A cup is a small container for a drink, often with a handle.
The idea
Cup is countable: a cup, two cups. Use a cup of coffee for the drink or serving, and tea in a cup for the container holding it.
Examples
- She poured tea into a cup.
- There are two cups on the table.
- Would you like a cup of coffee?
- He washed the cup after breakfast.
- The cups are on the top shelf.
- My cup has a blue handle.
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Watch out
In a cup of coffee, cup counts the serving or container; coffee is usually uncountable.
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Choose the plural after two. There are two ___ on the table. (cup / cups)
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cups
Cups is plural after two.
Choose the preposition before the drink. Would you like a cup ___ coffee? (of / from)
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of
Of introduces the drink in the serving.
Choose the preposition before the receiving cup. She poured tea ___ a cup. (into / from)
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into
Into introduces the receiving cup.
Practice round
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Choose the plural after two. There are two ___ on the table. (cup / cups)
Choose the preposition before the drink. Would you like a cup ___ coffee? (of / from)
Choose the preposition before the receiving cup. She poured tea ___ a cup. (into / from)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Offer someone a cup of a drink and describe the cup.