Basic Details
Word: Suggestion
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: An idea or plan put forward for others to consider. It can also mean a slight sign of something.
Synonyms: proposal, idea, hint
How to Spell Suggestion
Syllables: sug - ges - tion
Tricky part: The double g is the trap, and the ending is tion, not sion or shun. Many students write sugestion.
Watch out for: sugestion, suggesion, suggestian, sujestion
Memory tip: Write suggest, then just add ion, as in question and digestion. The t is already in place, so the ending is tion, never sion.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The class monitor dropped a suggestion into the box outside the staff room.
Example 2: Mamma took my suggestion and made aloo paratha for breakfast.
Example 3: There was a suggestion of a smile on the strict teacher's face.
Fun Fact
Psychologists use the phrase power of suggestion for the way people can be influenced simply by an idea put into their minds.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to form a word:
su__estion
a) d, g
b) g, j
c) g, g
d) j, j
Show answer
c) g, g. Both missing letters are g, as in suggest.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the meaning of the correctly spelt word:
1. suggestion 2. advisible 3. oppinion 4. recomendation
a) a personal view or belief
b) an idea put forward for others to consider
c) wise and sensible to do
d) advice that something is good
Show answer
b) an idea put forward for others to consider. Opinion has one p, advisable ends in able and recommendation has two m's, so suggestion is correct.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:
The principal thanked the parents for every nosegtsgiu they sent in.
a) suggestive
b) suggestion
c) congestion
d) digestion
Show answer
b) suggestion. Digestion has a d, congestion a c, and suggestive a v, none of which the jumble contains.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a suggestion?
a) The train left at six.
b) Close the door now!
c) Did the train arrive?
d) Why don't we take the train?
Show answer
d) Why don't we take the train?
2. A suggestion box in a school is used for ____.
a) keeping lost property
b) selling tickets
c) collecting ideas from people
d) storing exam papers
Show answer
c) collecting ideas from people
