What does boulevard mean?
Word: Boulevard
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Boulevard means a wide, grand street in a city.
How do you spell boulevard?
Syllables: bou - le - vard
Tricky part: The opening is spelt ou, a French spelling that English kept. Students who spell by sound write bulevard or boolevard.
Watch out for: bulevard, boolevard
Memory tip: French words such as boutique and bouquet also open with bou, and boulevard belongs to that family.
Boulevard in a sentence
Example 1: Tall palm trees line the boulevard that runs along the seafront.
Example 2: We cycled down the wide boulevard to reach the park.
Example 3: The parade moved slowly along the main boulevard of the city.
Fun Fact
The word came into English from French. It goes back to an old Dutch word for a town wall, because the first boulevards in Paris were built where the city's old walls had stood.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
auvrdbeol 123456789
a) 862973145
b) 682973145
c) 682973154
d) 687923145
Show answer
b) 682973145. Nine digits for nine letters: this order is the only one that gives the street word.
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
boule_ _ _ _
a) verd
b) ward
c) vord
d) vard
Show answer
d) vard. The last part has a v and the a of car.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with its synonym:
1. boulevard 2. hut 3. path a. track b. cabin c. avenue
a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
b) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
d) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
Show answer
a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a. A boulevard is an avenue, a hut is a cabin and a path is a track.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the sentence?
On Sunday mornings the old boulavard is closed to cars, so famillies walk, skate and cycle under the shaddy trees.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 0
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c) 3. Boulevard, families and shady are all misspelt in this sentence.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where would you go to walk along a boulevard?
a) a small farm
b) a forest trail
c) a large city
d) a desert camp
Show answer
c) a large city
2. Many boulevards have a strip of grass or trees down the middle. What is this strip called in British English?
a) the lay-by
b) the pavement
c) the central reservation
d) the kerb
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c) the central reservation
