🇬🇧 Listen & Repeat (English)
adjective
A bright colour like the sun or a lemon. Yellow is between green and orange on the colour spectrum.
Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a yellow banana', or after verbs: 'the sun is yellow'. Common collocations: yellow card (football warning), yellow pages (business directory).
Yellow is associated with sunshine, happiness, and energy. In football, a yellow card is a warning to a player. 'Yellow journalism' refers to sensational or dishonest reporting. Taxis in New York City are famously yellow.
Example Sentences
"The coffee is in a yellow cup."
🌎 "El café está en una taza amarilla."
"The eggs are painted yellow."
🌎 "Los huevos están pintados de amarillo."
Practice Quiz
1. What colour is a ripe banana?
2. The sun is ___.