To "emigrate" is to leave one's country for residence in another. Example: I emigrated from my home country.
To "immigrate" is to come into a country of which one is not a native. Example: The person arrived in the new country as an immigrant.
by Kitty Nash
Module 16, Troublesome Words 2, Lesson 10:
Emigrate vs. Immigrate
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- Directions:
- Click the term that correctly completes each sentence.
- 1.
- If I leave my homeland to live in another country, I (emigrate) (immigrate) from my homeland.
- 2.
- If I come to live in a new country, I (emigrate) (immigrate) to my new homeland.
- 3.
- My forefathers (emigrated) (immigrated) to the United States.
- 4.
- Did your ancestors (emigrate) (immigrate) from Holland?
- 5.
- Recently, many (emigrants) (immigrants) have left Mexico to go to the United States.
- 6.
- In the late 1800s some (emigrants) (immigrants) left their homes in northern Europe and went directly to the Midwestern United States.
- 7.
- Did your ancestors (emigrate) (immigrate) from Germany?
- 8.
- The early 1900s saw periods of (emigration) (immigration) to the United States from southern Europe.
- 9.
- My family (emigrated) (immigrated) from Vietnam and settled here in 1975.
- 10.
- Chacho's parents (emigrated) (immigrated) from their homeland to Argentina.