Finding Synonyms: In IELTS reading, you need to develop the skill of spotting synonyms in the reading passage.
This lesson helps you develop this skill. There is no specific question like this in the IELTS reading test, but all question types require this skill. So, I have made this lesson to help you practice spotting paraphrases.
Bird Migration Synonyms Practice
Birds migrate to move from areas of low or decreasing resources to areas of high or increasing resources. The two primary resources being sought are food and nesting locations.
While short-distance migration probably developed from a fairly simple reason such as for food, the origins of long-distant migration patterns are much more complex. They’ve evolved over thousands of years and are controlled at least partially by the genetic makeup of the birds. They also incorporate responses to weather, geography, food sources, day length, and other factors.
Migrating birds can cover thousands of miles in their annual travels, often travelling the same course year after year with little deviation. First-year birds often make their very first migration independently. Somehow they can find their winter home despite never having seen it before, and return the following spring to where they were born.
The secrets of their amazing navigational skills aren’t fully understood, partly because birds combine several different types of senses when they navigate. Birds can get compass information from the sun, the stars, and by sensing the earth’s magnetic field. They also get information from the position of the setting sun and from landmarks seen during the day. There’s even evidence that sense of smell plays a role, at least for homing pigeons.
Notice: This article has been adapted from this page: The Basics of Bird Migration. It is always useful to read original articles.
Find the Synonyms
Find the word(s) in the reading passage above that have the same meaning as the words below. Answers will come in the order of the questions. This means you find the answer to question 1 first and the other answers will follow in order.
- breeding sites
- relatively
- developed gradually
- include
- departing from an established course
- on their own
- distinct feature noticeable from a distance
Answers
Click below to reveal the answers:
Answers- breeding sites = nesting locations
- relatively = fairly
- developed gradually = evolved
- include = incorporate
- departed from an established course = deviation
- on their own = independently
- distinct feature noticeable from a distance = landmark
I hope you found this lesson useful 🙂
All the best
Liz
nice excercise
1. Nesting locations
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Sense of smell
1.Nesting
2.Often
3.Somehow
4.Combine
5.Deviation
6.Independently
7.Sense of smell.
1. Nesting location
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Genetics
Please find my answers below
1. Nesting locations
2. Patterns
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Migrating
6. Independently
7. Landmarks
1. Nesting locations
2. Fairly
3.evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6.independently
7. Landmarks
1. Nesting locations
2. Fairly
3.evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6.independently
7. navigational skills
1.Nestling location. 2Fairly. 3 Evolved. 4.Incorporate 5.Migration. 6.Independently. 7
1. Nestling locations
2. Fairly
3. Evolved partially
4.Incorporate
5.Traveling the same course
6.Independently
7. Landmarks
1. Nestling location
2. Fairly
3. Evolved partially
4.Incorporate
5.Traveling the same course
6.Independently
7. Landmarks
1. Nesting Locstions
2. Fairly
3. Evolved partially
4. Incorporate
5. Traveling the same course
6. Independently
7. Landmarks
1 Nesting locations
2 fairly
3 evolved over….
4 incorporate
5 traveling the same…..
6 independently
7 navigation skills
1.Nesting locations
2.Fairly
3.Evolved
4.Incorporate
5.Deviation
6.Independently
7.Landmarks
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1.nesting locations
2.much more
3.evolved over thousand’s of years
4.incorporate
5.migration
6.independently
7.landmarks
1-breeding sites 2- fairly 3-little deviation 4-incorporate 5-annual travel. 6- independently 7 sense of smell
1. breeding sites- nesting locations
2. relatively- much more
3. developed gradually- evolved
4. include- incorporate
5. departing from on established course- deviation
6. on their own- indepently
7. distinct feature noticeable from distance- landmark
nesting locations
fairly
evolved
traveling
independently
senses
nesting sites
probably
evolved
incorporate
deviation
independently
navigational skills
1. Nesting locations
2. Partially
3. Evolved over thousands of years
4. Incorporate
5. Traveling the sane course
6. Independently
7. Landmark
1.nesting locations
2.fairly
3.evolved
4.incorporate
5.migration
6.independently
7.sense of smell
My answers would be
1. Nesting locations
2.Fairly
3.Evolved
4.Incorporate
5.Migration
6.Independently
7.Navigational Skills
1Nesting locations
2,Probably
3,evolved
4incorporate
5migrating
6independently
7compass information from landmark seencom
1) Breeding sites – Nesting locations
2) Relatively – Fairly
3) Developed gradually – Evolved
4) Include – Incorporate
5) Departing from an established source – Migration
6) On their own – Independently
7) Distinct feature noticeable from a distance – Sense of smell
1. nesting locations
2. complex
3. evolved over thousands of years
4. incorporate
5. traveling from the same course
6. independently
7. landmarks
1. Nesting locations
2. fairly
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. migration
6. independently
7. sence of smell
(1) nesting locations. (2) probably. ( 3)Evolved. (4) incorporate. (5) travelling from same course. (6) independently. (7) landmarks seen
1: nesting locations.. (2) probably. (3)evolved.(4) incorporate. (5) travelling from the same course. (6) independently. (7) landmarks seen during the day.
