county

Everyday

A county is a part of a state or country with its own name, towns and local government. tree →

In the lessons

maths: a place in the story; sometimes a fair or several towns with people to count; geography: US states, UK and Ireland are divided into counties; everyday life: the county fair, the county library

Examples

• The county fair has 30 rides. tree →
• 5,000 people live in the county. tree →
• There are 12 schools in the county. tree →
• They drove 40 miles across the county. tree →
• Ireland has 32 counties. tree →
• We went to the county fair. tree →
• The county library has a big children's section. tree →
• There was once a boy in the County Mayo; Guleesh was his name. tree →

Note

A word of the story; carries no clue about the operation. Trap: «county» is not «country» and not «count». Plural: county → counties.