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Spell Bee Word: Population


What does population mean?

Word: Population

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Population means the number of people who live in a place, such as a town, a state or a country.

Synonyms: inhabitants, people

How do you spell population?

Syllables: pop - u - la - tion

Tricky part: The end is tion, not sion, even though it sounds like shun.

Watch out for: populasion, populashun

Memory tip: At the end, spell the shun sound out loud, letter by letter: t, i, o, n, never s, h, u, n.

Population in a sentence

Example 1: The population of our town has grown a lot in ten years.

Example 2: Tokyo has a huge population.

Example 3: Scientists counted the tiger population in the Sundarbans.

Fun Fact

By United Nations estimates, India passed China in 2023 to become the country with the largest population.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) neighbour
b) country
c) poppulation
d) district

Show answer

c) poppulation. Population has a single p in the middle.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The popolation of our village grew after the new factory opened.

a) factory
b) village
c) popolation
d) opened

Show answer

c) popolation. The second vowel of population is u.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

popullation

a) l
b) u
c) a
d) p

Show answer

a) l. There is only one l.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lapitonupo

a) popluation
b) pouplation
c) popualtion
d) population

Show answer

d) population. Popluation, popualtion and pouplation all end in tion but mix up the letters before it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a city's population grows, it means ____.

a) the buildings get older
b) it rains more often
c) more people live there
d) the roads get wider

Show answer

c) more people live there

2. Counting the population of a country is called a ____.

a) census
b) concert
c) contest
d) cartoon

Show answer

a) census

Associated Words

Words that end in -ation: inspiration, motivation, anticipation, communication, recreation, evaluation

More words from this list

silent, untie, assess, celebrate, decrease, feed, household, mailbox

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