What does scramble mean?
Word: Scramble
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Scramble means to climb or move quickly and awkwardly, often using your hands; also to rush to get something, or to mix things up.
Synonyms: rush, scurry
Antonyms: arrange, sort
How do you spell scramble?
Syllables: scram - ble
Tricky part: The ending is ble, not bel, though you hear something like bul.
Watch out for: scrambel, scrambal
Memory tip: Scramble and tumble wag the same tail at the end: b, l, e.
Scramble in a sentence
Example 1: Puppies scramble over each other to reach the food bowl.
Example 2: Mum scrambled two eggs with onion and green chilli.
Example 3: The goalkeeper had to scramble across the goal line to stop the ball.
Fun Fact
At a scramble crossing, all the traffic stops so that people can walk across a junction in every direction at once. The one at Shibuya in Tokyo is world famous.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The children began to skramble up the sand dune to watch the sunset over Jaisalmer.
a) dune
b) children
c) skramble
d) sunset
Show answer
c) skramble. The word starts with scr, as scratch and scream do.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
scramble
a) slide
b) stroll
c) clamber
d) float
Show answer
c) clamber. To clamber is to climb awkwardly with hands and feet, just as you scramble over rocks.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) stumble
b) tumble
c) scrammble
d) grumble
Show answer
c) scrammble. A single m comes before the b in this word.
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
____scramble
a) in
b) un
c) dis
d) mis
Show answer
b) un. Un turns scramble into its opposite, just as it turns tie into untie.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When would people at a fair scramble?
a) when a sudden shower begins
b) when the queues are short
c) when the sun shines gently
d) when the band plays softly
Show answer
a) when a sudden shower begins
2. If the letters of a word have been scrambled, they are ____.
a) all capital letters
b) printed in red
c) in a muddled order
d) written twice
Show answer
c) in a muddled order
