What does monument mean?
Word: Monument
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Monument means a building, statue or other structure put up to remember a person or event, or a famous old building that is protected.
Synonyms: statue, landmark
Word origin: Comes from Latin monumentum, from monere, 'to remind'.
How do you spell monument?
Syllables: mon - u - ment
Tricky part: The vowel after the n is u, not o: students write monoment, thinking of moment.
Watch out for: monoment, monumant, monuement
Memory tip: Monument and Latin monere, 'to remind', share their opening: picture a stone that reminds you of the past, and keep the u that comes after mon.
Monument in a sentence
Example 1: Our class trip took us to the Charminar, a monument in the heart of Hyderabad.
Example 2: A small monument near the lake honours the firefighters from our district.
Example 3: Please do not write your name on the walls of any monument.
Fun Fact
UNESCO's World Heritage List names more than 1,100 places of special value, from ancient monuments and rock-cut caves to whole old towns.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. sculpter 2. architecure 3. monument 4. heratige
a) an artist who carves or shapes figures
b) the art of designing buildings
c) buildings and traditions passed down from the past
d) a structure built to honour a person or event
Show answer
d) a structure built to honour a person or event. Architecure is short of a t, sculpter has e where o belongs, and heratige swaps its i and a, so monument is the safe word.
Word Cookie
One letter in this word is not needed. Find it:
monumment
a) u
b) m
c) n
d) t
Show answer
b) m. Only one m comes between the u and the e; the second one is not needed.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters to find the word that fits the sentence:
Thousands of tourists visit the ntunoemm on the hill every winter.
a) ornament
b) monument
c) movement
d) momentum
Show answer
b) monument. Movement needs a v and ornament an r and an a; momentum has three m's but only one n.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word monument as used in the sentence:
The town built a monument to honour the doctors who served during the floods.
a) canteen
b) memorial
c) warehouse
d) reservoir
Show answer
b) memorial. A memorial is built so that people remember someone, which is what this monument does.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A family that wants to visit a monument could go to ____.
a) a new metro station in Pune
b) the Gateway of India in Mumbai
c) a shopping mall in Delhi
d) a cricket ground in Kolkata
Show answer
b) the Gateway of India in Mumbai
2. A monument is usually built to ____.
a) store grain for the winter
b) hold classes for children
c) sell tickets for a fair
d) keep the memory of someone alive
Show answer
d) keep the memory of someone alive