1. nesting locations
2.fairly
3.evolved
4.incorporate
5. Migration
6 Independently
7 Landmark
1. Nesting location
2. Partially
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Migrating
6. Independently
7. Navigation skill
1. Nesting locations
2.
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7
1 NESTING LOCATIONS
2 FAIRLY
3 EVOLVED OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS
4 INCORPORATE
5 TRAVELLING THE SAME COURSE
6 INDEPENDENTLY
7 DIFFERENT TYPE OF SENSES WHEN THEY NAVIGATE
1.nesting locations
2.probably
3.evolved
4.incorporate
5.same course year after year
6.independently
7.find their winter home despite never having seen it before
1 nesting locations
2.fairly
3.evolved
4.partially
5.deviation
6. indepently
7.landmarks
1. Nesting location
2. Probably
3. Evolved
4. Such as
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Navigational skills
6.
1 Nesting locations
2 fairly
3 evolved over thousands of years
4 incorporate
5 deviation
6 independently
7 different types of senses when they navigate
1.Location
2. Evolved
3. Genetic makeup
4. Cover
5.annual travel
6. Independently
7. Sense of smell
1. nesting locations
2. fairly
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. deviation
6. independently
7. landmarks
1. Breeding sites – Nesting locations
2. Relatively – Fairly
3. Developed gradually – Evolved
4. Include – Incorporate
5. Departing from an established course – Migration
6. On their own – Independently
7. Distinct feature noticeable from a distance – Landmark
Not sure
1. nesting locations
2. relatively
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. deviation
6. independently
7. landmarks
1. Nesting locatios
2. Fairly
3. Evolved over thousand years
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independent
7. Different type of senses when they nevigate
1. nesting locations
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Navigation skills
1. Nesting locations;
2. Fairly;
3. Evolved;
4. Incorporate;
5. Anual travels;
6. Independently;
7. Amaizing navigational skills.
breeding sites – nesting locations
relatively – fairly
developed gradually – evolved
include – incorporate
departing from established course – deviation
on their own – independently
distinct features noticeable from a distance- landmarks
1) Nesting Locations
2) Partly
3) Evolved
4) Incorporate
5) Migrating
6) Independently
7) Landmarks
1. NESTING LOCATIONS
2. FAIRLY
3. EVOLVED
4. INCORPORATE
5. MIGRATING
6. INDEPENDENTLY
7. NAVIGATIONAL SKILL
1. nesting locations
2. fairly
3. evolved
4. combine
5. migrating
6. independently
7. landmarks
1. Nesting locations
2. Often
3.evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Migrate
6. Independently
7. Landmarks
1-breeding place (hatchnery)
2-comparatively
3-develop slowly
4-contain, consist of
5-goodbye from their settle course
6-by themselves
7-definite characteristics obvious from a range
1. Nesting locations
2. Partially
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Travelling the same course
6. Independently
7. Compass Information
1.nesting locations
2.fairly
3.evolve over thousands of years
4.incorporate
5.same course year after year
6.independently
7.amazing navigational skills
1. Nesting Locations
2.Fairly
3.Evolved
4.Incorporate
5.Migrating
6.Independently
7.Compass Information
1. Nesting location
2.fairly
3.evolved
4.incorporate
5.where they were born
6.independently
7.magnetic field
1. Nesting locations
2. Probably
3. Partially
4. Incorporate
5. The same course
6. Independently
7. Navigation skills
1 nesting locations
2 more
3 evolved gradually
4 incorporate
5 deviating from same course
6 independently
7 landmark seen
1. Nesting location
2. Probably
3. Evolved over thousands of years
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Navigational skills
Breeding sites : nesting locations
Relatively : fairly
Develop gradually : evolved
Include : incorporate
Departing from an established course : travelling the same course
On their own : compass
Distance features noticeable from distance: from landmark
1 .nesting locations
2 .fairly
3 .evolved
4 .incorporate
5 .migration independently
6 .they
7 .compass information
Hello liz
Please help me
For writting task 2 question .
