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Spell Bee Word: immigrant


Basic Details

Word: Immigrant

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A person who comes to live permanently in a country that is not their own.

Synonyms: settler, newcomer

Sounds like: emigrant (a person who leaves their own country to live in another)

How to Spell Immigrant

Syllables: im - mi - grant

Tricky part: The prefix im gives a double m, and the ending is ant, not ent.

Watch out for: imigrant, immigrent, imegrant

Memory tip: Immigrants come IN, so the word starts with im, which means into. Emigrants exit their country, so their word starts with e.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Many immigrants from Kerala live and work in the Gulf countries.

Example 2: The new immigrant family learned English at evening classes.

Example 3: My friend's grandfather arrived in Canada as an immigrant in 1975.

Fun Fact

Ellis Island in New York was the entry point for about 12 million immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1954.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correct prefix to make a new word:

migrant

a) im
b) in
c) um
d) em

Show answer

a) im. The prefix im, meaning into, turns migrant into immigrant.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Her great-grandmother was an immigrent who sailed from Gujarat to East Africa long ago.

a) sailed
b) immigrent
c) great-grandmother
d) Africa

Show answer

b) immigrent. The ending of immigrant is ant, the same as in migrant.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tnagirmim

a) immigrant
b) migrating
c) emigrant
d) ignorant

Show answer

a) immigrant. The letters hold two m's and one g, which only immigrant uses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An immigrant is someone who ____.

a) visits a country for a week
b) works on a ship
c) comes to live in a new country
d) never leaves home

Show answer

c) comes to live in a new country

2. A person who leaves India to live in Australia is an ____ from India.

a) emigrant
b) tourist
c) immigrant
d) invader

Show answer

a) emigrant

Associated Words

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