What does landscape mean?
Word: Landscape
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Landscape means everything you can see across a wide stretch of land, such as its hills, valleys, fields and trees.
Synonyms: view, countryside
How do you spell landscape?
Syllables: land - scape
Tricky part: In quick speech the d in the middle almost disappears, so many children write lanscape. It has to be there.
Watch out for: lanscape, landscap
Memory tip: Say the word with a firm d in the middle, as if you are stamping your foot on solid ground.
Landscape in a sentence
Example 1: From the train window, the flat landscape of the Netherlands stretched out in green and gold.
Example 2: Snow had turned the whole landscape white by morning.
Example 3: Our art teacher asked us to paint the landscape around the mountain village.
Fun Fact
English borrowed the word from Dutch in the late 1500s, at a time when Dutch painters were famous for their pictures of the countryside.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: landscape
a) weather
b) horizon
c) portrait
d) scenery
Show answer
d) scenery. A landscape is the scenery of a place; a portrait shows a person, and the horizon is only the line where land meets sky.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
land_ca_e
a) s,p
b) c,k
c) s,b
d) k,p
Show answer
a) s,p. The middle is spelt sc, and the ending rhymes with cape and tape.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
naceaspdl
a) sandpaper
b) landscape
c) escapade
d) lampshade
Show answer
b) landscape. Count the clues: sandpaper needs an r, escapade has no l or n, and lampshade needs an m and an h.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) landscape
b) plateu
c) terain
d) glaicer
Show answer
a) landscape. Glacier ends in cier, plateau keeps au at the end, and terrain has a double r.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would change a landscape the most?
a) a new forest planted across bare hills
b) a new paint colour on one front door
c) a new clock in the school hall
d) a new menu at the corner cafe
Show answer
a) a new forest planted across bare hills
2. Mrs Rao asked the class to turn their drawing paper to landscape. How should they hold it?
a) with the long side standing upright
b) rolled up into a tube
c) with the long side running across
d) folded neatly down the middle
Show answer
c) with the long side running across
