Words / A1

PAYP-uh/ˈpeɪpə/

You write on paper. It is often uncountable: some paper, a piece of paper. A paper can mean a newspaper. Exam paper is the test sheet. Paper and pepper: one is for writing, one is for food.

Meaning

Thin material you write on, or a newspaper.

Examples

• “Write your name on the paper.”
• “Have you got a piece of paper?”
• “The news is in the morning paper.”

Good to know

some paper / a piece of paper. a paper = newspaper (also).

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