What does marshmallow mean?
Word: Marshmallow
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Marshmallow means a soft pink or white sweet that puffs up when toasted.
How do you spell marshmallow?
Syllables: marsh - mal - low
Tricky part: Nearly everyone wants to write mellow in the second half, giving marshmellow. The vowel there is an a.
Watch out for: marshmellow, marshmelow, marshmallowe
Memory tip: A bag of these sweets is meant for all: the word all sits inside the second half.
Marshmallow in a sentence
Example 1: Tanya dropped a marshmallow into her hot chocolate.
Example 2: The scouts passed a packet of marshmallows round the fire.
Example 3: My little brother stuffed a whole marshmallow into each cheek.
Fun Fact
The sweet takes its name from a pink-flowered plant of wet ground, whose sticky root juice was once used to make it.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
On the last night of the camp in Lonavala, our patient instructor showed us how to hold a marshmallo over the glowing embers without letting it catch fire.
a) patient
b) instructor
c) marshmallo
d) embers
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c) marshmallo. The word ends in low, so the w must not be left off.
Mingle-Mangle
Unscramble the jumbled word in the sentence and choose the correct word:
We toasted a fat pink wlahamorslm on a stick until it turned golden.
a) marshmallow
b) marshland
c) marketplace
d) marigold
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a) marshmallow. Both m letters and the w are used up by the sweet alone.
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) gingerbred
b) marshmallow
c) blackcurent
d) buterscotch
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b) marshmallow. Blackcurrant needs a double r, butterscotch a double t and gingerbread an a.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are misspelt. Choose the meaning of the one spelt correctly.
1. marshmallow 2. tofee 3. nouget 4. caramell
a) a hard, sticky brown sweet
b) a spongy sweet that melts in a hot drink
c) burnt sugar used to flavour sweets
d) a chewy sweet with nuts inside
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b) a spongy sweet that melts in a hot drink. Caramel has one l, nougat has an a near the end and toffee has a double f.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does a marshmallow puff up when held over a fire?
a) The smoke fills up the tiny holes.
b) The air trapped inside it expands.
c) The heat of the flames adds more air.
d) The sugar inside it turns to water.
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b) The air trapped inside it expands.
2. Which word best describes how a marshmallow feels when you squeeze it?
a) springy
b) crunchy
c) grainy
d) brittle
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a) springy
