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Spell Bee Word: Pollution


What does pollution mean?

Word: Pollution

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pollution means dirt, smoke or harmful things that make the air, water or land unclean and unsafe.

How do you spell pollution?

Syllables: pol - lu - tion

Tricky part: The end sounds like shun but is spelt tion.

Watch out for: pollushun, pollusion, pollucion

Memory tip: Station and pollution end the same way: the shun sound is spelt tion.

Pollution in a sentence

Example 1: Smoke from old buses adds to air pollution.

Example 2: We cleaned the beach to cut down pollution.

Example 3: Plastic bags thrown in the river harm the fish.

Fun Fact

On some winter days, schools in Delhi have been closed because the air pollution was so bad.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pallution
b) plastic
c) smoke
d) rubbish

Show answer

a) pallution. The first vowel in pollution is an o, as in pot.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lopulonti

a) polultion
b) pollution
c) pullotion
d) plolution

Show answer

b) pollution. Spot the ending tion, then put the other five letters in front.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Loud horns cause noise polution in our city.

a) noise
b) horns
c) city
d) polution

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d) polution. The word needs a double l: pol-lu-tion.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

poll_tion

a) o
b) a
c) u
d) i

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c) u. Say pol-lu-tion: the middle beat is lu, with a u.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which way of going to school makes the least pollution?

a) by car
b) by taxi
c) by bicycle
d) by motorbike

Show answer

c) by bicycle

2. Oil spilt into a river makes the river water ____.

a) dirty
b) cold
c) sweet
d) clean

Show answer

a) dirty

Associated Words

Words that end in -tion: mention, correction, decoration, addition, ambition, celebration

More words from this list

ship, tie, aim, bored, colt, factory, grow, mango

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