vegetable

Everyday

1. A vegetable is a plant or part of a plant we eat, like a carrot, potato, cabbage or bean. tree →
2. Vegetable can mean made from plants: vegetable oil. tree →

In the lessons

a group word that covers carrots, potatoes and others; problems may ask for all vegetables together; in science and health: we eat different parts: roots (carrots), leaves (lettuce), stems (celery), flowers (broccoli), seeds (peas); eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day; in everyday life: growing vegetables in a garden; phrases: «fruit and vegetables», «vegetable garden», «veg»

Examples

• She bought 3 carrots and 5 potatoes. How many vegetables did she buy? tree →
• The garden has 4 rows of vegetables. tree →
• Vegetables cost 2 dollars a kilo. tree →
• He ate 2 portions of vegetables a day. tree →
• Eat lots of fruit and vegetables to stay healthy. tree →
• A carrot is a root vegetable. tree →
• We grow vegetables in the school garden. tree →
• Wash vegetables before you eat them. tree →
• He was carrying a huge basket of vegetables. tree →

Note

A group word: «how many vegetables» often means add the kinds together. Trap: do not add fruit (apples) to vegetables if only vegetables are asked. Trap: in science, a tomato is a fruit (it has seeds), but in cooking it is used like a vegetable. Spelling: v-e-g-e-t-a-b-l-e.