Often 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 ………… Vocabulary Materials It’s made of…… Match the materials to the pictures: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Wood Plastic Denim Gold Silver China Metal Silk Nylon Glass Wax Cotton Wool Cardboard Paper Leather Rubber lace Now study the description can you guess the item? It’s It’s It’s It’s a kind of plant small and red used in cooking a thing you use to make food spicy It’s a chilli Match the descriptions to the pictures: 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 It’s made of metal and plastic You can cut things with it You use it to help you eat things 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 It’s made of metal Its round and it has a flat bottom You can use it for cooking eggs It is made of plastic and metal It’s oblong It’s used in an office to attach one piece of paper to another 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 It’s made of …………… It’s ……………… I’ts used for ………………………… Small/leather/to put money in/square It’s made of …………… It’s ………………and …………………… it’s a thing you use ……………………………… Nylon/sock/put your legs in them/long It’s a kind of ………………… They are ……………… It’s made of …………………… you can ……………………… Light/see things/wax/different sizes It’s a sort of ………………… It’s ……………………… It’s made of …………………… It’s a thing you use to …………………… Cut things/metal/knife/small/plastic It’s a kind of ………………… Its ………………… its made of ……………… and …… ………… you can use it to …………………… Small/open bottles of wine/metal It’s made of ………………….It’s ……………… you use it to………………………… Now it’s your turn think of an item and describe it to the class Have fun and good luck!! A wallet Stockings Scissors An Envelope A candle Corkscrew