What does takeaway mean?
Word: Takeaway
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Takeaway means a meal you buy from a restaurant to eat somewhere else, or the shop that sells such meals.
How do you spell takeaway?
Syllables: take - a - way
Tricky part: Every letter stays: an e after the k and an a straight after it. Children drop one of them (takeway, takaway) or leave a space in the middle.
Watch out for: takeway, takaway, takeawey
Memory tip: Picture a lunch box with e and a written side by side on its lid: the e and the a in the middle of takeaway sit together like that.
Takeaway in a sentence
Example 1: Our family gets a takeaway on Friday nights.
Example 2: The takeaway on our street sells hot fish and chips.
Example 3: We ate our noodle takeaway in the park.
Fun Fact
Takeaway is the usual British word for this kind of meal. In American English the same thing is called takeout.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the word before the blank to make a new word:
We were too tired to cook, so Papa brought home a take____ of hot curry.
a) off
b) over
c) in
d) away
Show answer
d) away. Food you buy and carry home is a takeaway.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
takeaway
a) teak
b) wake
c) kayak
d) tweak
Show answer
c) kayak. Kayak needs two k's, and takeaway has only one.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) takeaway, menu, pitza, sanwich
b) takeaway, menu, pizza, sandwich
c) takeaway, mennu, pizza, sandwhich
d) takeaway, menue, piza, sandwich
Show answer
b) takeaway, menu, pizza, sandwich. Menu ends in u, pizza has a double z and sandwich has d before w.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
yawketaa
a) food you buy and carry home to eat
b) a ticket for a long train ride
c) a game played on the beach
d) a small cupboard in a kitchen
Show answer
a) food you buy and carry home to eat. These eight letters rebuild takeaway, a meal you carry off to eat elsewhere.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a takeaway?
a) a lunch packed by Papa
b) a box of fried rice from a shop
c) a school canteen meal
d) a soup cooked by Grandma
Show answer
b) a box of fried rice from a shop
2. Why might a family order a takeaway?
a) nobody has time to cook
b) they are going to bed
c) they want to cook together
d) they have just eaten
Show answer
a) nobody has time to cook
