What does mulberry mean?
Word: Mulberry
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Mulberry means a dark red or white fruit that is small and soft, or the tree it grows on.
How do you spell mulberry?
Syllables: mul - ber - ry
Tricky part: Two r's sit near the end, and a quick reader hears only one. Pupils often drop the second.
Watch out for: mulbery, mulberie, mulberrie
Memory tip: Ripe fruit grows in rows, so remember r and r standing together in a row.
Mulberry in a sentence
Example 1: Our neighbour's mulberry tree gives shade to the whole lane every summer.
Example 2: Grandma makes a dark, sweet jam from mulberries picked near Srinagar.
Example 3: Birds gather in the old mulberry by the school gate as soon as the fruit ripens.
Fun Fact
Silkworms feed almost only on mulberry leaves, so silk farmers grow the trees in large numbers just for their foliage.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
mullberry
a) m
b) u
c) b
d) l
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d) l. A single consonant closes the first beat.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The silk farmers near Mysuru planted a long row of mulberry trees beside the irigation canal behind their village school.
a) mulberry
b) farmers
c) planted
d) irigation
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d) irigation. Irrigation doubles its r; the other three words are correct.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
Every morning the children in our valley collect fallen fruit under the old rbyelrum near their house.
a) raspberry
b) strawberry
c) mulberry
d) gooseberry
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c) mulberry. An m and a u with no s or t point to one fruit.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are misspelt. Choose the meaning of the one spelt correctly.
1. kaleidascope 2. mulberry 3. consciencious 4. mischievious
a) fond of playing harmless tricks
b) careful and keen to do a job well
c) a soft, dark fruit that grows on a tree
d) a tube with mirrors and bits of coloured glass
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c) a soft, dark fruit that grows on a tree. Mischievous has no extra i, conscientious has a t and kaleidoscope has an o.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What might a child's hands look like after picking ripe mulberries?
a) stained a deep purple
b) dusted with white flour
c) sticky with yellow sap
d) coated in green moss
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a) stained a deep purple
2. In which section of a plant book would you look up the mulberry?
a) Climbing Ferns
b) Desert Cacti
c) Fruit Trees
d) Water Lilies
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c) Fruit Trees
