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Spell Bee Word: Minority


What does minority mean?

Word: Minority

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Minority means the smaller number or part of a group; less than half.

How do you spell minority?

Syllables: mi - nor - i - ty

Tricky part: The middle can sound like ar or er, so it is easy to pick the wrong vowel after the n.

Watch out for: minorty, minnority, minerity

Memory tip: Minor means smaller, so a minority is the smaller part. Keep the whole of minor at the start and the rest follows.

Minority in a sentence

Example 1: Only a minority of students voted for a test on Saturday.

Example 2: On our street, a minority of homes have solar panels.

Example 3: A minority of the players wanted to stop the game early.

Fun Fact

Left-handed people are a minority: only about one person in ten writes with the left hand.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

minority

a) handful
b) few
c) majority
d) fraction

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c) majority. Minority is the smaller part of a group; majority is the larger part.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix for the word:

minor

a) ety
b) itty
c) aty
d) ity

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d) ity. The ending is ity, the same as in electricity and humidity.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sociaty
b) population
c) community
d) minority

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a) sociaty. Society has ie after the c; the other three are correct.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tiyronmi

a) monitor
b) ministry
c) minority
d) majority

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c) minority. There is no j or s in the jumble, and monitor would need a second o.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People who belong to a minority ____.

a) are richer than the rest
b) are fewer than the rest
c) are louder than the rest
d) are older than the rest

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b) are fewer than the rest

2. In a class of 30, which group is a minority?

a) 18 children
b) all 30 children
c) 25 children
d) 8 children

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d) 8 children

Associated Words

Words that end in -rity: charity, priority, clarity, popularity, authority, sincerity

More words from this list

presentable, servant, trainer, agenda, carbon, depressing, explorer, inability

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