Onion: a vegetable in layers
Peel the dry outside and find layers inside: talk about an onion, whole onions and chopped onion in food.
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English: Nouns in context
English: Name people, objects and ideas with accurate noun forms, useful combinations and translated examples.
Adventure journal
English: Nouns in context
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Passenger: a person travelling
Use passenger for a traveller in a vehicle and distinguish the passenger from the driver.
Read and practiseDriver: a person who drives
Use driver for a person controlling a vehicle and identify common vehicle-specific roles.
Read and practisePotato: one vegetable, two potatoes
From a baked potato to several potatoes, practise the singular and the spelling of the plural in everyday meals.
Read and practiseApple: a countable fruit
Name whole apples, offer one and use an before the vowel sound in apple.
Read and practiseChicken: bird and food
A bird in the yard or meat on a plate? Learn when chicken is countable and when it names food.
Read and practiseMarket: a place to buy and sell
Use market for a place or event where people buy and sell, and describe trips to it.
Read and practiseFruit: food and different kinds
A bowl of fruit can contain several kinds. Practise the general food word and the plural used for different kinds.
Read and practiseCash: money in notes and coins
Use cash for physical money and ask whether payment is in cash or by card.
Read and practiseEgg: food and preparation
Use egg for a whole item or food, and ask whether someone wants it boiled or fried.
Read and practiseVegetable: one or several
Carrots, onions and other vegetables belong on the shopping list. Practise naming one vegetable and several.
Read and practiseRice: food and quantities
Use uncountable rice for the food and count containers or grains when a number is needed.
Read and practiseBag: a container for carrying
Use bag for a container that holds or carries items, and describe its contents and location.
Read and practiseSchool: a place for education
Use school for an educational place or institution and describe its location and people.
Read and practiseLesson: a period of teaching
Use lesson for a teaching session and distinguish a teacher giving it from a learner taking it.
Read and practiseHomework: assigned schoolwork
Use uncountable homework for assigned study and count individual assignments when needed.
Read and practiseClass: learners or a teaching session
Use class for a group of learners or a teaching session and distinguish it from classroom.
Read and practiseExam: a test of knowledge or skill
Use exam for a test of knowledge or skill and distinguish taking it from passing it.
Read and practiseEmail: a message or the system
Use email for an individual electronic message or the communication system.
Read and practiseBowl: a container for food
Learn to name a bowl, describe what it holds and use a bowl of to give an amount of food.
Read and practiseMilk: a drink and ingredient
Use milk as an uncountable noun, describe a quantity in cartons or glasses and name oat milk.
Read and practiseLibrary: a place to read or borrow
Learn library for a place with books, its plural libraries and useful phrases for borrowing and returning.
Read and practiseTomato: whole fruit and food
Learn tomato and its plural tomatoes, and distinguish whole tomatoes from tomato as a food ingredient.
Read and practiseBridge: a structure for crossing
Use bridge for a crossing structure and distinguish across the bridge from under the bridge.
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