An egg meaning in English

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Definition

an egg: an oval object with a hard shell produced by birds (chickens, ducks, etc.) noun

Examples

  • "Roger: The eggs?"
Exercise 1

Let's make a cake! Select the word that corresponds to each ingredient.

 

Let's make a cake! Select the word that corresponds to each ingredient.

butter 1 

sugar 2

milk 3

eggs 4

1 butter:

We can see butter in this image. Example: I put butter on my toast.

1 better:

Better is the comparative for good; that's not what we see in this image. Example: A glass of wine is good, but a glass of champagne is better.

1 bitter:

You could say I like my coffee bitter if you drink it with no sugar, but that's not what we see here. Example: Dark chocolate is bitter.

2 sugar:

In this image, we can see sugar . When something has sugar in it, we say it's sweet. Example: -Do you drink tea with or without sugar? -With sugar; I like it sweet.

2 fruit:

Bananas, apples, oranges are fruit, but this image doesn't show any. Example: Strawberries are my favorite fruit.

2 garlic:

This image doesn't show garlic. Example: Vampires hate garlic.

3 milk:

This image shows milk. There are different types of milk, for example cow milk, soy milk and almond milk. Example: -Do you drink coffee with milk? -Only with almond milk.

3 jam:

This image doesn't show jam. Example: I like strawberry jam on my toast.

3 meat:

This image doesn't show meat. Example: -Do you eat meat? -No, I'm a vegetarian.

4 eggs:

We can see eggs in this image. The animal that produces eggs is a chicken. Example: How do you like your eggs? Fried or boiled?

4 ducks:

This image doesn't show ducks. Example: Roger invited the ducks from the park to this birthday party.

4 apples:

This image doesn't show apples. Example: Caroline prefers green apples to red apples.

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