banana

Everyday

1. A banana is a long curved fruit with a yellow skin that you peel; inside it is soft and sweet. tree →
2. A banana plant is the large plant that bananas grow on, in a bunch. tree →

In the lessons

a fruit on the table; a counted thing in problems («a bunch has 6 bananas»); in everyday life a lunchbox snack, banana bread, smoothies; in science bananas grow in warm places and turn from green to yellow to brown as they ripen; «go bananas» means go wild with excitement

Examples

• I eat one banana from the table. tree →
• Student: two bananas and one pear tree →
• A bunch has 6 bananas. How many bananas are in 3 bunches? tree →
• Ali bought 8 bananas and ate 2. tree →
• Peel the banana before you eat it. tree →
• These bananas are still green, so they are not ripe. tree →
• Mum made banana bread with the old bananas. tree →
• The monkey grabbed a banana from the tree. tree →
• Don't leave a banana skin on the floor; someone could slip. tree →
• Early in the morning Rikki-tikki came to early breakfast in the veranda riding on Teddy’s shoulder, and they gave him banana and some boiled egg. tree →

Note

A fruit, so it counts in «how many fruits»; no clue for the operation. Spelling: one n, then two: b-a-n-a-n-a. Plural «bananas». Trap: «a bunch of bananas» is one group; count the bananas in it if the question asks for bananas.