Difference between country and countryside

[Davidddd]

Test No. incompl/inter-20 "Will or Shall?", question 6

I want you to imagine that a man is walking ..........

(a) in the country
(b) on the countryside
(c) by the countryside
(d) over the country

Test No. incompl/inter-20 "Will or Shall?", answer 6

I want you to imagine that a man is walking in the country.

Correct answer: (a) in the country

Your answer was: incorrect
I want you to imagine that a man is walking on the countryside.
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What's the difference between 'country' and 'countryside'?

Davidddd

[Alan]

Both expressions would be IN the country/countryside. There is very little difference except that countryside is more specific and refers in particular to fields/meadows/rivers/streams and so on.
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[Mudium]

why can't we use on the countryside
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[Goodmahsa]