cap

Everyday

1. A cap is a soft hat, often with a peak at the front, like a baseball cap. tree →
2. A cap is a small lid on a bottle, a pen or a tube. tree →
3. In sport, a cap is a place in the national team. tree →
4. To cap is to put a limit or top on something. tree →

In the lessons

a thing collected and counted, most often bottle caps found or thrown away; a sun cap protects from the sun; phrases: «bottle cap», «baseball cap», «put the cap back on», «swimming cap»

Examples

• Danny had 25 bottle caps. tree →
• He found 18 more bottle caps at the park. tree →
• He threw away 12 old caps. tree →
• How many more caps than wrappers did he find? tree →
• Wear a cap in the sun. tree →
• Put the cap back on the glue stick. tree →
• Swimmers wear a swimming cap in the pool. tree →
• He wore his baseball cap backwards. tree →
• They all whipped off their caps. tree →

Note

Countable: a cap, caps. A thing counted. «found» adds, «threw away» takes away. Trap: caps and wrappers are often counted side by side; keep them apart. Trap: «cap» (hat) is not «cup» (for drinking).