A wall is a vertical structure that forms a side of a room or separates areas.
The idea
Wall is countable: a wall, four walls. Say a picture on the wall for an attached object and a shelf against the wall for one next to it.
Examples
- The picture is on the wall.
- She painted the walls white.
- A wall separates the two gardens.
- We put a shelf against the wall.
- There are four walls in this room.
- The mirror hangs on the wall near the door.
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A wall is typically vertical; a floor is the surface people walk on inside a room.
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Choose the plural after four. The room has four ___. (wall / walls)
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walls
Walls is the plural form after four.
Choose the preposition for an attached picture. The picture hangs ___ the wall. (on / under)
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on
On describes a picture attached to the wall.
Choose the structure that separates gardens. A vertical structure separates the gardens: it is a ___. (wall / floor)
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wall
A wall can separate two gardens.
Practice round
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Choose the plural after four. The room has four ___. (wall / walls)
Choose the preposition for an attached picture. The picture hangs ___ the wall. (on / under)
Choose the structure that separates gardens. A vertical structure separates the gardens: it is a ___. (wall / floor)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a wall and say what is on it or beside it.