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Spell Bee Word: Maid


What does maid mean?

Word: Maid

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Maid means a woman whose job is to clean and do housework in a home or hotel. In old stories, a maid is a young girl who is not married.

Synonyms: housemaid, helper

Sounds like: made (past form of make, as in She made a cake)

How do you spell maid?

Syllables: maid

Tricky part: Maid sounds exactly like made, the past form of make. Think about the meaning before you choose the spelling.

Watch out for: maed, mayde

Memory tip: A maid is a person, and a person can say I. The person word, maid, is the one with an i in it; made, from make, has none.

Maid in a sentence

Example 1: The hotel maid brought us extra pillows.

Example 2: In the fairy tale, the maid became a queen.

Example 3: Our neighbour's maid comes at seven every morning.

Fun Fact

Maid is a shortened form of maiden, an old word for a young unmarried woman. That is why Joan of Arc was called the Maid of Orleans.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our maide sweeps the floor and dusts the shelves before Mum wakes up.

a) maide
b) sweeps
c) dusts
d) shelves

Show answer

a) maide. Maid is a short word that stops at the d; nothing comes after it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cashiar
b) receptionist
c) maid
d) gardener

Show answer

a) cashiar. Cashier ends in ier; maid, receptionist and gardener are all correct.

Word Connection

Choose the masculine form of the word:

maid

a) maidman
b) drake
c) maider
d) bachelor

Show answer

d) bachelor. In the old pairs of gender words, a maid is a young unmarried girl and a bachelor is a young unmarried man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these jobs does a maid usually do?

a) fixing the wiring
b) guarding the gate
c) sweeping and dusting
d) delivering letters

Show answer

c) sweeping and dusting

2. A milkmaid is a woman who ____.

a) sells sweets at a fair
b) sews clothes for a shop
c) teaches songs at a school
d) milks cows on a farm

Show answer

d) milks cows on a farm

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ma: mason, mangrove, mature, management, manage, malware

More words from this list

photograph, rest, surf, wheelchair, baggage, creativity, electrician, guilt

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