Spell Bee Word: Village

What does village mean?

Word: Village

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Village means a small group of houses and farms in the countryside, with fields all around.

How do you spell village?

Syllables: vil - lage

Tricky part: The l is doubled in the middle of the word, and children often write only one.

Watch out for: vilage, vilige, villeg

Memory tip: Two l's stand side by side in village, like two neighbours' huts at the edge of the fields.

Village in a sentence

Example 1: My grandparents live in a village near Nashik.

Example 2: There is a big neem tree in the middle of the village.

Example 3: Everyone in the village came to the fair.

Fun Fact

According to the census, India has more than 600,000 villages.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) villaje
b) villagge
c) villige
d) village

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d) village. The end sounds like ij but is written a-g-e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gelavil

a) villaeg
b) vallige
c) villgae
d) village

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d) village. The two l's stay side by side; sort out the letters round them.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

v_llage

a) o
b) e
c) a
d) i

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d) i. Vi begins village, just as it begins violin.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa's village has a lovly pond full of ducks.

a) village
b) lovly
c) pond
d) ducks

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b) lovly. Lovely keeps the e of love before the ly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is usually much bigger than a village?

a) a pond
b) a farm
c) a hut
d) a city

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d) a city

2. In many small villages, where do people draw water from?

a) a swimming pool
b) a fridge
c) a well
d) a fountain

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c) a well

Associated Words

Words that end in -age: cottage, garage, message, carriage, cabbage, page

More words from this list

aware, cheetah, eager, grandfather, join, nineteen, recover, speedboat

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