What does vegetation mean?
Word: Vegetation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Vegetation means plants in general, especially the trees, bushes and grass that cover an area of land.
Synonyms: plants, greenery, plant life
How do you spell vegetation?
Syllables: veg - e - ta - tion
Tricky part: The second syllable is e, as in vegetable, but it is said so lightly that students write vegitation or skip it and write vegtation.
Watch out for: vegitation, vegtation
Memory tip: Begin with vege, the four letters that open vegetable, and the light middle e will not go missing.
Vegetation in a sentence
Example 1: The Western Ghats are covered in thick green vegetation.
Example 2: After the forest fire, it took two years for the vegetation on the hill to grow back.
Example 3: From the train window we saw paddy fields and dense vegetation along the river.
Fun Fact
Vegetation and vegetable both come from the Latin vegetare, to make lively or active.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Probe
Fill the blanks with 'a' and 'i', in that order. Which option gives the meaning of the word they complete?
1. veget_t_on 2. pol_t_cs 3. mel_d_ous 4. sol_t_de
a) the state of being alone, often by choice
b) pleasant and tuneful to listen to
c) the work of running a country and its government
d) the green growth found across a stretch of countryside
Show answer
d) the green growth found across a stretch of countryside. Veget_t_on is the only one that takes a and then i; politics, melodious and solitude need other vowels.
Word Tally
Each correctly spelt word carries 2 marks. How many marks does the list carry?
vegetation, enviroment, foliage, decidous, habitat, canopy
a) 10
b) 6
c) 4
d) 8
Show answer
d) 8. Four words are right; environment and deciduous are misspelt, so the list earns 4 x 2 = 8.
Sound Check
In which word is 'ge' pronounced differently?
a) gecko
b) gentle
c) vegetation
d) legend
Show answer
a) gecko. Gecko has a hard g, as in goat; the other three have the soft j sound.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt words in the given sentence:
The thick vegetasion along the riverbank was home to herrons, kingfishers and a family of otters that we spotted from our boat.
a) herrons, boat
b) vegetasion, herrons
c) riverbank, otters
d) vegetasion, kingfishers
Show answer
b) vegetasion, herrons. Vegetation ends in tion, and herons has only one r.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which place has very little vegetation?
a) a mangrove swamp
b) a tea garden
c) a rainforest
d) a sandy desert
Show answer
d) a sandy desert
2. A forest's vegetation includes all of these EXCEPT ___.
a) creepers
b) shrubs
c) boulders
d) ferns
Show answer
c) boulders
