A door closes an entrance to a room, building or vehicle.

The idea

Use a door for one and doors for more than one. Say at the door for someone by the entrance, and open the door to move it open.

Examples

  • Please close the door.
  • The front door is blue.
  • Someone is at the door.
  • There are two doors in the room.
  • The key is near the door.
  • She opens the car door.

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Watch out

Do not confuse door, an entrance, with floor, the surface you walk on.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the plural after two. There are two ___. (door / doors)

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    doors

    doors is plural after the number two.

  2. Say that someone is at the entrance. Someone is ___ the door. (at / from)

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    at

    at locates the person by the entrance.

  3. Ask someone to move the door open. The door is shut. Please ___ it. (open / close)

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    open

    open asks someone to move the door open.

Use it today

Describe a door where you live and say what colour it is.