What does district mean?
Word: District
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: District means an area of a country or town, often with official borders and its own local officials.
Synonyms: region, area
How do you spell district?
Syllables: dis - trict
Tricky part: The word finishes with a t sound that is easy to swallow, so many students write distric.
Watch out for: distric, districk, distrikt
Memory tip: A district has borders all round it; let the last letter, t, be the fence post that closes it off.
District in a sentence
Example 1: Our school is the oldest in the whole district.
Example 2: The district collector opened the new hospital wing last week.
Example 3: Kodagu is a hilly district known for its coffee estates.
Fun Fact
India has more than 700 districts, and the number keeps changing as states create new ones.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
dis_r_ct
a) d, i
b) t, i
c) t, e
d) c, i
Show answer
b) t, i. The second part is trict, with a t after the s and an i before the c.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. district 2. munisipal 3. villege 4. teritory
a) an area of a country with its own local officials
b) a small group of houses in the country
c) to do with the government of a town or city
d) an area of land that belongs to a country or ruler
Show answer
a) an area of a country with its own local officials. Municipal has a c, village has an a in its second part and territory needs two r's.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
disstrict
a) c
b) r
c) t
d) s
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d) s. The word opens with dis, as in distance, so one s is enough.
Mingle-Mangle
The jumbled word in the sentence hides a real word. Choose it:
Every tcrdsiit in the state now has a large public library.
a) distract
b) district
c) distinct
d) restrict
Show answer
b) district. Distinct needs an n, distract an a, and restrict an e, so the letters fit district alone.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a district rather than a whole state?
a) Kerala
b) Punjab
c) Gujarat
d) Pune
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d) Pune
2. In a big city, the business district is the part where ____.
a) the river meets the sea
b) farmers grow vegetables
c) the oldest temples are found
d) most offices and banks stand
Show answer
d) most offices and banks stand
