Food / A1

AP-uhl/ˈæpl/

An apple is one of the first food words English learners meet because you can see it, hold it, and eat it. It is a round fruit, usually red, green, or yellow, eaten raw or cooked. In English it is countable: one apple, two apples — and we say “an apple,” not “a apple,” because the sound starts with a vowel.

Meaning

A round fruit that is usually red, green, or yellow.

Examples

• “She ate an apple after lunch.”
• “Red apples are often sweeter than green ones.”
• “She put an apple in her bag for school.”

Good to know

Use “an” before apple. The plural is apples.

Near in meaning

fruit

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