Basic Details
Word: Coordinating
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Organising people or activities so that they work well together.
Synonyms: organising, arranging, managing, harmonising
How to Spell Coordinating
Syllables: co - or - di - nat - ing
Tricky part: Coordinate drops its final e before ing. The two o's at the start stay.
Watch out for: coordinateing, cordinating, coordinatting
Memory tip: Treat it like create and creating: the silent e at the end of coordinate steps aside when ing arrives.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Who is coordinating the food for the picnic?
Example 2: Nurses are coordinating the vaccine drive at the health centre.
Example 3: Coordinating twenty dancers on a small stage is not easy.
Fun Fact
In grammar, and, but, or, so, for, nor and yet are called coordinating conjunctions, because they join parts of equal rank. Many teachers remember them as FANBOYS.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
coordinateing
a) a
b) e
c) i
d) o
Show answer
b) e. The silent e at the end of coordinate is dropped before ing, so it is the extra letter here.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Dhruv is gtioarcndion the class trip to the science museum.
a) decorating
b) coordination
c) coordinating
d) cooperating
Show answer
c) coordinating. The jumble has a g but no p or e, which rules out coordination, cooperating and decorating.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word coordinating as used in the sentence:
The class monitor is coordinating the collection of books for the village library.
a) criticising
b) avoiding
c) delaying
d) managing
Show answer
d) managing. Running the book collection means managing who brings what and when.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Coordinating colours in an outfit means choosing colours that ____.
a) are all very bright
b) cost the least
c) go well together
d) are all very dark
Show answer
c) go well together
2. A person coordinating a relief camp mainly ____.
a) cooks every meal alone
b) drives the only truck
c) plans who does what and when
d) guards the main gate
Show answer
c) plans who does what and when
