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Spell Bee Word: Rural


What does rural mean?

Word: Rural

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Rural means to do with the countryside and the way of life in villages.

How do you spell rural?

Syllables: ru - ral

Tricky part: The ending is weak when you say it, so children write el or le. It is spelt al.

Watch out for: rurle, rurel

Memory tip: Farmer Al lives at the end of every country lane, so the word ends with him too.

Rural in a sentence

Example 1: Many rural schools in our state now have solar lamps.

Example 2: My cousins live in a rural part of Odisha, among the rice fields.

Example 3: Rural roads get very quiet after sunset.

Fun Fact

Around 2007, for the first time in history, more of the world's people lived in towns and cities than in rural areas.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

urlar

a) ruler
b) royal
c) rusty
d) rural

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d) rural. Royal and rusty have a y the jumble lacks, and ruler has an e.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

rural

a) rustic
b) pastoral
c) remote
d) urban

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d) urban. Rustic and pastoral are close in meaning to the word given, and remote does not oppose it; urban describes towns and cities.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

rurral

a) a
b) l
c) u
d) r

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d) r. Only one r comes before the a.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) agricalture
b) vilage
c) harvist
d) rural

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d) rural. Village needs a double l; agriculture has an i in the middle, and harvest ends in est.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A photo of a rural area would show ____.

a) mustard fields and cattle sheds
b) busy flyovers and metro stations
c) tall offices and crowded malls
d) hotels, banks and car parks

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a) mustard fields and cattle sheds

2. Someone who moves from a big city to a rural home will probably notice ____.

a) more lifts and longer traffic jams
b) taller buildings and brighter signs
c) fewer cars and more birdsong
d) noisier streets and bigger shops

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c) fewer cars and more birdsong

Associated Words

Words that end in -ral: several, numeral, central, federal, coral, floral

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telephone, wrestling, blacksmith, deactivate, enzyme, heir, mansion, plumber

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