What does view mean?
Word: View
Part of Speech: Noun, verb
Meaning: View means what you can see from a place, such as hills from a window. It also means what a person thinks about something, and as a verb it means to look at something.
Synonyms: scene, opinion
How do you spell view?
Syllables: view
Tricky part: The two middle letters are the trap. Many children swap them or leave one out, because the word does not sound the way it looks.
Watch out for: veiw, vew
Memory tip: You are the one looking, so I comes first: the i goes before the e.
Idioms and Phrases
- point of view: a way of thinking about something. Example: "From my point of view, the second story was better."
- a bird's-eye view: a view from high above. Example: "The top of the tower gave us a bird's-eye view of the town."
View in a sentence
Example 1: My bedroom window has a lovely view of the hills.
Example 2: Riya and her brother have different views on which game to play.
Example 3: Visitors can view the old paintings in the museum on Sundays.
Fun Fact
This word is more than 500 years old, yet it found a new job on the internet: the number under an online video is a count of its views.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
iwve 1234
a) 3142
b) 1342
c) 3124
d) 3412
Show answer
a) 3142. Starting with letter 3 and following this order gives a word you know from the top of this page.
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:
inter_______
a) viwe
b) vieu
c) view
d) viewe
Show answer
c) view. A talk with a person who may get a job is an interview, and it ends with a w.
Sound Check
Which word does not rhyme with the given word?
view
a) shoe
b) sew
c) few
d) blue
Show answer
b) sew. Sew sounds like so, though its spelling looks like few.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) view, vally, medow, stream
b) view, vally, meadow, streem
c) view, valley, meadow, stream
d) view, valley, medow, streem
Show answer
c) view, valley, meadow, stream. Valley has ey at the end, meadow has ea in the middle, and stream has ea as well.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which hotel room would give a guest the best view of the sea?
a) a basement room with no windows
b) a room facing the car park
c) a top-floor room facing the beach
d) a room beside the hotel kitchen
Show answer
c) a top-floor room facing the beach
2. Riya says, "In my view, summer is the best season." What does she mean?
a) That is what I think.
b) That is what I can see.
c) That is what the book says.
d) That is what I was told.
Show answer
a) That is what I think.
