What does political mean?
Word: Political
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Political means connected with the government of a country, or with the parties and ideas involved in running it.
Synonyms: governmental, civic
Antonyms: non-political
How do you spell political?
Syllables: po - lit - i - cal
Tricky part: Students write politicle, as if it ended like article. The ending is cal, never cle or kal.
Watch out for: politicle, politicel, politikal
Memory tip: Picture a calendar on the wall of a political party office: the cal that begins calendar is the cal that ends political.
Political in a sentence
Example 1: Students from every class watched a debate on political parties.
Example 2: The cartoonist R. K. Laxman drew political cartoons for decades.
Example 3: Our civics chapter explains the political map of India.
Fun Fact
Political comes from the Greek word polis, meaning city. In ancient Greece each city, such as Athens, ran its own affairs.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to complete the word:
p_l_tical
a) a, i
b) e, i
c) o, e
d) o, i
Show answer
d) o, i. Say po-LIT-i-cal: an o comes first, then i after the l.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The newspaper printed a cartoon about the lpaiotcli quarrel in the state assembly.
a) politically
b) critical
c) topical
d) political
Show answer
d) political. Only political uses these nine letters: critical has no p, topical is two letters short and politically needs a y.
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. goverment 2. political 3. democrasy 4. constituancy
a) connected with the government or public affairs of a country
b) an area whose voters elect a representative
c) a system in which people choose their rulers by voting
d) the group of people who control a country
Show answer
a) connected with the government or public affairs of a country. Government keeps the n of govern, constituency ends in ency, and democracy has c, not s, before the y.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
pollitical
a) l
b) c
c) o
d) i
Show answer
a) l. A single l is enough here; the second one is the extra letter.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A political party is a group that ____.
a) repairs roads in the city
b) organises sports days for schools
c) hopes to win power in an election
d) runs a chain of bookshops
Show answer
c) hopes to win power in an election
2. Who among these is a political leader?
a) a school librarian
b) a team coach
c) a head chef
d) a chief minister
Show answer
d) a chief minister
