It’s a kind of plant It’s small and red It’s used in cooking.. It’s a thing you use to make food spicy.. Vocabulary Materials It’s made of…… Match the materials to the pictures: 1.. It’s
Trang 1Often when we don’t know a word we try to describe it by
using various methods e.g
What is it like?
What is it used for?
What material is it made of?
What size is it?
Eventually our description enables us to get what we want
Look at these examples:
What is it like?
It’s a kind of………
It’s a sort of ………
What material/size is it?
It’s made of …………
It’s ……… and …………
What’s it for?
It’s used for………
It’s a thing for……
It’s a thing you use to ………
You can …………
Now study the description can you guess the item?
It’s a kind of plant It’s small and red It’s used in cooking
It’s a thing you use to make food spicy It’s a chilli
Vocabulary Materials It’s made of……
Match the materials to the pictures:
1 Wood
2 Plastic
3 Denim
4 Gold
5 Silver
6 China
7 Metal
8 Silk
9 Nylon
10 Glass
11 Wax
12 Cotton
13 Wool
14 Cardboard
15 Paper
16 Leather
17 Rubber
18 lace
Match the descriptions to the pictures:
1 It’s a kind of hat It’s made of plastic It’s a thing you use to cover your hair when you have a shower
2 It’s made of metal and plastic You can cut things with it You use it to help you eat things
3 It’s big It’s made of wood It’s a thing for putting books on It’s a kind
of cupboard without doors and it’s attached to the wall
4 It’s made of metal Its round and it has a flat bottom You can use it for cooking eggs
5 It is made of plastic and metal It’s oblong It’s used in an office to attach one piece of paper to another
6 It’s sometimes made of plastic, metal or wood It’s a strange shape It’s
a thing you use to but your clothes on, you can find it in a wardrobe
Using the words listed describe the following items then guess what the item is Putting letters in/paper/oblong
1 It’s made of ……… It’s ……… I’ts used for ………
Small/leather/to put money in/square
2 It’s made of ……… It’s ………and ……… it’s a thing you use
………
Nylon/sock/put your legs in them/long
3 It’s a kind of ……… They are ……… It’s made of ……… you can ………
Light/see things/wax/different sizes
4 It’s a sort of ……… It’s ……… It’s made of ……… It’s a thing you use to ………
Cut things/metal/knife/small/plastic
5 It’s a kind of ……… Its ……… its made of ……… and ……
………… you can use it to ………
Small/open bottles of wine/metal
6 It’s made of ……….It’s ……… you use it to………
A wallet Stockings Scissors
An Envelope A candle Corkscrew
Now it’s your turn think of an item and
describe it to the class
Have fun and good luck!!