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Spell Bee Word: Turnip


What does turnip mean?

Word: Turnip

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Turnip means a round root vegetable, white or white and purple, that grows under the ground and is usually eaten cooked.

How do you spell turnip?

Syllables: tur - nip

Tricky part: The vowel in the first part is u, as in purple and burn. Children write ternip or tirnip.

Watch out for: ternip, tirnip, tarnip

Memory tip: Turnips often have purple tops, and the u in turnip makes the same sound as the u in purple.

Turnip in a sentence

Example 1: Nani cooks shalgam, or turnip, with ginger and spices.

Example 2: The turnip in the story was so big that the whole family pulled to get it out.

Example 3: We bought radishes and turnips from the vegetable cart.

Fun Fact

Long before pumpkins were used, people in Ireland and Scotland carved faces into turnips to make lanterns for Halloween.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) turnep
b) potato
c) radish
d) carrot

Show answer

a) turnep. The second part of turnip has an i, not an e.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Nani chopped a turrnip and two carrots for the curry.

a) curry
b) chopped
c) turrnip
d) carrots

Show answer

c) turrnip. Turnip has only one r, straight after the u.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nirupt

a) tuprin
b) trunip
c) tunrip
d) turnip

Show answer

d) turnip. Tunrip, trunip and tuprin keep the u as the first vowel but put the r, n or p in the wrong place.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which vegetable, like the turnip, grows under the ground?

a) cauliflower
b) cabbage
c) beetroot
d) spinach

Show answer

c) beetroot

2. In which season are turnips most often cooked in North India?

a) spring
b) winter
c) monsoon
d) summer

Show answer

b) winter

Associated Words

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