What does forestry mean?
Word: Forestry
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Forestry means the science and work of planting, caring for and managing forests.
How do you spell forestry?
Syllables: for - est - ry
Tricky part: There is only one r after the fo, though words like sorry and lorry tempt pupils to double it.
Watch out for: forrestry, forrastry
Memory tip: Forest has just one r, and forestry keeps it single at the start: picture one narrow path winding between the trees.
Forestry in a sentence
Example 1: My uncle studied forestry and now helps plant saplings in the Western Ghats.
Example 2: The forestry team counted the teak trees in the reserve before the monsoon arrived.
Example 3: Good forestry means felling only a few old trees and planting young ones in their place.
Fun Fact
The Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, started in 1906, is one of India's oldest centres for forestry research and training.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
forest____
a) ery
b) rie
c) ary
d) ry
Show answer
d) ry. Only two letters go on, the same ending that turns poet into poetry and chemist into chemistry.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) vegitation
b) forestry
c) conservasion
d) enviroment
Show answer
b) forestry. Say environment slowly and the n shows up before ment; vegetation has an e after the g, and conservation closes in tion.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tyeosrfr
a) forestry
b) forecast
c) forester
d) foremost
Show answer
a) forestry. The jumble has a y and just one e, and only one option can be built from that.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
foresstry
a) y
b) t
c) r
d) s
Show answer
d) s. Forest has a single s, and the word for looking after forests keeps it single.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A forestry course would teach you ____.
a) how to design a tall building
b) how to raise healthy young trees
c) how to repair a car engine
d) how to train a racing horse
Show answer
b) how to raise healthy young trees
2. Forestry is most closely linked to which subject?
a) astronomy
b) accountancy
c) agriculture
d) architecture
Show answer
c) agriculture