1. breeding sites – nesting locations
2. relatively – fairly
3. developed gradually – little deviation
4. include – incorporate
5. departing from their established course – annual travels
6. on their own – independently
7. distinct feature noticeable from a distance – landmarks
Nesting location
Complex
Year after year
Incoporate
1. NESTING LOCATION
2. PROBABLY
3. EVOLVED
4. INCORPORATE
5. TRAVELING
6. INDEPENDENTLY
7. LANDMARKS
1.Nesting locations
2.partially
3.evolved
4.incorporate
5.deviation
6.independently
7.landmark
1. Areas
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Xxxxxxx
5. Migration
6. Xxxxxxxx
7. Navigational skills
Nesting locations
Probably
Least partially
Incorporate
Making migration
Independenrt ly
Landmarks
1. Nesting sites
2. Probably
3. Controlled
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independent
7. Landmarks
1) Nesting locations
2) Probably
3) Evolved
4) Incorporate
5) Deviation
6) Independently
7) Landmark
1)Nesting
2)Fairly
3)Evolved
4)Cover
5)Migration
6)Sense
7)Landmarks
1- Nesting locations
2-probably
3-Evolved
4- Incorporate
5-Deviation
6-Independently
7-
1)nesting locations (2) fairly (3) simple (4) migrating birds(5) independently (6) where there born(7) to get compass information.
1.Nesting locations.
2.Partially
3.Fairly simply.
4.Incorporate
5.With little deviation.
6.Independently
7.Genetic Make-up
1. Nesting Locations
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Find their winter home despite never having seen it before
Breeding sites-nesting locations
Relatively- little deviation
Developed gradually -evolved
Incorporate- include
Departing from an established course-migration
On their own-independently
Distinct feature noticeable from distance-navigational skills
nesting sites
fairly
evolved
incorporate
deviation
independently
landmarks
1) Nesting locations
2) Fairly
3) Evolved
4) Incorporate
5) Migrating
6) Independently
7) Landmarks
The answer for the questions:
1. nesting locations
2. probably
3. evolved over thousands of years
4. traveling the same course
5. independently
6. different types of sense when they navigate
1. nesting location, 2. probably 3. evolved 4. incorporate 5.migration 6.independently 7.sense
1. nesting locations
2. fairly
3. evolved over thousands of years
4. incorporate
5. traveling the same course year after year
6. independently
7. landmarks
1.Evolved 2.partially 3.genetic makeup 4.incorporate responses 5.deviation 6.independently 7.navigational skills
1. Nesting locations
2. Probably
3. Probably developed
4. Evolved
5. Annual travel
6. Independently
7. Landmark
1. nesting locations
2. probably
3.evolved
4. incorporate
5.migrating(????)
6. independently
7. landmarks
1, breeding sites
2, fairly
3, evolve
4,incorporate
5, deviation
6, Independently
7, Landmarks
1.Nesting location
2.fairly
3.evolved
4.incorporate
5.little deviation
6.independently
7
1. Nesting locations
2. Fairly
3. Evolved over thousands of years
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Landmarks
Nesting locations
Partially
Evolved
Cover
Deviation
Independently
Landmark
1. nesting locations
2. fairly
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. deviation
6. independently
7. senses
breeding sites-areas of low resource to high resource
relatively-probably
developed gradually-fairly
include-such as
departing from an established course-migration
on their own-independently
distinct feature noticeable from the distance- navigation skills
1 nesting locations
2 fairly
3 evolved
4 incorporate
5 deviation
6 independently
7 landmarks
Hi Liz!
The responses are as follows:
1.nesting locations
2.fairly and partially both seem correct
3.evolved
4.incorporate
5.deviation
6.independently
7.landmarks
Thanx Alot Liz. Have a good day.
1. nesting locations
2. probably
3. evolved over of thousands years
4. incorporate
5. return to where they born
6. their amazing navigation skills
7. sense of smell
1. Nesting location
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Migrating
6. Independently
7. Landmarks
1. nesting locations
2. while
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. migrating
6. independently
7. sense
Breeding sites – nesting area
Relatively – probably
Developed gradually – evolved
Include – encorporate
Departing from an established course – migration
on their own – independently
Distinct feature noticeable from distance – landmark
1- areas
2- fairly
3- controlled partially
4- cover
5- deviation
6- independently
7- different types of senses
1. Nesting locations
2. Fairly
3. Evolved over thousands of years
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Landmarks
Dear Liz,
Thanks for this valuable material. Hope your health is getting better… (?) You are always in my pray Liz. I am your one of the dedicated followers.
