# Cup

## Verb + cup

* pick up your cup
* hold your cup
* prefer a cup
* fill a cup (up) with (tea)
* knock over a cup
* hand (you) a cup

## Common expressions

* a *clean / dirty* cup
* a full cup
* half a cup
* a *chipped* cup
* a plastic cup

## Exercise

### Verb + cup

1. The cup was so hot I couldn't ***hold*** it in my hand.
2. The waiter came across and ***filled*** my cup with more coffee.
3. Do you ***prefer*** a cup to a mug?
4. The baby ***knocked*** over a full cup of tea at the dinner table. What a mess!
5. The nurse ***handed*** me a cup of water to help me swallow the medicine.
6. He ***picked*** up his cup and saucer and sipped his tea.

### Common expressions

1. Can I just have ***half*** a cup, please? I'm not very thirsty.
2. The cup was ***chipped*** so we had to throw it out.
3. The problem with ***plastic*** cups is that they aren't very good for hot drinks.
4. Will you put all the ***dirty*** cups in the dishwasher, please?

## Note

**Note that we use “cup” to mean the contents of the cup - tea, coffee, etc:**

* *Would you like another cup?*
* *I've already had three cups!*
* *He **drained** his cup and then poured himself another. (He drank it quickly.)*