What does asparagus mean?
Word: Asparagus
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Asparagus means a green vegetable with long, thin stems and pointed tips, usually eaten cooked.
How do you spell asparagus?
Syllables: as - par - a - gus
Tricky part: Four vowels sit in this word, and children often change one of them. Say as-par-a-gus clearly so that you hear every part.
Watch out for: asparegus, asparagous
Memory tip: Asparagus has three a's and just one u: check that all four vowels are on the page before you stop.
Asparagus in a sentence
Example 1: The chef cut the asparagus into short pieces for the soup.
Example 2: Asparagus tastes best when it is cooked for only a few minutes.
Example 3: Rohan saw asparagus for the first time at a supermarket in Bengaluru.
Fun Fact
Shatavari, a plant used in Indian home remedies, is a cousin of the asparagus we eat; both belong to the plant group named Asparagus.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) brocoli
b) asparagus
c) cabage
d) capsicam
Show answer
b) asparagus. Broccoli and cabbage each need a double letter, and the last vowel of capsicum is u.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gusarapsa
a) aspargaus
b) aparsagus
c) asparugas
d) asparagus
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d) asparagus. The gus at the start of the jumble is really the end of the word.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
assparagus
a) s
b) p
c) g
d) a
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a) s. Asparagus has only one s at the start, then p.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Nani chopped the asparagus and added it to the vegtable soup.
a) soup
b) vegtable
c) asparagus
d) chopped
Show answer
b) vegtable. Vegetable has an e after the g, veg-e-ta-ble. Asparagus is spelt right here.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which part of the asparagus plant do we usually eat?
a) the flowers
b) the seeds
c) the roots
d) the young shoots
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d) the young shoots
2. Which vegetable is most like asparagus in shape?
a) a potato
b) a cabbage
c) a pumpkin
d) a drumstick
Show answer
d) a drumstick
