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Spell Bee Word: Courgette


What does courgette mean?

Word: Courgette

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Courgette means a long vegetable with smooth, dark green skin and pale flesh, usually cooked before eating.

Word origin: Comes from French courgette, 'little gourd'.

How do you spell courgette?

Syllables: cour - gette

Tricky part: It is a French word, and the end is ette, with a double t and a final e.

Watch out for: courgete, corgette, courgett

Memory tip: Courgette ends just like cassette and baguette: -ette, with two t's and an e.

Courgette in a sentence

Example 1: Mum added courgette and capsicum to the pasta.

Example 2: The courgette in our kitchen garden grew very fast.

Example 3: Grilled courgette tastes good with a little salt and lemon.

Fun Fact

Courgette is the name used in Britain; people in America call the same vegetable zucchini, an Italian word.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) capsicam
b) aubergene
c) courgette
d) cucumbar

Show answer

c) courgette. Cucumber, aubergine and capsicum each have one wrong vowel here.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tegrouect

a) corugette
b) cuorgette
c) courgette
d) crougette

Show answer

c) courgette. Begin with cour, then add the rest.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We picked a fresh courjette from Grandma's garden for dinner.

a) picked
b) fresh
c) courjette
d) garden

Show answer

c) courjette. The soft zh sound in the middle is spelt with a g.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which dish could you make with courgettes?

a) a bowl of fruit custard
b) a stir-fry with peppers
c) a glass of lemonade
d) a mango milkshake

Show answer

b) a stir-fry with peppers

2. The courgette plant belongs to the same family as the

a) spinach
b) potato
c) pumpkin
d) onion

Show answer

c) pumpkin

Associated Words

Words that end in -ette: omelette, etiquette, cassette

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