Cold describes a low temperature and the feeling it can give someone.
The idea
Use cold before a noun, as in a cold drink, or after a verb, as in the water is cold. Say I am cold when you feel chilly.
Examples
- The water is cold.
- I am cold without my coat.
- It is cold outside today.
- Please give me a cold drink.
- The soup is getting cold.
- My hands feel cold.
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Watch out
I have a cold usually means that you are ill; I am cold describes your temperature or feeling.
Try it yourself
Choose the opposite of hot for low-temperature water. The water is ___. (cold / hot)
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cold
cold describes the low temperature of the water.
Say that you feel chilly. I ___ without my coat. (am cold / have a cold)
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am cold
am cold says the speaker feels chilly.
Say that you have the illness. I ___ and my nose is blocked. (have a cold / am cold)
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have a cold
a cold names the common illness in this sentence.
Practice round
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Choose the opposite of hot for low-temperature water. The water is ___. (cold / hot)
Say that you feel chilly. I ___ without my coat. (am cold / have a cold)
Say that you have the illness. I ___ and my nose is blocked. (have a cold / am cold)
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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