What does truffle mean?
Word: Truffle
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Truffle means a small soft sweet made of chocolate. It is also a rare fungus that grows underground and is prized in cooking.
How do you spell truffle?
Syllables: truf - fle
Tricky part: The f is doubled, but the sound gives no sign of it.
Watch out for: trufle, truflle
Memory tip: Two soft f's, like two bites of one soft sweet.
Truffle in a sentence
Example 1: Rhea rolled each truffle in cocoa powder.
Example 2: The chef shaved a little truffle over the rice.
Example 3: A single dark chocolate truffle was enough after that huge lunch.
Fun Fact
Chocolate truffles were named after the fungus because of their round, lumpy look. In Italy, trained dogs sniff out the real thing under the soil.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Pick out the only correctly spelt word in the list and choose its meaning.
1. truffle 2. carramel 3. meringe 4. marzipen
a) a sweet paste made from ground almonds and sugar
b) a soft brown sweet made by heating sugar and butter
c) a light, crisp sweet made from egg white and sugar
d) a treat that melts in the mouth, with cocoa dusted on top
Show answer
d) a treat that melts in the mouth, with cocoa dusted on top. Marzipan has an a, caramel one r, and meringue keeps the u: three slips, one sound spelling.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
tr_ffl_
a) o, e
b) u, e
c) u, a
d) i, a
Show answer
b) u, e. The vowel sounds as in cup, and a silent vowel closes the word.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
truffile
a) u
b) i
c) f
d) l
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b) i. Without the i, the sweet's name is left.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why would a shop not stack chocolate truffles in a sunny window?
a) their price would rise in the sunlight
b) their soft chocolate would start to melt
c) their wrappers would grow too heavy
d) their flavour would turn to salt
Show answer
b) their soft chocolate would start to melt
2. Which words would a menu most likely use for a chocolate truffle?
a) salty and crunchy
b) bitter and peppery
c) rich and velvety
d) sour and fizzy
Show answer
c) rich and velvety
