What does immigrate mean?
Word: Immigrate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Immigrate means to come to live permanently in a country that is not your own.
How do you spell immigrate?
Syllables: im - mi - grate
Tricky part: Students mix it up with emigrate, which is a different word with a different first letter. This one starts with i.
Watch out for: emmigrate, immigrait
Memory tip: Immigrants come In: the i at the start stands for coming into the country.
Immigrate in a sentence
Example 1: Her great-grandfather immigrated to Kenya to work on the railway more than a hundred years ago.
Example 2: Many skilled nurses immigrate to the UK each year.
Example 3: People who immigrate often learn a new language within a few years.
Fun Fact
Immigrate and emigrate describe the same move from two sides: people emigrate from the country they leave and immigrate to the country where they settle.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
imm_gr_te
a) i, a
b) e, a
c) a, a
d) i, e
Show answer
a) i, a. The middle part is the same as in migrate, the word for birds that move with the seasons.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gmrmiitea
a) immigrant
b) integrate
c) immigrate
d) emigrate
Show answer
c) immigrate. Two m's and two i's are in the jumble, but no n, so only one option uses every letter.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Several engineers from Pune hope to imigrate to Canada after finishing their training.
a) training
b) imigrate
c) finishing
d) engineers
Show answer
b) imigrate. This verb needs a double m near the start.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) immigrate
b) langauge
c) passanger
d) citezen
Show answer
a) immigrate. Passenger has an e after the double s, language has u before a, and citizen has an i after the t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Someone who has immigrated to Australia is now...
a) living there for good
b) passing through on a flight
c) visiting for a week
d) studying there for one term
Show answer
a) living there for good
2. When a family immigrates, what do they usually need?
a) a report from their old school
b) a timetable of the trains
c) permission to live in the new country
d) a card for the local library
Show answer
c) permission to live in the new country
