🇬🇧 Pen meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A pen is a small tool you hold in your hand that has ink inside and is used to write or draw on paper. When you press the tip on the paper, the ink comes out and makes lines, letters, or pictures. Unlike a pencil, you usually can’t erase pen marks easily, so people often use pens to sign important papers or do neat writing.

My pen ran out of ink in the middle of my sentence, so now my notebook says, “I really need to—” and will be a mystery forever.

I put my pen in my shirt pocket to look smart, but then it exploded and made me look like a tie-dyed zebra instead.

I borrowed a pen from my friend, and it was so smooth it felt like the ink was ice-skating across the paper.

When I write too slowly, my pen sighs and says, “Come on, we practiced this!”

The word “pen” comes from the Latin word “penna,” which means “feather,” because long ago people wrote with bird feathers called quill pens.

Sam has one blue pen. He wants to draw a sun on white paper. His pen stops. He feels sad. His friend gives Sam a red pen and a black pen. Sam draws the sun with each pen. He shows the paper. They both smile and clap. Sam loves the new pen.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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