What does passion mean?
Word: Passion
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Passion means a very strong feeling of love, enthusiasm or interest for something.
Synonyms: enthusiasm, love, zeal, fervour
Antonyms: apathy
How do you spell passion?
Syllables: pas - sion
Tricky part: The sh sound is made by a double s; students write pashion or pasion.
Watch out for: pashion, pasion
Memory tip: When you love something, hours pass without you noticing: passion holds the word pass.
Passion in a sentence
Example 1: Her passion for painting began when she was six.
Example 2: He spoke about wildlife with real passion.
Example 3: Football is a passion for many people in Kolkata.
Fun Fact
Passion comes from the Latin pati, to suffer. The same root gives patient, a person who bears pain calmly.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word passion as used in the sentence:
The violinist played with such passion that the audience rose to its feet.
a) indifference
b) devotion
c) earnestness
d) ardour
Show answer
a) indifference. Ardour, earnestness and devotion are all close to passion; indifference means not caring at all.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. dedicaton 2. curiousity 3. passion 4. talant
a) hard work and time given to a task or cause
b) a burning love for an activity or cause
c) a strong wish to know or learn about something
d) a natural skill for doing something well
Show answer
b) a burning love for an activity or cause. Curiosity drops the u of curious, dedication needs an i before on and talent has an e, so passion is the one spelt correctly.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Cooking became her spoinas after she won the school contest.
a) passion
b) session
c) poisons
d) pension
Show answer
a) passion. Poisons needs two o's, and pension and session both need an e; the jumble has an a, which only passion uses.
Word Makeup
Only one of these words does NOT take the suffix ate to make an adjective:
ate
a) affection
b) passion
c) fortune
d) courage
Show answer
d) courage. Passionate, affectionate and fortunate are all words; courage makes courageous instead.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these boys is showing passion for music?
a) one who practises the violin daily by choice
b) one who often skips his violin class
c) one who forgets his violin lesson
d) one who quit the violin in a week
Show answer
a) one who practises the violin daily by choice
2. Someone who speaks with passion about saving trees is ____.
a) deeply moved by the cause
b) repeating what others told him
c) reading out a script for marks
d) bored by the whole topic
Show answer
a) deeply moved by the cause
