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Spell Bee Word: livelihood


Basic Details

Word: Livelihood

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The work a person does to earn the money they need to live.

Synonyms: living, income, occupation

How to Spell Livelihood

Syllables: live - li - hood

Tricky part: It begins with live (said like five), then li, then hood. Do not drop the e of live, and do not write lively in full.

Watch out for: livlihood, livelyhood, livelihod, liveliehood

Memory tip: Take lively, change its y to i as you add hood: lively becomes liveli-hood, the same hood as in childhood.

Usage Examples

Example 1: When the factory closed, hundreds of workers lost their livelihood.

Example 2: Uncle Ramesh earns his livelihood by repairing bicycles near the bus stand.

Example 3: Cows and goats are an important source of livelihood for farmers in dry areas.

Fun Fact

Under MGNREGA, India's rural job law passed in 2005, every rural household can ask for at least 100 days of paid work a year.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

livelihood

a) luxury
b) holiday
c) living
d) hobby

Show answer

c) living. A fisherman's livelihood is his living; a hobby is only for fun.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Weaving silk sarees has been the livlihood of many families in Varanasi for generations.

a) generations
b) families
c) livlihood
d) Weaving

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c) livlihood. The whole word live stays at the front: live-li-hood.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hoidlelvio

a) loveliness
b) liveliness
c) likelihood
d) livelihood

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d) livelihood. Hood, with its two o's, is easy to spot; live and li use up the rest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could be someone's livelihood?

a) watching cartoons
b) sleeping on Sunday
c) eating mangoes
d) working as a carpenter

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d) working as a carpenter

2. If floods destroy a farmer's crops, his livelihood is ____.

a) forgotten
b) improved
c) delicious
d) in danger

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d) in danger

Associated Words

thereforeprefixmediocrelegislativeintelligence
decisivelydemolishdiscountradicaladjacent

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