apple
part of speech
noun (apple, apples)
meaning for a pupil
1) An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle. tree →
2) An apple tree is the tree that grows apples. tree →
sense in the lessons
a fruit put on and taken off the table; a counted thing in problems; in science the apple is a fruit that holds seeds (the story of Newton and the falling apple and gravity); in everyday life lunchbox snacks, apple juice, apple pie; «an apple a day keeps the doctor away»
examples
- I place two apples on the table. tree →
- There were 9 apples. Tom ate 1 of them. tree →
- A basket holds 6 apples. How many apples are in 4 baskets? tree →
- Nora has 5 apples and Ali has 8 apples. tree →
- I have an apple in my lunchbox. tree →
- We picked apples at the farm in autumn. tree →
- Cut the apple in half and look at the seeds. tree →
- Grandma makes the best apple pie. tree →
- The apples were beginning to roast. tree →
note
Say «an apple», not «a apple». The thing being counted; it is a fruit, so it also counts in «how many fruits». Trap: do not add apples to cups or pencils unless the question asks for all things. Wash an apple before eating it; the seeds should not be eaten in large amounts.
In the corpora
- Without that delivery the blossom would never become an apple.
- Apples, almonds, strawberries and coffee all need pollinators.
- Everything is made of chemicals, including water, apples and you; what matters is which chemical and how much.
- Cut an apple for your lunchbox and by break time the white flesh has gone brown.
- Cutting opened the apple's cells, so air reached their chemicals, and an enzyme helped them react with oxygen.
Trees and pragmatics
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