Basic Details
Word: Position
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The place where someone or something is, or the way they are standing or sitting; also a job or rank.
Synonyms: location, place, post
How to Spell Position
Syllables: po - si - tion
Tricky part: There is one s, not two, and the ending is tion. Students often write possition or posision.
Watch out for: possition, posision, posetion
Memory tip: Your position is where you sit, and sit is hiding inside: po-SIT-ion. Sit has one s, so position does too.
Usage Examples
Example 1: From her position on the hilltop, she could see the whole valley.
Example 2: Sit in an upright position when you write.
Example 3: He applied for the position of librarian at the new school.
Fun Fact
At the start of a game of chess, each queen stands on a square of her own colour: the white queen on a light square, the black queen on a dark one.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The goalkeeper moved into possition just in time, but the ball curled past his gloves and into the top corner of the net, silencing the home crowd.
a) silencing
b) possition
c) gloves
d) goalkeeper
Show answer
b) possition. Remember sit inside the word: po-sit-ion has one s.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word position as it is used in the sentence:
The sailors used the stars to work out the ship's position at night.
a) height
b) shadow
c) location
d) distance
Show answer
c) location. Here position means where the ship is, which is its location.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The bus driver checked the ponitiso of every mirror before setting off.
a) potion
b) positive
c) poison
d) position
Show answer
d) position. There are two i's and an n, and no v, so positive cannot be right.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The word position can also mean ____.
a) a type of fruit
b) a loud noise
c) a job in an office
d) a kind of medicine
Show answer
c) a job in an office
2. Which word means put something in a particular place?
a) position
b) posture
c) possess
d) postpone
Show answer
a) position
