pond
part of speech
noun (pond, ponds)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pond is a small area of still water, smaller than a lake. tree →
2) «The pond» (informal) can mean the Atlantic Ocean: «across the pond». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a place with fish, ducks or frogs counted; water in it; animals coming and going. In science: pond life (tadpoles, water snails, dragonflies), the life cycle of a frog, pond dipping. In everyday life and safety: feeding ducks; never go near a pond without an adult. In stories: ice on a pond, a frog prince.
examples
- There are 12 ducks on the pond. tree →
- 4 frogs jumped into the pond. tree →
- The pond has 30 fish. tree →
- How many ducks are left on the pond? tree →
- We went pond dipping and found tadpoles. tree →
- Never walk on a frozen pond. tree →
- Dragonflies lay their eggs in ponds. tree →
- My cousin lives across the pond in America. tree →
- And the water in the pond became dark with blood. tree →
note
A place, not a number. Animals coming and going: add and subtract. Trap: count animals in the pond, not the pond. «On the pond» for things floating, «in the pond» for things under water. Safety: ponds can be deep; ice on a pond may break.
In the corpora
- The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.
- Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.
- Hard deer hooves grip soil and snow but slip on smooth ice, so real deer avoid frozen ponds where they can.
- In a good pond goldfish can grow to over 20 to 30 centimetres and live 10 to 20 years or more.
- Beaver dams slow floods, clean water and make ponds full of life, though some farmers worry about flooded fields.
Trees and pragmatics
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