What does portion mean?
Word: Portion
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Portion means a part of something bigger, or the amount of food served to one person.
Synonyms: part, piece, helping
Antonyms: whole
How do you spell portion?
Syllables: por - tion
Tricky part: The start is por, as in port, but many children write it like the word pour.
Watch out for: pourtion, porshan, poartion
Memory tip: A ship drops off part of its cargo at every port it visits: think of each load as the port's portion.
Portion in a sentence
Example 1: Mother gave each of us an equal portion of the pudding.
Example 2: A large portion of the forest was lost in the fire.
Example 3: Read the first portion of the chapter before tomorrow's class.
Fun Fact
Portion comes from the Latin word portio, and the same root gives English the word proportion.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
portion
a) total
b) plenty
c) share
d) heap
Show answer
c) share. A portion is your share of something; a total is everything added together.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Each player got a portion of orange slices at half-time in the footbal match.
a) portion
b) footbal
c) player
d) orange
Show answer
b) footbal. Football is foot plus ball, so it ends in a double l.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) porsion
b) plenty
c) kitchen
d) picture
Show answer
a) porsion. The shun sound at the end is spelt tion here, just as in station.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tronipo
a) potion
b) portion
c) position
d) pointer
Show answer
b) portion. Potion has no r, pointer needs an e, and position an s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A menu offers a half portion of pasta. What does that mean?
a) a dish cooked twice
b) a dish for two people
c) a smaller amount of the dish
d) half the price of a drink
Show answer
c) a smaller amount of the dish
2. Anna ate a portion of the pizza. How much did she eat?
a) twice as much
b) none of it
c) all of it
d) some of it
Show answer
d) some of it
