rice

Everyday

1. Rice is a food made of small white or brown grains that grow on a plant in wet fields called paddies. tree →
2. Rice is also the plant itself, a kind of grass. tree →

In the lessons

In maths: an amount measured in cups, bags, kilograms or pounds; sometimes its price per kilogram; servings per bag. In science and geography: rice grows in flooded fields, mostly in Asia; it is a staple food for billions of people. In the kitchen: boiling rice with an adult; rice swells as it absorbs water.

Examples

• A bag holds 5 kg of rice. tree →
• The recipe uses 2 cups of rice. tree →
• Rice costs $3 per pound. tree →
• They eat 1 kg of rice a week. tree →
• Rice grows in flooded fields called paddies. tree →
• Brown rice takes longer to cook than white rice. tree →
• One cup of dry rice makes about three cups of cooked rice. tree →
• We had chicken and rice for dinner. tree →
• Rice is the main food for many people in Asia. tree →
• I remember that we once exchanged a rice-dumpling for a persimmon-seed. tree →

Note

An amount, not counted one by one; «per kg» or «a week» marks a rate. Trap: «2 bags of rice» counts bags, multiply by the weight of one bag for kilograms. Uncountable: «some rice», «a grain of rice», never «rices». Cooked rice weighs more than dry rice because it takes in water.