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Spell Bee Word: domestication


Basic Details

Word: Domestication

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The process by which people tame wild animals and grow wild plants over many generations, so that they can be kept on farms and in homes.

Synonyms: taming

How to Spell Domestication

Syllables: do - mes - ti - ca - tion

Tricky part: The second part is mes, with an e, not mis. Domestic keeps its c before ation.

Watch out for: domistication, domestecation, domesticasion

Memory tip: Domestic means of the home. Add ation and the c stays: domestic + ation, bringing the wild into the home and farm.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The domestication of cows gave farmers milk and help with ploughing.

Example 2: Our history book says the domestication of wheat changed the way people lived.

Example 3: Scientists still argue about where the domestication of the chicken first happened.

Fun Fact

The dog is thought to be the first animal people domesticated, many thousands of years before farming began.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

domestic____

a) ation
b) etion
c) asion
d) ition

Show answer

a) ation. Domestic plus ation makes domestication.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) civilisation
b) cultivation
c) irrigation
d) domistication

Show answer

d) domistication. Domestication has e in mes, as in domestic.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tsicnmoaoetid

a) documentation
b) determination
c) domestication
d) demonstration

Show answer

c) domestication. Thirteen letters with two o's, an s and a c but no r or u: domestication.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Domestication means ____.

a) hunting wild animals
b) building new houses
c) taming wild animals or plants for human use
d) cutting down forests

Show answer

c) taming wild animals or plants for human use

2. Which is an example of domestication?

a) breeding wild goats into farm goats
b) picking wild berries once
c) photographing a tiger
d) watching birds in a forest

Show answer

a) breeding wild goats into farm goats

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