scanner

Everyday

1. A scanner is a machine that copies pictures or pages into a computer. tree →
2. A scanner at a shop till reads bar codes to find the price. tree →
3. A scanner in a hospital takes pictures of the inside of the body. tree →
4. A scanner is a machine at airports that checks bags and people. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: supermarket scanners, school scanners, hospital scanners (MRI, CT), airport scanners. Phrases: «bar-code scanner», «body scanner», «put it through the scanner».

Examples

• The teacher used the scanner to copy our drawings. tree →
• The checkout scanner beeped. tree →
• At the hospital, she had her head checked in a scanner. tree →
• Put your bag through the scanner, please. tree →
• The scanner reads the price from the bar code. tree →
• We used a phone app as a scanner. tree →

Note

Noun from the verb «scan» (double n before -er: scanner).