Warmest regards,
Shruti
Thanks for your message – I’m making a very slow recovery 🙂
1-nesting location
2-probably
3- evolved
4-cover
5-migration
6 – compass
7-landmarks
1. Nesting locations
2. Probably
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Landmarks
Answers
1. nesting locations
2. fairly
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. deviation
6. independantly
7. ?
1.nesting locations
2.fairly
3.evolved over thousnd years
4.incorporate
5.traveling the same course
6.independently
7.navigational skills
Nesting locations
Probably
Evolved
Incorporate
Migration
Independently
Navigate
1. Nesting locations
2. Probably
3. Evolved over
4. Travelling the same course
5. Independently
6. Despite never having seen it
2 – almost…
3- improving small small
4 – join
5 – moving from their basement
6 – standings on their own two feet
7 – hear them far
1. nesting locations
2. while
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. deviation
6. independently
7. landmarks
1. NESTING LOCATIONS
2. FAIRLY
3. EVOLVED
4. INCORPORATE
5. ANNUAL TRAVELS
6. INDEPENDENTLY
7. LANDMARK
1. Nesting Locations
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Landmarks
1 Nesting locations
2 Probably
3 Evolved
4 Incorporate
5 Deviation
6 Independently
7 Landmark.
Idid nt get it
1. nesting locations
2. fairly
3.evolved
4.incorporate
5.annual travel
6.independently
7.navigational skills
Breeding sites- nesting locations
Relatively- probably
Developed gradually-developed from a fairly simple reasons
Departing from an established course-travelling the same course
Include- incorporate
On their own-independently
Distinct features noticeable from a distance-get information from the position of the setting sun
1.nesting locations
2.fairly
3.evolved over
4.incorporate
5.deviation
6.independently
7.compass information
1.nesting location
2.probably
3.evolved
4.are
5
Breeding sites, distinct features known from the distance
1. Nesting locations
2. Probably
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Genetic make up
1*Area
2*while
3 *evolved
4*incorporate
5*deviation
6*independently
7evidence
1-nesting location
2-partially
3-evolved
4-cover
5-traveling the same course year after year with little deviation
6-independently
7-the sun, the stars
1.nesting locations
2.evolved
3.genetic makeup
4.incorporate
5.annual travel
6.winter home
7.senses
Hi Liz,
Following are the answers:
1.Breeding Sites= nesting locations
2. Relatively= such as
3. Developed gradually= evolved
4. Include= incorporate
5. Departing from an established course= traveling
6. On their own= independently
7. Distinct feature noticeable from a distance= sense of smell.
Do let me know if any of my answers are incorrect.
Thank you for this great practice.
1. Nesting location
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Migrating
6. Independently
7. Different types
8. Sensing
1. Nesting locations
2. Fairly
3. Evolved
4. Incorporate
5. Annual travels
6. Independently
7. Amazing navigational skills
١-nesting locations
2-fairly
3-evolved
4-combine
5-migrating
6-independently
7-landmarks
1. Nesting location
2. Much more
3. Over thousands of years
4. Incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Landmark
1 nesting locations
2 probably
3 evolved
4 incorporate
5 deviate
6 independently
7 landmark
1-breeding sites = nesting locations
2-relatively = fairly
3-developed gradually = evolved
4-include = cover
5-departing from an established course = migration
6-on their own = independently
7-distinct feature noticeable from a distance = landmark
1. nesting location
2. partly
3. evolved over thousands of years
4. incorporate
5. first-year birds often make their very first migration
6. independently
7. genetic makeup
An Astounding practice that surely produce magical effects…
Have a lovely day Liz
I’m honored always to have such a wonderful lessons
Nesting. Fairly. Partially. incorporate. independently. born. setting sun.
Nesting locations
Fairly
Evolved
Incorporate
Deviation
Independently
Evidence
1.nesting locations
2.partially?
3.evolved over thousands of years
4.incorporate
5.deviation
6.independently
7.landmarks
1-nesting locations
2- fairly
3- evolved
4- incorporate
5- deviation
6- independently
7- landmarks
1 nesting birds
2 fairly
3 evolved
4 incorporate
5 deviation
6 independently
7 landmark
1.Nesting location
2. Much more
3. Evolved
4. incorporate
5. Deviation
6. Independently
7. Landmark
1) Nesting locations
2) fairly
3) evolved over thousands of years
4) combine
5) annual travels
6) independently
7) navigational skills
1. nesting locations
2. fairly
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. deviate from a course
6. independently
7. landmarks
1. nesting locations
2. origins
3. evolved
4. incorporate
5. deviation
6. independently
7. compass information??