Pepper can name a vegetable or a seasoning added to food.
The idea
Count vegetables as a pepper or two peppers. The seasoning is usually uncountable: some black pepper.
Examples
- Cut a red pepper for the salad.
- Two green peppers are in the basket.
- Add black pepper to the soup.
- This yellow pepper tastes sweet.
- Please pass the pepper at dinner.
- Hot peppers grow in the garden.
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Watch out
Do not assume every pepper is hot: sweet peppers are mild, while some peppers are spicy.
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Choose the correct word. We need three red ___ for the grill. (peppers / pepper)
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peppers
Peppers counts three vegetables.
Choose the correct word. A little black ___ gives the sauce flavour. (pepper / peppers)
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pepper
Pepper names the seasoning in the sauce.
Choose the correct word. A sweet red pepper is a ___. (vegetable / drink)
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vegetable
A sweet red pepper is a vegetable in cooking.
Practice round
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Choose the correct word. We need three red ___ for the grill. (peppers / pepper)
Choose the correct word. A little black ___ gives the sauce flavour. (pepper / peppers)
Choose the correct word. A sweet red pepper is a ___. (vegetable / drink)
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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