sticker

Everyday

1. A sticker is a small picture or label with glue on the back that you can stick on things. tree →
2. A price sticker is a small label in a shop that shows how much something costs. tree →

In the lessons

a thing that is counted: stickers are collected, bought in sheets, given and lost; in class a teacher may give a sticker for good work; in everyday life stickers go on notebooks, lunch boxes and fridges; phrases: «a sheet of stickers», «a sticker book», «a gold star sticker»

Examples

• Anna has 9 stickers and gives 4 to a friend. tree →
• Max buys 3 sheets of stickers with 10 stickers on each. tree →
• Zoe loses a quarter of her stickers. tree →
• The teacher gave me a gold star sticker for my spelling. tree →
• I stuck a dinosaur sticker on my lunch box. tree →
• Mia keeps her stickers in a sticker book. tree →
• Peel the sticker off slowly so it does not tear. tree →
• The price sticker on the toy says 5 dollars. tree →

Note

Countable: a sticker, two stickers. The thing being counted; carries no operation clue. Trap: «sheets of stickers» are groups, not single stickers, so 3 sheets of 10 is 3 × 10 stickers. Safety: do not put stickers in your mouth; little children can choke on them.