noun · neutral
village
/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/VIL·lage
Band 4-5speakingtask2
a small settlement in a rural area, smaller than a town
Examples
“The fishing village has only a few hundred residents.”
“She spent her childhood in a mountain village.”
“Local traditions are strong in that village.”
Band 8 sentence
“The village has preserved its traditional architecture despite recent tourism development.”
Collocations
- remote village
- fishing village
Word family
villages noun (plural)
Common mistakes
I grew up in the villages.→I grew up in a village.
There are many village in that area.→There are many villages in that area.
Say it for a higher band
5small town→6hamlet→7+village
Synonyms
hamlet
Easily confused
countryside
“I prefer walking in the countryside during autumn.”
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