What does pea mean?
Word: Pea
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Pea means a small, round green seed that grows in a pod. We cook peas and eat them as a vegetable.
How do you spell pea?
Syllables: pea
Tricky part: Pea has only three letters, but the long ee sound at the end can be spelt in more than one way (tree, tea, me), so it is easy to slip.
Watch out for: peea, pey
Memory tip: One pea, many peas: to make more than one, just add s to the end.
Idioms and Phrases
- like two peas in a pod: Very alike in looks or habits. Example: "Clara and her twin sister are like two peas in a pod."
Pea in a sentence
Example 1: Mummy added a handful of green peas to the rice.
Example 2: Each pod I opened had six or seven peas inside.
Example 3: Thomas pushed the peas to the side of his plate.
Fun Fact
Long ago the word was pease, meaning a single pea. People thought pease sounded like more than one, so they began to say pea for just one.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
Grandmother sat on the veranda shelling fresh paes into a steel bowl.
a) bowl and shelling
b) only paes
c) only shelling
d) paes and veranda
Show answer
b) only paes. Paes has its two vowels the wrong way round; the e comes first.
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:
pea______
a) nutte
b) nutt
c) nuth
d) nut
Show answer
d) nut. Pea and nut join to make peanut, with no extra letters.
Sound Check
Which of the following words does not rhyme with pea?
pea
a) they
b) key
c) three
d) ski
Show answer
a) they. They is the odd one out: its ey says ay, as in day.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. pea 2. melon 3. carrot
a) 321
b) 231
c) 312
d) 132
Show answer
a) 321. Carrot starts with c, melon with m and pea with p, and c comes before m and p.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is the same colour as a fresh pea?
a) a tomato
b) a carrot
c) a banana
d) a leaf
Show answer
d) a leaf
2. Which dish is made with peas?
a) vegetable fried rice
b) plain yoghurt
c) chocolate cake
d) lemon juice
Show answer
a) vegetable fried rice
