What does council mean?
Word: Council
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Council means a group of people who meet to make decisions and look after matters for a town, a city or an organisation such as a school.
Sounds like: counsel (advice, or to give someone advice)
How do you spell council?
Syllables: coun - cil
Tricky part: The second half sounds exactly like the end of counsel, so students often write councel or counsil.
Watch out for: councel, counsil, councile
Memory tip: Repeat this line until it sticks: no council without a pencil, no pencil without cil.
Council in a sentence
Example 1: Our school council asked for more dustbins near the canteen.
Example 2: The city council is planting a row of neem trees along the main road.
Example 3: Meera was chosen to speak for Class 5 at the student council.
Fun Fact
The United Nations Security Council has 15 members, and five of them are permanent members.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
counncil
a) c
b) i
c) o
d) n
Show answer
d) n. Only one n is heard in the middle, and only one is written.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
uicocln
a) clinic
b) cynical
c) colonial
d) council
Show answer
d) council. Clinic has no u, cynical needs a y and an a, and colonial needs an a too, so only the meeting word fits.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) parliment
b) election
c) council
d) minister
Show answer
a) parliment. Parliament hides an a after the li, which is easy to miss because nobody says it.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The village concil met on Saturday to plan a new bus stop beside the school.
a) concil
b) beside
c) Saturday
d) village
Show answer
a) concil. The first part is said like count and is spelt the same way.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would a town council most likely decide?
a) where to build a new park
b) which film wins an award
c) when the monsoon will arrive
d) what you eat for breakfast
Show answer
a) where to build a new park
2. Who usually chooses the members of a city council?
a) the people who live there
b) the drivers of buses
c) the pupils of one class
d) the players of a team
Show answer
a) the people who live there
