What does unconscious mean?
Word: Unconscious
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Unconscious means not able to see, hear, feel or respond, for example after a bad knock on the head. It can also mean done without noticing, like an unconscious habit.
Synonyms: senseless, knocked out
Antonyms: conscious
How do you spell unconscious?
Syllables: un - con - scious
Tricky part: The middle hides sc, and most mistakes drop the s or the c.
Watch out for: unconcious, unconsious, unconshious
Memory tip: Picture a sleeping cat curled up in the middle of the word: s for sleeping, c for cat, un-con-sc.
Unconscious in a sentence
Example 1: Grandpa fell asleep so deeply on the sofa that he seemed almost unconscious.
Example 2: The doctors kept Grandpa unconscious with medicine during his operation.
Example 3: Tapping her pencil is an unconscious habit of Riya's; she does not notice she does it.
Fun Fact
Conscious comes from the Latin conscius, from con, with, and scire, to know. The same scire gives us the word science.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
unconsc_o_s
a) i, o
b) u, u
c) i, u
d) e, u
Show answer
c) i, u. The ending is ious, the same as in delicious and precious.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) unconscious
b) hospitel
c) emergancy
d) ambulence
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a) unconscious. Ambulance ends in ance, emergency has an e before ncy, and hospital ends in al.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
unconscious
a) tired
b) bored
c) asleep
d) awake
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d) awake. An awake person can see, hear and answer you, which an unconscious person cannot.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nuoicusoscn
a) subconscious
b) unconscious
c) unconsciously
d) conscious
Show answer
b) unconscious. Subconscious needs a b, conscious leaves out the u and n, and unconsciously ends with l and y.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A first-aid poster says: if someone is unconscious, call for help at once. An unconscious person ____.
a) is quiet but can still talk
b) is confused but answers you
c) is sleepy but still listening
d) cannot respond when you speak
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d) cannot respond when you speak
2. Which is most likely an unconscious habit?
a) twisting your hair as you read
b) packing your bag every night
c) saving coins in a piggy bank
d) practising the piano daily
Show answer
a) twisting your hair as you read
