What does heritage mean?
Word: Heritage
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Heritage means the history, traditions, buildings and art that a country or family has had for a long time and passes on to the next generations.
Synonyms: tradition, inheritance
How do you spell heritage?
Syllables: her - i - tage
Tricky part: The middle vowel is i, and the r is single. Students write heratage or herritage.
Watch out for: heratage, herritage, heretage
Memory tip: Heritage is what you inherit: write inherit without its first two letters and the hard part is done.
Heritage in a sentence
Example 1: The old havelis of Jaipur are part of the city's heritage.
Example 2: Our school held a heritage walk through the old quarter of the city.
Example 3: Folk songs are an important part of our cultural heritage.
Fun Fact
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a narrow-gauge toy train that opened in 1881, is protected today as a World Heritage Site.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word heritage as used in the sentence:
The old stepwell is part of the village's heritage and must be protected.
a) burden
b) future
c) legacy
d) profit
Show answer
c) legacy. A legacy is something handed down from the past, just like heritage.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The temple is a proud part of the state's tgeihrae and draws thousands of visitors.
a) hermitage
b) theatre
c) territory
d) heritage
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d) heritage. Without an m, hermitage is out; territory needs a y and an o, and theatre a second t.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our school trip to Hampi taught us that the ruined temples and the stone chariot are part of a heritige that every Indian should help to protect.
a) chariot
b) protect
c) temples
d) heritige
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d) heritige. The word ends in age, as in a page of history, so heritige is the one to correct.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:
1. monument 2. heritage 3. pilgrimmage 4. tradition
a) a trip to a holy place made out of faith
b) everything a nation keeps from its past and values
c) a statue or building that honours a person or event
d) a custom handed down over many years
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a) a trip to a holy place made out of faith. Only pilgrimmage has a slip: pilgrim keeps its single m when age is added.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A heritage site is a place that is ____.
a) built for offices only last year
b) kept because of its history or value
c) used as a car park by shoppers
d) closed to visitors for ever
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b) kept because of its history or value
2. World Heritage Sites are chosen by which organisation?
a) FIFA
b) ASEAN
c) UNICEF
d) UNESCO
Show answer
d) UNESCO
