orange

Everyday

1. An orange is a round, juicy fruit with a thick skin; it grows on a tree. tree →
2. Orange is a color between red and yellow, like the color of carrots and pumpkins. tree →

In the lessons

a fruit counted (picked, sold, put in sacks) or a color word; in art, orange is made by mixing red and yellow; oranges give vitamin C; phrases «orange juice», «peel an orange»

Examples

• They harvest 65 sacks of oranges each day. tree →
• She bought 12 oranges. tree →
• 25 of the sacks are of ripe oranges. tree →
• He has 6 orange marbles. tree →
• I peeled an orange and shared it. tree →
• Mix red and yellow to make orange. tree →
• Pumpkins are orange. tree →
• A glass of orange juice comes with breakfast. tree →
• The sky turned orange at sunset. tree →
• An orange has about 10 segments. tree →
• He hardly had courage to open his last orange. tree →

Note

A thing counted, or a kind (color). Trap: «orange» before another noun is a color, not the fruit. Use «an orange», not «a orange». Nothing rhymes well with «orange» — a fun fact.