What does conservationist mean?
Word: Conservationist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Conservationist means a person who works to protect animals, plants, forests and the natural world.
How do you spell conservationist?
Syllables: con - ser - va - tion - ist
Tricky part: The second beat is a weak, quick sound that could be spelt sur or sir. It is written ser, the same as in conserve.
Watch out for: consurvationist, consirvationist
Memory tip: A conservationist works to conserve nature, so keep the ser of conserve inside the longer word.
Conservationist in a sentence
Example 1: A conservationist visited our class to talk about saving the Ganges river dolphin.
Example 2: The conservationist spent years planting mangroves along the coast of Florida.
Example 3: My sister wants to be a conservationist and study tigers in Ranthambore.
Fun Fact
India started Project Tiger in 1973 to protect tigers and the forests they live in, and conservationists still count and study the tigers in its reserves.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
conservation___
a) ist
b) est
c) ast
d) iest
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a) ist. A person who does or studies something often gets ist, as in scientist and artist.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
conservationist
a) industrialist
b) environmentalist
c) developer
d) tourist
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b) environmentalist. Both words name someone who protects nature; an industrialist and a developer build and run businesses, and a tourist travels for fun.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) habitat
b) ecosystem
c) conservasionist
d) wildlife
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c) conservasionist. The sound shun here is written tion, as in nation.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tonvsicanioerst
a) conservationist
b) constellation
c) consternation
d) conversationalist
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a) conservationist. Conversationalist has an extra a and l, while constellation and consternation are shorter and need other letters.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A conservationist would be most pleased to hear that ____.
a) a forest has been made a protected area
b) a lake has been filled with sand
c) a river is full of plastic
d) a new road will cut through a park
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a) a forest has been made a protected area
2. What might a conservationist do on a normal working day?
a) count birds in a wetland
b) design video games
c) repair cars in a workshop
d) sell shoes in a market
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a) count birds in a wetland
