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Spell Bee Word: perception


Basic Details

Word: Perception

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The way you notice and understand something through your senses or your mind; also the opinion you form about something.

Synonyms: understanding, awareness, view, impression

Antonyms: ignorance

How to Spell Perception

Syllables: per - cep - tion

Tricky part: It starts with per, not pur, and keeps the c of perceive. The ending is ption.

Watch out for: perseption, purception, perceiption

Memory tip: Perception grows out of perceive. Keep perc, drop the eive and add -eption: per-c-eption.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Owls have sharp perception of sound in the dark.

Example 2: Travelling to new places changed my perception of other cultures.

Example 3: Her perception was that the test was easy, but the results said otherwise.

Fun Fact

Optical illusions trick our perception: two lines of the same length can look different because of the arrows at their ends.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: perception

a) ignorance
b) rejection
c) deception
d) understanding

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d) understanding. Perception is how we understand things; ignorance is not knowing at all.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

perceiption

a) e
b) c
c) p
d) i

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d) i. The ei of perceive does not carry over: after perc comes eption.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) exeption
b) perception
c) deseption
d) reseption

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b) perception. Deception, reception and exception all need a c before -ption.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Depth perception helps us to judge ____.

a) how loud a song is
b) what day it is
c) how far away things are
d) how much money we have

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c) how far away things are

2. Which part of a dog gives it such a strong perception of smells?

a) its fur
b) its paws
c) its nose
d) its tail

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c) its nose

Associated Words

edgeprofaneremarkableadvertisediabolic
specialistpasturecallousprocedurewildlife

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