Dessert — B1 Vocabulary
Sweet food eaten at the end of a meal — cake, ice cream, fruit salad.
Quick Answer
A dessert (double s) is the sweet dish you eat after your main meal. Say it dih-ZERT, with the stress at the end. Want more sweet? Add more s!
Example: We had chocolate cake for dessert.
Dessert in 3 Sentences
Read these three sentences. Notice how dessert is used:
- We had chocolate cake for dessert. (the sweet course after dinner)
- What’s for dessert tonight? (a very common dinner question)
- Ice cream is my favourite dessert in summer. (sweet food)
A Quick Tip About DESSERT
Dessert is the twin of desert (the sandy place) — one letter apart. Dessert has two s; desert has one. The stress moves too: dih-ZERT (cake) vs DEH-zert (sand).
Dropping an s when you mean the sweet food
✗ Would you like some desert after dinner?
✓ Would you like some dessert after dinner?
Easy way to remember: you always want a Second Serving of dessert — so it gets a double s.
Practice all Desert vs Dessert
Now practise dessert together with the other words in this topic. Use Study, Practice, Flashcards, and Review.
Desert vs Dessert
Master desert and dessert — one is full of sand, the other is full of sugar. One letter makes all the difference.
Study Cards
Read the word, look at the picture, and say the example sentence.
Quick Practice
Choose the word that completes the sentence.
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Flashcards
Look at the picture first, then tap the card to check the word.
Spaced Review
Review cards today, then let the queue bring them back later.
Test Yourself: Dessert
Choose the correct answer for each sentence. Click Check to see if you are right.
1. Would you like ice cream for ______?
2. What is a dessert?
3. How do you say the word for the sweet food?
4. My favourite ______ is apple pie with cream.
5. Why does dessert have two letters s?
Other Desert vs Dessert to Learn
Pick another word from this lesson — small steps add up fast.
Keep Going — One Word, Many Wins
You just learned dessert — the sweet one with a double s. Restaurant menus will never confuse you again.
Now meet its dry twin: take away one s and the chocolate cake turns into endless sand. Can you picture the difference between DEH-zert and dih-ZERT?
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