What does bramble mean?
Word: Bramble
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Bramble means a wild bush with long prickly stems, which often bears blackberries.
How do you spell bramble?
Syllables: bram - ble
Tricky part: Students often lose the b after the m, because it slips by quickly when you say the word.
Watch out for: bramle, brammble
Memory tip: Count the b's: two in this word and two in blackberry, the fruit it grows.
Bramble in a sentence
Example 1: We picked our way round a bramble on the hill path.
Example 2: Brambles had grown right over the old garden wall.
Example 3: Birds love to nest deep inside a bramble bush.
Fun Fact
In Scotland the word can mean the berry itself, not only the bush, so a Scottish child may go out picking brambles and come back with a bowl of fruit.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
bramb_ _
a) ol
b) el
c) le
d) al
Show answer
c) le. Rumble and tumble finish with the same two letters.
Sound Check
In which word is 'b' pronounced differently?
a) bramble
b) zebra
c) rabbit
d) plumber
Show answer
d) plumber. The b in plumber is silent, while the other three let you hear it.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with its meaning:
1. bramble 2. fern 3. moss a. a thorny climber that snags your sleeve on a country walk b. a soft green cushion that grows on damp stones c. a plant with feathery fronds and no flowers
a) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
d) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
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a) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b. Thorns go with the wild bush, feathery fronds with the fern and the green cushion with moss.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
Our kite came down in a bremble patch at the far end of the fild, so my brother and I spent the whole afternoon trying to free it.
a) only bremble
b) bremble and fild
c) only fild
d) patch and fild
Show answer
b) bremble and fild. The prickly bush needs an a, and field has lost its e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why should a walker in shorts take care near a bramble?
a) its shade is bitterly cold
b) its fruit is as hard as stone
c) its stems can scratch bare legs
d) its flowers can sting the nose
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c) its stems can scratch bare legs
2. In which place would you most expect brambles to grow?
a) in a deep sea cave
b) along an overgrown hedge
c) on a snowy mountain peak
d) on a bare sand dune
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b) along an overgrown hedge
