An oven cooks food in an enclosed heated space.
The idea
Use an oven for one appliance and ovens for more than one. Food bakes in the oven.
Examples
- The oven is hot.
- We bake bread in the oven.
- Please turn off the oven.
- The cake is in the oven.
- Our new oven has two shelves.
- She cleans the oven on Sundays.
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Watch out
Do not confuse an oven with a fridge: one heats food and the other keeps it cold.
Try it yourself
Choose the correct word. Put the potatoes in the ___ to bake. (oven / fridge)
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oven
Oven is the heated space used for baking the potatoes.
Choose the correct word. There are two ___ in the restaurant kitchen. (ovens / oven)
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ovens
Ovens is plural because the kitchen has two.
Choose the correct word. Please ___ on the oven before baking. (turn / close)
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turn
Turn completes the phrase turn on for starting the appliance.
Practice round
Answer questions and rebuild English sentences to practise. Your score is shown.
Choose the correct word. Put the potatoes in the ___ to bake. (oven / fridge)
Choose the correct word. There are two ___ in the restaurant kitchen. (ovens / oven)
Choose the correct word. Please ___ on the oven before baking. (turn / close)
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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