What does grown mean?
Word: Grown
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Grown means fully developed, like a plant or animal that has reached its full adult size. It is also the form of grow used after has, have or had.
Sounds like: groan (a long, low sound a person makes when tired, bored or annoyed)
How do you spell grown?
Syllables: grown
Tricky part: Grown sounds exactly like groan, so students often spell its long o with oa by mistake. In grown that sound is written ow.
Watch out for: groun, gron
Memory tip: The long o in grown is the same ow that sits in grow, snow and slow.
Grown in a sentence
Example 1: My little brother has grown so much that his school shoes no longer fit.
Example 2: A fully grown elephant can weigh several tonnes.
Example 3: The tomatoes we have grown on the balcony are finally turning red.
Fun Fact
Home-grown first described fruit and vegetables from your own garden, but it can also describe local talent, such as a cricketer who came up through a town's own club.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
growne
a) n
b) w
c) e
d) o
Show answer
c) e. Unlike stone and phone, this word has no silent letter at the end.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) orchard
b) blosom
c) grown
d) harvest
Show answer
b) blosom. Blossom needs a double s in the middle.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
grown
a) mature
b) tiny
c) youthful
d) playful
Show answer
a) mature. A mature tree or animal has finished growing; youthful and playful suit the young, and tiny is about size alone.
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
___grown
a) over
b) ovre
c) ovar
d) ovor
Show answer
a) over. This is the same prefix you see in overflow and overcast, and here it means too much.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is most likely to be fully grown?
a) a sprout on wet cotton
b) a seed in a paper packet
c) a sapling in a small pot
d) a tall old banyan tree
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d) a tall old banyan tree
2. Riya says her puppy has grown a lot since March. She means the puppy has ____.
a) moved to a new home
b) become bigger and stronger
c) slept a lot more lately
d) learnt a few new tricks
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b) become bigger and stronger
