A towel is a piece of cloth or paper used to dry something.

The idea

Towel is countable: a towel, two towels. Use dry your hands with a towel to name its purpose and a towel on the shelf to locate it.

Examples

  • The towel is on the shelf.
  • She dried her hands with a towel.
  • We need two clean towels for the guests.
  • He hung the towel near the door.
  • Is there a towel in the room?
  • They washed the towels yesterday.

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Watch out

A towel may be clean or dirty, dry or wet; the word alone does not specify its condition.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the plural after two. We need two clean ___. (towel / towels)

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    towels

    Towels is plural after two.

  2. Choose the preposition before the towel used. She dried her hands ___ a towel. (with / from)

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    with

    With introduces the towel used to dry the hands.

  3. Choose the preposition for the shelf surface. The towel is ___ the shelf. (on / from)

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    on

    On locates the towel on the shelf.

Use it today

Describe a towel and say where you keep it.