lettuce

Everyday

A plant with large green leaves that people eat raw, mostly in salads and sandwiches. tree →

In the lessons

In food and healthy eating lessons it is a vegetable for salads, sandwiches and burgers. In science and gardening: lettuce grows quickly from seed and needs water and light; children grow it in school gardens. Safety: wash lettuce before eating to remove dirt. Phrases: «a head of lettuce», «lettuce leaves».

Examples

• I like lettuce and tomato in my sandwich. tree →
• Wash the lettuce before you make the salad. tree →
• We grew lettuce in the school garden. tree →
• Rabbits love to nibble lettuce. tree →
• Mum bought two lettuces at the market. tree →
• Slugs ate holes in our lettuce leaves. tree →
• A burger with cheese, lettuce and pickles, please. tree →
• First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes; tree →

Note

Spelling trap: «lettuce» is said «LET-iss», with double «t» and «-uce» at the end. As food it is usually uncountable («some lettuce»); whole plants are countable («two lettuces»). Lettuce is mostly water, so it is light but not very filling.