What does blackcurrant mean?
Word: Blackcurrant
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Blackcurrant means a small, round, very dark purple berry that grows in bunches on a bush, or the bush itself.
How do you spell blackcurrant?
Syllables: black - cur - rant
Tricky part: The fruit word currant ends in ant. Current, which means a flow of water or electricity, sounds the same but ends in ent, so be careful not to mix them up.
Watch out for: blackcurrent, blackcurant, black current
Memory tip: Think of an ant marching across a dark berry: the fruit currant has an ant at its end.
Blackcurrant in a sentence
Example 1: Dadi bought a punnet of fresh blackcurrants at the hill market.
Example 2: The blackcurrant bushes at the hill station were heavy with fruit in July.
Example 3: I chose a blackcurrant ice lolly because it turns your tongue purple.
Fun Fact
Blackcurrants are very rich in vitamin C. Weight for weight, they usually contain more of it than oranges do.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
blackcurrrant
a) r
b) c
c) a
d) n
Show answer
a) r. Two r's are right in the middle; a third one is one too many.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) blakcurrant
b) pineapple
c) watermelon
d) gooseberry
Show answer
a) blakcurrant. The colour word black needs ck, and it keeps both letters when it joins currant.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
bl_ckc_rrant
a) a, o
b) e, u
c) a, e
d) a, u
Show answer
d) a, u. Black has an a, and the fruit part begins cur, the same as curry.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tcanrklurcab
a) blackcurrant
b) blackout
c) blacksmith
d) blackboard
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a) blackcurrant. Twelve letters are jumbled here, and the other choices are far too short to use them all.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is most often made from blackcurrants?
a) bread
b) rice
c) jam
d) paneer
Show answer
c) jam
2. A fresh blackcurrant eaten straight from the bush usually tastes ____.
a) hot like chilli
b) bitter like neem
c) sharp and a little sour
d) salty like crisps
Show answer
c) sharp and a little sour
