Food / A1

SHUUG-uh/ˈʃʊɡə/

The sweet powder in tea and cakes is sugar — some sugar, a spoon of sugar, because it is uncountable. Salt sits next to it on the table but is not sweet. Too much sugar is a health sentence even at A1; do not mix the word with sure.

Meaning

A sweet substance used in food and drinks.

Examples

• “Do you take sugar in your tea?”
• “There is sugar on the table.”
• “This juice has a lot of sugar.”

Good to know

Uncountable: some sugar. in your tea. Not salt (not sweet).

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