What does ministry mean?
Word: Ministry
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Ministry means a government department that looks after one area of a country's work, such as education or tourism.
How do you spell ministry?
Syllables: min - is - try
Tricky part: The ending is the trap. Many students hear a faint extra vowel after the t and write it in, when the t runs straight into the r.
Watch out for: ministery, ministary
Memory tip: Give it a try: the last three letters of this word spell try, with nothing squeezed in between.
Ministry in a sentence
Example 1: The Ministry of Tourism has printed a new guide to the country's mountain villages.
Example 2: My aunt got a job as an engineer in the Ministry of Civil Aviation in New Delhi.
Example 3: Every ministry shares a report each year on the work it has done.
Fun Fact
Japan's Ministry of Education has a long full name: the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It has used that name since 2001, when two older bodies were joined.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
m_n_stry
a) i, i
b) i, e
c) e, i
d) a, i
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a) i, i. Both gaps take the same short vowel, the one you hear in sit.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
minnistry
a) s
b) t
c) n
d) i
Show answer
c) n. One n is enough here, so the other has to go.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ristnimy
a) ministry
b) mystery
c) minstrel
d) industry
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a) ministry. Mystery has an e, industry a d and minstrel an l, and none of those letters is in the jumble.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) comittee
b) ministry
c) parliment
d) goverment
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b) ministry. Parliament keeps an a before the m, government keeps an n before the m, and committee doubles its m.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which job best fits the Ministry of Railways?
a) running a village school
b) printing the daily newspaper
c) choosing the national cricket team
d) planning new train routes
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d) planning new train routes
2. Why does a country have many ministries instead of just one?
a) so that each town can print its own money
b) so that each shop can set its own prices
c) so that each school can choose its own holidays
d) so that each field is run by people who know it
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d) so that each field is run by people who know it
