umbrella

Everyday

1. An umbrella is a cover of cloth on a folding frame and stick that keeps you dry in the rain. tree →
2. A beach umbrella or sun umbrella keeps off the sun. tree →
3. An umbrella term or group covers many smaller things together. tree →

In the lessons

In school maths: things counted or bought at a price; how many are left after selling. In everyday life: a rainy day, a beach umbrella, sharing an umbrella. In stories: Mary Poppins flies with her umbrella. Phrases: «put up an umbrella», «under an umbrella», «umbrella stand».

Examples

• An umbrella costs 9 dollars. tree →
• The shop sold 14 umbrellas. tree →
• She has 3 umbrellas. tree →
• How many umbrellas are left? tree →
• Take an umbrella, it's going to rain. tree →
• We sat in the shade of a beach umbrella. tree →
• Mary Poppins floated down holding her umbrella. tree →
• The wind turned my umbrella inside out. tree →
• Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella, and went through the wood to the baker's. tree →

Note

«An umbrella» (it starts with a vowel sound). Some people say opening an umbrella indoors is bad luck — that is only a superstition. Maths: thing counted; no clue to the operation; left = start − sold.