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Spell Bee Word: Ketchup


What does ketchup mean?

Word: Ketchup

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ketchup means a thick red sauce, eaten cold with snacks.

Synonyms: tomato sauce

How do you spell ketchup?

Syllables: ketch - up

Tricky part: A quiet t sits before the ch, so kechup is wrong.

Watch out for: kechup, kitchup, ketshup

Memory tip: Kitchen and ketchup both hide a t before ch, and the ketchup lives in the kitchen.

Ketchup in a sentence

Example 1: Hana likes ketchup with her chips.

Example 2: Could you pass the ketchup, please?

Example 3: We ran out of ketchup halfway through the picnic.

Fun Fact

The first ketchups were not made with tomatoes at all. They were sauces made from fish, mushrooms or walnuts.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

ketch_p

a) o
b) u
c) a
d) e

Show answer

b) u. The last beat is the little word up.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

ketchup

a) cup
b) peck
c) hut
d) check

Show answer

d) check. Count the c's: ketchup has one, check has two.

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

chkupet 1234567

a) 3761245
b) 6371245
c) 3671245
d) 3672145

Show answer

c) 3671245. Choose k (3), e (6), t (7), c (1), h (2), u (4) and p (5).

Spell Spies

Choose the option with no spelling errors:

a) ketchup, mustad, pickel, chutney
b) ketchup, mustard, pikle, chatney
c) ketchup, musterd, pickle, chutny
d) ketchup, mustard, pickle, chutney

Show answer

d) ketchup, mustard, pickle, chutney. The other lists each slip on two of mustard, pickle and chutney.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ketchup usually tastes ___.

a) plain like water
b) sweet and a little sour
c) salty like sea water
d) bitter like neem leaves

Show answer

b) sweet and a little sour

2. Ketchup is usually kept in a ___.

a) bucket
b) bottle
c) basket
d) envelope

Show answer

b) bottle

More words from this list

operation, should, sunburn, volume, being, clutch, division, furnish

Next steps

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