What does marmalade mean?
Word: Marmalade
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Marmalade means a sweet spread made from oranges or lemons, with thin strips of the peel in it.
How do you spell marmalade?
Syllables: mar - ma - lade
Tricky part: The middle beat is ma, with an a, so marmelade is wrong.
Watch out for: marmelade, marmilade
Memory tip: Picture a child at breakfast saying it slowly as she spreads her toast: mar, then ma, then lade.
Marmalade in a sentence
Example 1: Grandma spreads orange marmalade on her toast.
Example 2: This marmalade has thick chunks of peel in it.
Example 3: We made lemon marmalade in our cookery class.
Fun Fact
Marmalade comes from the Portuguese marmelada, which was a paste made from quince, not oranges.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
marma____
a) lade
b) led
c) lid
d) laid
Show answer
a) lade. The ending lade has an a and a silent e.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) marmalade, buter, tost, cereal
b) marmalade, butter, toste, sereal
c) mamalade, buttar, toast, cereal
d) marmalade, butter, toast, cereal
Show answer
d) marmalade, butter, toast, cereal. Only one breakfast list is free of slips; the others have two errors each.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
dalamrema
a) a sweet frozen dessert made from milk
b) an orange or lemon spread with bits of peel
c) a drink made by mixing fruit juice with water
d) a thick red sauce eaten with snacks
Show answer
b) an orange or lemon spread with bits of peel. The nine letters spell marmalade, the orange or lemon spread.
Sound Check
Which of the following words does not rhyme with 'marmalade'?
a) spade
b) parade
c) salad
d) lemonade
Show answer
c) salad. Salad ends in a short ad sound; lemonade, parade and spade end in ade, like marmalade.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Marmalade usually tastes ___.
a) salty and very spicy
b) plain like boiled rice
c) sweet and a little bitter
d) sour like raw tamarind
Show answer
c) sweet and a little bitter
2. Marmalade is a kind of ___.
a) jam
b) cheese
c) soup
d) pickle
Show answer
a) jam
