Spell Bee Word: Milkshake

What does milkshake mean?

Word: Milkshake

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Milkshake means a cold, sweet drink made by blending milk with fruit, ice cream or chocolate.

Synonyms: shake

How do you spell milkshake?

Syllables: milk - shake

Tricky part: Milkshake is written as one word, with no space and no hyphen in the middle.

Watch out for: milk shake, milk-shake

Memory tip: Blend the word the way you blend the drink: no gap in the middle, just as a good milkshake has no lumps.

Milkshake in a sentence

Example 1: Mum made a mango milkshake for us.

Example 2: I like a cold banana milkshake on a hot afternoon.

Example 3: The milkshake came with a straw and a cherry on top.

Fun Fact

The word milkshake is more than 130 years old, but the first milkshakes were quite different. Ice cream only became a usual part of them about 100 years ago.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) milkshak
b) milkshake
c) milkshaik
d) milkschake

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b) milkshake. The ending sounds like cake and is spelt the same way, with a silent e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

kahsklime

a) milksheka
b) milkshake
c) mlikshake
d) milkshkae

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b) milkshake. Mlikshake has the l and the i the wrong way round, and the other two muddle the ending.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

mil_shake

a) c
b) l
c) s
d) k

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d) k. The word starts with milk, which ends in k.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

millkshake

a) l
b) m
c) h
d) k

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a) l. A single l comes before the k.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which machine is used to make a milkshake at home?

a) a kettle
b) a toaster
c) a pressure cooker
d) a blender

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d) a blender

2. Which of these drinks is most like a milkshake?

a) soup
b) tea
c) lemon water
d) smoothie

Show answer

d) smoothie

Associated Words

Words that end in -ake: awake, cupcake, pancake, snowflake, earthquake, drake

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Next steps

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