek words meaning returning home and pain.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) memory
b) holiday
c) childhood
d) nostalgea

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d) nostalgea. The word ends in gia: an i, not an e, comes after the g.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

n_st_lgia

a) a, a
b) o, a
c) u, e
d) o, e

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b) o, a. The first vowel is o and the second is a.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

nostallgia

a) s
b) g
c) a
d) l

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d) l. There is a single l in nostalgia.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: nostalgia

a) worry
b) excitement
c) longing
d) boredom

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c) longing. Nostalgia is a longing for happy times in the past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could give someone a feeling of nostalgia?

a) today's weather report
b) a new set of crayons
c) an old school photograph
d) tomorrow's homework list

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c) an old school photograph

2. Nostalgia is a feeling about the ____.

a) past
b) unknown
c) present
d) future

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a) past

Associated Words

serioushelpmicrophonehusbandharbour
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