What does locality mean?
Word: Locality
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Locality means the area or district around a particular place, such as the streets close to where you live.
How do you spell locality?
Syllables: lo - cal - i - ty
Tricky part: The ending is ity, as in city; students who hear a weak vowel there often write ety.
Watch out for: localety, lokality
Memory tip: A locality is a small part of a city, and the two words end the same way.
Locality in a sentence
Example 1: Our locality has a small park where children play cricket every evening.
Example 2: The new metro station has made the whole locality busier.
Example 3: When we moved, my mother asked around about good schools in the locality.
Fun Fact
Geologists record the locality where each rock or mineral sample is found; the place where a mineral was first described is called its type locality.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
l_c_lity
a) a, a
b) o, a
c) o, e
d) u, a
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b) o, a. The first part is the everyday word for something nearby, like the corner shop.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
locality
a) neighbourhood
b) generation
c) celebration
d) government
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a) neighbourhood. Both words name the area around a place; the other three have nothing to do with an area.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tclayilo
a) totality
b) legality
c) locality
d) loyalty
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c) locality. There is a c in the jumble, and none of the other options has one.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) locality
b) comunity
c) address
d) boundary
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b) comunity. Community needs a double m.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A notice says the water supply in your locality will stop for two hours. Who is affected?
a) only shops in the market
b) every home in the country
c) homes in the nearby streets
d) only people in tall buildings
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c) homes in the nearby streets
2. Dev moved to a quieter locality last year. What changed for him?
a) the age of his bicycle
b) the school subject he liked
c) the colour of his room
d) the area around his home
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d) the area around his home
