What does countryside mean?
Word: Countryside
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Countryside means land outside towns and big built-up places, with fields, farms, trees and villages.
Synonyms: country, farmland
Antonyms: town
How do you spell countryside?
Syllables: coun - try - side
Tricky part: The first part is spelt like count, with ou, though children often drop the u and write contryside.
Watch out for: contryside, cowntryside
Memory tip: Count the fields as you drive through the countryside: both words start with count, ou and all.
Countryside in a sentence
Example 1: We drove through the green countryside of Punjab.
Example 2: The countryside is quiet at night except for the crickets.
Example 3: My cousins live in the countryside near Nashik.
Fun Fact
At the 2011 census, more than two out of every three people in India lived in the countryside, in villages rather than towns.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) countrysied
b) countrysyde
c) countryside
d) countreyside
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c) countryside. The end keeps its i and silent e, after a plain y.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
countryside
a) valley
b) city
c) orchard
d) meadow
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b) city. A city is crowded and built-up; the countryside is open and green.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sdueotncriy
a) countrsyide
b) countrydise
c) countyrside
d) countryside
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d) countryside. Each wrong choice moves one letter out of place near the end; sound them out.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
countrryside
a) t
b) s
c) r
d) y
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c) r. There is just one r in the word, so drop the extra one.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would you expect to see in the countryside?
a) a crowded shopping mall
b) a busy metro station
c) tall office towers
d) cows grazing by a pond
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d) cows grazing by a pond
2. Why might a family spend the holidays in the countryside?
a) for peace and fresh air
b) to be near big shops
c) for a faster metro ride
d) to live among tall towers
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a) for peace and fresh air
