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Spell Bee Word: television


Basic Details

Word: Television

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A system for sending moving pictures and sound over a distance, or the set on which we watch them.

Synonyms: TV, telly

How to Spell Television

Syllables: tel - e - vi - sion

Tricky part: The ending is sion, not tion, and there is only one s. Students also swap the e's and i's: telivision, televison.

Watch out for: telivision, televison, televition, televission

Memory tip: Tele means far, and vision means seeing: television lets you see far away. Put the two whole words side by side.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We watched the moon landing replay on the old television at Nani's house.

Example 2: Our school has a television in the library for documentaries.

Example 3: Too much television before bed can make it hard to sleep.

Fun Fact

India's public broadcaster, Doordarshan, began as an experimental service in Delhi in 1959.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Only one of these words can follow the prefix tele to form a real word. Choose it:

tele

a) vision
b) look
c) sight
d) glance

Show answer

a) vision. Tele means far and vision means seeing; it joins vision, as in television, but never the other three.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

televission

a) s
b) i
c) v
d) e

Show answer

a) s. Vision has one s, and television keeps it that way.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:

We watched the cricket final on the big ievelsotin in the community hall.

a) revision
b) televisions
c) elevation
d) television

Show answer

d) television. Elevation needs an a, revision an r, and televisions has one more s than the jumble.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In British English, telly is an informal word for ____.

a) television
b) telescope
c) telegram
d) telephone

Show answer

a) television

2. John Logie Baird gave one of the first public demonstrations of television in ____.

a) 1826
b) 1996
c) 1926
d) 1966

Show answer

c) 1926

Associated Words

objectcacklingpublicpolitenessdisillusioned
lieformationobservationpersonifiedauction

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