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Spell Bee Word: Parsnip


What does parsnip mean?

Word: Parsnip

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Parsnip means a vegetable shaped like a carrot, with a sweet taste, usually roasted or cooked in soups.

How do you spell parsnip?

Syllables: pars - nip

Tricky part: Children who say the word fast drop the r, or swap it with the s. The r comes straight after the a.

Watch out for: pasnip, prasnip

Memory tip: Say the r clearly, par-snip, and let your pencil write it just where your tongue rolls it, before the s.

Parsnip in a sentence

Example 1: Dad roasted a parsnip with potatoes for Sunday lunch.

Example 2: I had never tasted parsnip until we visited my uncle in London.

Example 3: The parsnip in our soup made it taste a little sweet.

Fun Fact

A parsnip left in cold ground through a frost tastes sweeter, because the cold turns some of its starch into sugar.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

parsn_p

a) u
b) e
c) a
d) i

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d) i. The last part has the short sound you hear in tip and lip.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

snaprip

a) parspni
b) parsinp
c) parsnip
d) parsnpi

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c) parsnip. Say parsinp, parsnpi and parspni out loud and they stumble; only one is the root vegetable.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) parsnip
b) spinnach
c) cabage
d) potatoe

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a) parsnip. Cabbage doubles its b, spinach has one n, and potato has no e at the end.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Ammi bought a fresh parsnipp and some peas from the Saturday market.

a) peas
b) market
c) fresh
d) parsnipp

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d) parsnipp. One p is enough at the end, as in snip and trip.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of the parsnip plant do people usually cook?

a) the leaves
b) the long root
c) the flowers
d) the seeds

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b) the long root

2. What colour is a fresh parsnip?

a) creamy white
b) deep purple
c) dark green
d) bright orange

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a) creamy white

Associated Words

Words that start with par: parade, paradox, parallel, parachute, partial, parliament

More words from this list

same, therefore, amazement, bushy, copper, everything, hairpin, lazily

Next steps

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