A bed is a piece of furniture used for sleeping or resting.
The idea
Count the furniture with a bed and two beds. Say go to bed for going to sleep, in bed for resting there and on the bed for an object on its surface.
Examples
- I go to bed at ten.
- The book is on the bed.
- She is still in bed.
- The room has two beds.
- We need a bigger bed.
- Please make the bed.
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In the usual sleep expressions go to bed and in bed, omit the; use it for a particular object: on the bed.
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Choose the plural after two. The room has two ___. (bed / beds)
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beds
Beds is plural after two.
Choose the usual expression for going to sleep. I go ___ at ten to sleep. (to bed / to the bed)
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to bed
To bed describes going to sleep.
The book rests on the surface. Choose the phrase. The book rests ___, on its surface. (on the bed / in bed)
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on the bed
On the bed locates the book on the surface.
Practice round
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Choose the plural after two. The room has two ___. (bed / beds)
Choose the usual expression for going to sleep. I go ___ at ten to sleep. (to bed / to the bed)
The book rests on the surface. Choose the phrase. The book rests ___, on its surface. (on the bed / in bed)
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe when you go to bed and name something on the bed.