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Spell Bee Word: wildlife


Basic Details

Word: Wildlife

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Wild animals, birds and plants living in their natural surroundings.

Synonyms: fauna, nature

How to Spell Wildlife

Syllables: wild - life

Tricky part: It is one word with no space, wild + life. Both i's make the same long i sound, so students sometimes write y in place of the second.

Watch out for: wildlif, wildlyfe, wiledlife

Memory tip: Wild animals live a wild life, so join the two words and you have wildlife.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Jim Corbett National Park is famous for its wildlife, especially tigers.

Example 2: Plastic waste in rivers harms wildlife.

Example 3: My uncle is a wildlife photographer.

Fun Fact

India passed the Wildlife (Protection) Act in 1972. It lists protected animals in schedules and bans hunting them.

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Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) wildlife
b) woodpeker
c) grashopper
d) starfesh

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a) wildlife. Wildlife is just wild + life; each of the others has lost or changed a letter in one of its parts.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

wfidleli

a) wildlife
b) midlife
c) wildfire
d) lifelike

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a) wildlife. Wild takes one of the l's and life takes the other, along with the f.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The forest guard said the wildlyfe near the dam includes leopards and sloth bears.

a) leopards
b) bears
c) guard
d) wildlyfe

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d) wildlyfe. The second half is the plain word life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a forest, ____ counts as wildlife.

a) a wooden bench
b) a hornbill
c) a tractor
d) a signboard

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b) a hornbill

2. A wildlife sanctuary is a place where ____.

a) crops are stored
b) pets are sold
c) cars are repaired
d) wild animals are protected

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d) wild animals are protected

Associated Words

diplomatdigestiondivorcedadoringbountiful
povertydaredevilexhibithinderskinny

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