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vegetable

 I wonder how an American pronounces…

vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-vegetable.mp3

 

vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

We’re going to play
“Name that Vegetable.”

Look at each picture below.
What vegetable do you see?


Click on the chart to make the pictures bigger.
Answers at the end of the blog post.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-name-that-vegetable.mp3

 

vegetables
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəlz/

1.  What are these giant orange vegetables?

For Halloween, Americans use them as decoration.
For Thanksgiving, we make pie from them.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-pumpkin.mp3

 

vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

2.  This white vegetable is part of the cabbage family.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-cauliflower.mp3

 

vegetables
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəlz/

3.  What vegetables did the person just pick from the garden?

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-radishes.mp3

 

vegetables
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəlz/

4.  These colorful vegetables get their name from their shape.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-bell-pepper.mp3

 

vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

5.  Rabbits like to eat this vegetable.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-carrit.mp3

 

vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

6.  What is a common name for this vegetable?
People have several names for it throughout the U.S.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-green-bean.mp3

 


vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

7.  This vegetable is known to exist since 3000 B.C.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-asparagus.mp3

 

vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

8. 
This green vegetable is in the cabbage family.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-broccoli.mp3

 

vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

9.  This vegetable is used mostly for salads.


[Wonder Word Link]

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-lettuce.mp3

 

vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/

10.  These vegetables grow inside a pod.

From this, we have an idiom to describe people that are alike.
“The two brothers are like 2 ____________ in a pod.”


Fill in the blank.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-peas.mp3

 

And now let’s review the pronunciation
of all the vegetables on the chart.


Click on the chart to make the picture bigger.

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/vegetable-all-on-chart.mp3


Answers

1-pumpkin
2-cauliflower
3-radishes
4-bell pepper
5-carrot
6-green bean
7-asparagus
8-
broccoli
9-lettuce
10-peas…They’re like 2 peas in a pod.


Thursday, January 18, 2018 by Eva Easton Filed Under: T = 7 Ways, Wonder Words

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