balloon
part of speech
noun (balloon, balloons); verb (balloon — to swell up fast)
meaning for a pupil
1) A balloon is a thin rubber bag that you fill with air or gas; it floats if filled with helium. tree →
2) A hot-air balloon is a very big balloon with a basket that can carry people through the sky. tree →
3) To balloon is to grow bigger very fast. tree →
sense in the lessons
a counted thing in problems; at parties and celebrations; in science balloons show air takes up space, and a rubbed balloon sticks to a wall (static electricity); in safety, burst balloons can choke small children
examples
- There are 4 bags. Each bag has 7 balloons. How many balloons are there? tree →
- Sam had 12 balloons and 5 popped. tree →
- Mia has 6 red balloons and 3 blue balloons. tree →
- We blew up balloons for Dad's party. tree →
- The balloon floated up into the sky. tree →
- Rub a balloon on your hair and it sticks to the wall. tree →
- A hot-air balloon drifted over the fields. tree →
- Pop! The balloon burst when it hit the rose bush. tree →
- “Well, really,” exclaimed a small Fire-balloon, “why not? tree →
note
The thing being counted; no clue for the operation. Trap: balloons that pop or fly away are gone: subtract them. Spelling: double l and double o: balloon. Keep burst balloons away from babies.
In the corpora
- Water inside plant cells pushes outwards and keeps stems firm, like air in a balloon; without enough water the plant wilts.
- A blown-up balloon shrinks a little in the cold and grows again when warmed.
- Carbon dioxide is heavier than air, so a balloon filled with it from the reaction does not float.
- Helium atoms are so tiny they slip through the rubber skin of a party balloon, so it shrinks in a few days.
- The first hot-air balloon passengers, in 1783, were a sheep, a duck and a cockerel.
Trees and pragmatics
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