What does remedy mean?
Word: Remedy
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Remedy means a way of dealing with a difficult situation and making it better.
How do you spell remedy?
Syllables: rem - e - dy
Tricky part: The vowel after the m is weak and sounds almost like a short i, but it is written e. Many pupils write remidy.
Watch out for: remidy, remady
Memory tip: Spot the small word me hiding in the middle: it holds the vowel children most often get wrong.
Remedy in a sentence
Example 1: Planting more trees is one remedy for the hot, dusty roads in our town.
Example 2: Our school runs remedial classes on Saturdays for anyone who needs extra help with maths.
Example 3: The class monitor found a quick remedy for the noise: a five-minute silent reading game.
Fun Fact
Remedy reached English in the Middle Ages through French, from the Latin word remedium, and English has used it for well over 600 years.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
remedy
a) delay
b) mistake
c) solution
d) obstacle
Show answer
c) solution. A solution sorts out a difficulty, which is exactly what a remedy does.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
r_med_
a) i, y
b) e, y
c) a, y
d) e, i
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b) e, y. The word opens like return and ends with the same letter as happy.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ymeder
a) medley
b) remedy
c) comedy
d) remade
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b) remedy. Comedy needs a c and an o, medley an l and remade an a.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) seperate
b) neccessary
c) remedy
d) comittee
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c) remedy. Separate has par in the middle, necessary has one c, and committee doubles its m.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Ella keeps forgetting her homework. Which of these is the best remedy?
a) writing it in a diary each day
b) watching more cartoons
c) going to bed much later
d) leaving her bag at school
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a) writing it in a diary each day
2. If there is no quick remedy for the traffic jams in a city, what is true of the problem?
a) it will take time to sort out
b) it was never really there
c) it will end by itself tomorrow
d) it is easy to forget
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a) it will take time to sort out
