What does margin mean?
Word: Margin
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Margin means the blank space along the edge of a page. It can also mean the amount by which one side wins.
How do you spell margin?
Syllables: mar - gin
Tricky part: The last part sounds weak and unclear, so many children write en or an there. It is spelt in.
Watch out for: margen, margan
Memory tip: You write notes in the margin, so let that little word in remind you how the word ends.
Margin in a sentence
Example 1: The teacher asked us to rule a margin with a red pen.
Example 2: I drew a small flower in the margin of my rough book.
Example 3: Our team won the quiz by a narrow margin.
Fun Fact
Around 1637 the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat wrote a famous puzzle in the margin of a book, adding that the margin was too small for his proof. Nobody proved the idea until the 1990s.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) marjin, heading, paragraf, chapter
b) margin, heading, paragraph, chapter
c) marjin, hedding, paragraph, chapter
d) margin, heding, paragraph, chaptar
Show answer
b) margin, heading, paragraph, chapter. This is the only list where all four words about a page are spelt correctly.
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) marrgin
b) sharpener
c) pencil
d) notebook
Show answer
a) marrgin. One r is enough in the blank edge of a page; notebook, pencil and sharpener are already right.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
margin
a) ring
b) main
c) again
d) grain
Show answer
c) again. Again uses two a's, and only one is on offer here.
Sound Check
Which of the following words has the same first vowel sound as margin?
a) garden
b) marry
c) warm
d) scarce
Show answer
a) garden. The long ah sound opens both words; the other three look close but are said differently.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Team A scored 210 runs and Team B scored 150. What was the margin of Team A's win?
a) 150 runs
b) 210 runs
c) 60 runs
d) 360 runs
Show answer
c) 60 runs
2. Sonu left no margin in his notebook. What is likely to happen?
a) His answers will all turn out to be wrong
b) His pen will run out of ink very soon
c) His teacher will have no room for remarks
d) His pages will fall out of the notebook
Show answer
c) His teacher will have no room for remarks
