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Spell Bee Word: Grassland


What does grassland mean?

Word: Grassland

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Grassland means a large area of open land covered mainly with wild grasses.

Synonyms: savannah

How do you spell grassland?

Syllables: grass - land

Tricky part: In this compound the double s of the first part stays when the second part joins on, so two s's come before the l.

Watch out for: grasland, grass land, grasslad

Memory tip: Two snakes hiding side by side in the middle of this word stand for the double s you must not lose.

Grassland in a sentence

Example 1: Herds of deer grazed on the grassland near the forest edge.

Example 2: The Banni area of Kutch is one of the largest grasslands in India.

Example 3: In the dry season the grassland turns from green to golden brown.

Fun Fact

Grasslands are found on every continent except Antarctica. In South America the great grasslands are called the pampas, a word from a local language meaning flat plain.

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Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) wastland
b) grassland
c) moorlend
d) farmyerd

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b) grassland. Wasteland keeps the e of waste, moorland ends in land and farmyard ends in yard.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

gr_ssl_nd

a) a, o
b) a, a
c) e, a
d) a, e

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b) a, a. Both halves use the same vowel: a in grass and a in land.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dranslags

a) grandstand
b) grassland
c) glasses
d) landslide

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b) grassland. With two s's, two a's and a d, these nine letters make only grassland.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

grassland

a) forest
b) glacier
c) prairie
d) desert

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c) prairie. A prairie is a wide area of grass, which is what a grassland is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which big cat hunts on the grasslands of Africa?

a) the jaguar
b) the clouded leopard
c) the lion
d) the snow leopard

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c) the lion

2. What does a grassland have very few of?

a) insects
b) animals
c) grasses
d) trees

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d) trees

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