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Fruit
English Vocabulary
A fruit is the part of a plant that has seeds and flesh (edible covering). A fruit is normally sweet (or sometimes sour)
and can be eaten in its raw (uncooked) state. Fruit are the way plants disseminate their seeds.
When we think of Fruit as a group collectively and in a non-specific way, then we tend to use the word Fruit (without
S).
You should eat five servings of fruit and vegetables every day.
Fruit is good for your health.
Would you like some fruit?
There isn't much fresh fruit available in winter.
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If you are emphasising the different kinds of fruit, then you can use fruits.
If you are not sure which to use, the safest thing is to just use Fruit all the time.
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** ESL Teachers ** We now have a version of this chart that can be used in your classroom. We have also included
individual A4 Flash Cards of each individual fruit with its name. You can purchase it here: Fruit in English - Chart
and Flash Cards
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passion fruit - In United States it is written as two words while in some countries it is written as one word:
passionfruit. The plural of passion fruit is either passion fruit or passion fruits. See our notes about the plural
of fruit above.
peach - same as a nectarine but with a slight fur on its skin
pear
pineapple
plum
pomegranate
quince
raspberry
strawberry
watermelon
avocado, cucumber, eggplant, green beans, peppers, pumpkin, squash, tomato, zucchini
Yes, that's right, the so called vegetables above are in reality fruit, not vegetables.
A piece of fruit
We often say a piece of fruit when we refer to one fruit (one apple, one orange etc) without specifying which one it
is.
The award he received is the fruit of his hard work and always trying to do his best.
Next Activities
Try our interactive game about Fruit in English (Name the photo of each fruit)
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