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Spell Bee Word: Toffee


What does toffee mean?

Word: Toffee

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Toffee means a sweet made by boiling sugar and butter. It can be hard or chewy and is often brown.

How do you spell toffee?

Syllables: tof - fee

Tricky part: Toffee ends in a double e, even though the end sounds like the y in happy. Ending it with ie or ey is the slip to watch.

Watch out for: toffie, toffey, toffea

Memory tip: Toffee is a sweet, and it ends with the same double e that sweet has in its middle.

Toffee in a sentence

Example 1: Nani keeps a jar of toffees on her shelf.

Example 2: A sticky toffee got stuck to my teeth.

Example 3: Kabir shared his coffee toffee with me after school.

Fun Fact

Toffee turns golden brown because the sugar is heated until it starts to caramelise.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) tofee
b) biscuit
c) chocolate
d) pudding

Show answer

a) tofee. Toffee needs two f's in the middle; biscuit, pudding and chocolate are spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

feefot

a) ffotee
b) toffee
c) tfofee
d) otffee

Show answer

b) toffee. The chewy brown sweet starts with t, and its two e's close it.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

t_ffee

a) o
b) u
c) a
d) i

Show answer

a) o. The first vowel is o, as in top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why should you brush your teeth after eating toffee?

a) sugar can harm teeth
b) it makes teeth whiter
c) it helps you sleep
d) it makes teeth bigger

Show answer

a) sugar can harm teeth

2. Which of these is NOT a sweet?

a) ladoo
b) pakora
c) toffee
d) jalebi

Show answer

b) pakora

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