What does carrot mean?
Word: Carrot
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Carrot means a long orange vegetable that is crunchy to eat. People and rabbits both like to munch it.
Sounds like: carat (a unit for weighing gold and precious stones)
How do you spell carrot?
Syllables: car - rot
Tricky part: Carrot has a double r in the middle and ends in ot. Many children write only one r, or end it with et.
Watch out for: carot, carret, carrott
Memory tip: Think of two rabbits sharing one carrot: the two r's in the middle stand side by side, just like them.
Idioms and Phrases
- carrot and stick: Using a reward and a punishment together to get someone to do something. Example: "Our coach used the carrot and stick: extra play time for good work, extra laps for silly mistakes."
Carrot in a sentence
Example 1: Dadi grated a carrot into the halwa.
Example 2: The rabbit nibbled the carrot top first.
Example 3: I like a crunchy carrot in my lunch box.
Fun Fact
The first carrots that farmers grew were mostly purple or yellow. Orange carrots became common much later, after growers in the Netherlands bred them.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) karrot
b) spinach
c) cabbage
d) potato
Show answer
a) karrot. Carrot starts with a c, not a k.
Word Chain
Complete the word sequence:
pea, ____, cabbage, pumpkin
a) lentil
b) rice
c) jackfruit
d) carrot
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d) carrot. Each one is bigger than the one before: a carrot is bigger than a pea but smaller than a cabbage.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letter to form a word:
c_rrot
a) u
b) o
c) e
d) a
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d) a. The vowel after the c is a, as in car.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Nani cut the carrot into small peices.
a) peices
b) carrot
c) small
d) cut
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a) peices. Pieces has i before e, as in a piece of pie.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which part of the carrot plant do we usually eat?
a) the flower
b) the root
c) the leaves
d) the seeds
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b) the root
2. A carrot is a vegetable. Which of these is also a vegetable?
a) grapes
b) radish
c) mango
d) banana
Show answer
b) radish
