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Spell Bee Word: endangered


Basic Details

Word: Endangered

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: In danger of dying out completely, used for plants and animals whose numbers have become very small.

Synonyms: threatened, at risk

Antonyms: safe, thriving

How to Spell Endangered

Syllables: en - dan - gered

Tricky part: It starts with en, not in, and the whole word danger sits in the middle before ed.

Watch out for: indangered, endangerd, endanjered

Memory tip: Picture an animal surrounded by danger: en + danger + ed, with danger kept whole.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The red panda is endangered because its forests are being cut down.

Example 2: Sameer wrote a report on the endangered vultures of India.

Example 3: Our class made posters asking people to protect endangered animals.

Fun Fact

Project Tiger began in India in 1973 to protect the tiger, and India is now home to about three quarters of the world's wild tigers.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

endangered

a) threatened
b) safe
c) common
d) plentiful

Show answer

a) threatened. An endangered animal is threatened with dying out.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

regndnaede

a) engendered
b) gardened
c) enraged
d) endangered

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d) endangered. With three e's, two n's and two d's, only endangered uses every letter.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Forest guards in Kaziranga work hard to protect the indangered rhinos from poachers.

a) indangered
b) protect
c) guards
d) poachers

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a) indangered. The word opens with en, the same as endanger and enlarge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An endangered species is one that ____.

a) lives only in zoos
b) is very common
c) has just been discovered
d) may soon die out

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d) may soon die out

2. Which is a main reason animals become endangered?

a) living in groups
b) loss of the places where they live
c) having brightly coloured fur
d) eating fruit

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b) loss of the places where they live

Associated Words

recognizeevaluateimmigrantedgeinstitution
dominantpassionateimperfectbendsqualid

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