What does vision mean?
Word: Vision
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Vision means the power to see. It can also mean a picture in your mind of what the future could be.
Synonyms: eyesight
Antonyms: blindness
How do you spell vision?
Syllables: vi - sion
Tricky part: There is only one s, even though it makes a soft zh sound. Children often double it.
Watch out for: vission, vizion, vishion
Memory tip: Your eyes take in one thing at a time, and vision keeps just one s for its soft zh sound.
Vision in a sentence
Example 1: I had my vision tested at school today.
Example 2: Owls have sharp vision at night.
Example 3: Our principal has a vision of a greener school.
Fun Fact
Normal eyesight is often called 20/20 vision. In the UK and many other countries the same test result is usually written as 6/6, because it is measured in metres.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
vision
a) sight
b) smell
c) hearing
d) touch
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a) sight. Vision is the sense of sight; hearing, touch and smell are other senses.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) mirrer
b) vision
c) picter
d) docter
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b) vision. The endings give the others away: mirror and doctor finish with or, and picture with ture.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
v_si_n
a) i, a
b) e, i
c) i, o
d) e, o
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c) i, o. The first vowel is the short i of sit, and the ending sounds like shun but is spelt with an o.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nisivo
a) visoin
b) vision
c) viison
d) vsiion
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b) vision. Only one choice can be read aloud as vi-sion; the others move a vowel.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What helps people whose vision is weak?
a) earplugs
b) spectacles
c) mittens
d) slippers
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b) spectacles
2. Which sentence uses vision to mean an idea of the future?
a) Eagles have very sharp vision.
b) The farmer has a vision of a well in every field.
c) Grandpa's vision is blurry without his glasses.
d) Dim light makes my vision weak.
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b) The farmer has a vision of a well in every field.
