What does emigration mean?
Word: Emigration
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Emigration means the act of leaving your own country to go and live in another one.
How do you spell emigration?
Syllables: em - i - gra - tion
Tricky part: Only one m follows the e. Pupils mix this word up with immigration, which begins with i and has two m's.
Watch out for: emmigration, emigrasion
Memory tip: E for exit: someone who emigrates exits their country, and the word starts with that single e and a single m.
Emigration in a sentence
Example 1: Our history teacher told us about the emigration of many Gujarati traders to East Africa.
Example 2: My great-uncle's emigration to Canada meant the whole family gathered at the airport to wave goodbye.
Example 3: Emigration can be hard because people leave behind friends and familiar food.
Fun Fact
Emigration from Kerala to the Gulf countries grew sharply in the 1970s, when many workers went to take up jobs there.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
emigr_ti_n
a) e, o
b) e, a
c) a, i
d) a, o
Show answer
d) a, o. The verb is emigrate, and the noun keeps its a before the tion ending.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
emiggration
a) r
b) m
c) g
d) i
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c) g. Only one g sits between the i and the r.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tinogramie
a) irrigation
b) imagination
c) emigration
d) integration
Show answer
c) emigration. The jumble has an e, one r and ten letters, which rules out the other three.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) concentraition
b) accomodation
c) pronounciation
d) emigration
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d) emigration. Pronunciation drops the o of pronounce, accommodation doubles both c and m, and concentration has no i before tion.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is an example of emigration?
a) a family taking a week's holiday abroad
b) a family visiting cousins in another state
c) a family leaving India to settle in Canada
d) a family moving to a bigger flat nearby
Show answer
c) a family leaving India to settle in Canada
2. Emigration is to leaving as immigration is to ____.
a) returning
b) resting
c) staying
d) arriving
Show answer
d) arriving
