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Spell Bee Word: bondage


Basic Details

Word: Bondage

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Being held as a slave or prisoner, not free to live as you choose.

Synonyms: slavery, captivity

Antonyms: freedom, liberty

How to Spell Bondage

Syllables: bon - dage

Tricky part: The end is spelt age but sounds like ij, as in village. Children write bondege or bondaje.

Watch out for: bondege, bondaje, bondadge

Memory tip: Bond + age. A bond is something that ties, and bondage ties a person down.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The story tells how the villagers were freed from bondage.

Example 2: Our freedom fighters wanted to end India's bondage to foreign rule.

Example 3: The slaves sang songs of hope during their years of bondage.

Fun Fact

India's Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act of 1976 made it illegal to force people to work to pay off a debt.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Fusion

Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:

bond_____

a) adge
b) aje
c) age
d) ige

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c) age. Add age to bond; aje, ige and adge are not ways to write this ending.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) village
b) cabbage
c) bondege
d) package

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c) bondege. The ij sound at the end of bondage is spelt age.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

The freedom fighters wanted to free India from ___.

a) bandage
b) bondige
c) bondaje
d) bondage

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d) bondage. A bandage goes on a cut; bondage means not being free.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freedom is the opposite of ___.

a) kindness
b) friendship
c) happiness
d) bondage

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d) bondage

2. A person in bondage is ___.

a) a king
b) on holiday
c) not free
d) very rich

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c) not free

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