What does migrate mean?
Word: Migrate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Migrate means to move from one place to another, often far away. Birds and animals migrate with the seasons, and people migrate to find work or a new home.
Synonyms: move
Antonyms: stay, settle
How do you spell migrate?
Syllables: mi - grate
Tricky part: The first part sounds like my, but it is spelt mi, with no y.
Watch out for: megrate, migrait, mygrate
Memory tip: Mi is a note in do-re-mi: sing it, then write that same mi at the start of migrate.
Migrate in a sentence
Example 1: Every winter, flocks of ducks migrate to the lakes of Bharatpur.
Example 2: Many families migrate to big cities in search of jobs.
Example 3: Some butterflies migrate thousands of kilometres in their short lives.
Fun Fact
Arctic terns migrate from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back each year, a round trip that tracking studies put at around 70,000 kilometres.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) migrate
b) flok
c) teritory
d) climat
Show answer
a) migrate. Territory has a double r, flock ends in ck, and climate ends in a silent e.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
migrate
a) hibernate
b) remain
c) multiply
d) relocate
Show answer
d) relocate. To relocate is to move to a new place to live, which is what migrating animals do.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
miggrate
a) g
b) m
c) e
d) a
Show answer
a) g. Only one g is needed here; no letter in this word is doubled.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
migr_t_
a) i, e
b) a, o
c) e, e
d) a, e
Show answer
d) a, e. The ending sounds like late and is spelt the same way: an a, then a silent e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why do many birds migrate?
a) to learn a new song
b) to get away from their chicks
c) to grow new feathers
d) to find warmer weather and food
Show answer
d) to find warmer weather and food
2. Which of these people has migrated?
a) a tourist who saw Paris for a day
b) a boy who spent a weekend at his aunt's
c) a farmer who never left his village
d) a weaver who moved to Surat for good
Show answer
d) a weaver who moved to Surat for good
