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Spell Bee Word: Domestic


What does domestic mean?

Word: Domestic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Domestic means to do with the home or family. Domestic animals are tame ones that live with people, and a domestic flight travels within one country.

Synonyms: household, tame

Antonyms: foreign

How do you spell domestic?

Syllables: do - mes - tic

Tricky part: No k at the end: the last part is -tic, as in plastic.

Watch out for: domestick, domestik, dumestic

Memory tip: Domestic ends like plastic and fantastic: -tic, with no k after the c.

Domestic in a sentence

Example 1: Dogs and cats are domestic animals that have lived with people for thousands of years.

Example 2: We took a domestic flight from Kolkata to Chennai.

Example 3: Sweeping and cooking are domestic jobs that everyone at home can share.

Fun Fact

Domestic comes from the Latin word domus, meaning house. The dog was the first animal people domesticated, long before cows or horses.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

domestic

a) gentle
b) friendly
c) calm
d) wild

Show answer

d) wild. Domestic animals live with people; wild animals live on their own.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We visited a farm where the domastic ducks followed us to the pond.

a) pond
b) farm
c) domastic
d) visited

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c) domastic. Domestic has an e after the m, like the e in dome.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) laundary
b) furnicher
c) nieghbour
d) domestic

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d) domestic. Furniture ends in -ture, laundry has no a after the d, and neighbour starts nei-.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

domesstic

a) o
b) t
c) s
d) m

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c) s. Only one s, between the e and the t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is a domestic animal?

a) a goat
b) a deer
c) a jackal
d) a hyena

Show answer

a) a goat

2. Which is a domestic flight for a family in Mumbai?

a) Mumbai to Chennai
b) Mumbai to Singapore
c) Mumbai to Dubai
d) Mumbai to London

Show answer

a) Mumbai to Chennai

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