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Spell Bee Word: plantation


Basic Details

Word: Plantation

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A large farm where one crop, such as tea, coffee, rubber or sugar cane, is grown; also an area planted with trees.

Synonyms: estate, farm, garden

How to Spell Plantation

Syllables: plan - ta - tion

Tricky part: The whole word plant stays, then comes ation. Some students write plantasion or drop the t of tion.

Watch out for: plantasion, plantetion, plantaion

Memory tip: A plantation is full of plants, so start with plant and finish with -ation, as in station.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We stayed near a tea plantation in Munnar.

Example 2: Workers on the coffee plantation pick the ripe red berries by hand.

Example 3: The forest department started a plantation of neem trees along the highway.

Fun Fact

Assam produces roughly half of all the tea grown in India, much of it on large tea estates.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:

plant + ____

a) ution
b) etion
c) ition
d) ation

Show answer

d) ation. Plant takes -ation, just as invite becomes invitation.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: plantation

a) factory
b) desert
c) estate
d) harbour

Show answer

c) estate. Tea gardens are often called estates.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

napolntati

a) placation
b) planetarium
c) plantation
d) plantain

Show answer

c) plantation. Placation and plantain are too short, and planetarium needs letters the jumble does not have.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which crop is often grown on a plantation in Kerala?

a) sand
b) rubber
c) ice
d) salt

Show answer

b) rubber

2. A plantation is different from a small kitchen garden because it is ____.

a) only for flowers
b) found under the sea
c) large and grows mainly one crop
d) always indoors

Show answer

c) large and grows mainly one crop

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