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Describing Things

The document provides guidance on describing objects by their function/use, components/parts, characteristics, and position. It explains how to describe an object's function, materials, shape, color, dimensions, properties, and relative positioning of parts. Key details include using phrases like "is used for/to" for functions, "consists of/includes" for parts, and noting materials, measurements, qualities like hollowness. Position is described with words like "at the top," "inside," "between."

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Describing Things

The document provides guidance on describing objects by their function/use, components/parts, characteristics, and position. It explains how to describe an object's function, materials, shape, color, dimensions, properties, and relative positioning of parts. Key details include using phrases like "is used for/to" for functions, "consists of/includes" for parts, and noting materials, measurements, qualities like hollowness. Position is described with words like "at the top," "inside," "between."

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Describing Things

DESCRIBING THINGS

1. Function/ Use
2. Components/ Parts
3. Characteristics:
- material
- shape/ figure
- color
- dimensions
- property
4. Position

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1. FUNCTIONS

A drum is used for making music

A drum is used to make music

Scissors are used for cutting things.

Scissors are used to cut things.

❖ to be + used for + Ving


❖ to be + used to + V1
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Component / Parts

➢ A hammer consists of a handle and a head.


is made up of
is composed of
➢ A hammer includes a handle and a head.
➢ A hammer has two parts: a handle and a head.
has two sections: one is a handle, the
other is a head.
has two components: one is a handle, the
other is a head.
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CHARACTERISTICS

❖ Materials

•This handbag is made of crocodile skin.


•This cup is made of plastic.
•This ashtray is made out of an artillery shell.

made of | made out of - These phrases are used when we can see
the original materials used for making the object

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• This cake is made from flour, eggs, butter and sugar.
• Bronze is made from copper and tin.
• Plastic is made from petroleum.
• Copper sulphate is made from copper and sulphuric acid.

made from - is used when we cannot see the original ingredients

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❖ Shape

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Ellipse Elliptical

Cube
Cubic

Pyramid Pyramidal

Cone Conical

Cylinder Cylindrical

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• is shaped like + noun.

A coin is shaped like a circle.

• is + Adj. + in shape.

A coin is circular in shape.

• is + Adj.

A coin is circular.

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❖ Color

• The color of the cup is green.


• The cup is green.
❖ Dimensions
length,width, height, depth, thickness, diameter, etc
▪ ........... is 250 metres + Adj.

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This building is 250 metres high.
▪ ........... has a + n. of 250 metres
This building has a height of 250 metres.
▪ The + n. of ............. is 250 metres.
The height of this building is 250 metres.
▪ ............... is 250 metres in + n.
This building is 250 metres in height.

Adjective Noun
long length
high height
wide width
broad breadth 11
deep depth
diameter
❖ Property

Property is a special quality that belongs to the


object.

• The interior of a ping-pong ball is hollow.


• This book is thick.
• The glass bottle is fragile.
• The edge of a table is straight.
• The sides of a car are flat.
• The middle of a bottle is curved.

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Position
If the objects to be described are complicated, consisting of
many parts, or appearing in a set, positions must be given.
• inside • between
• outside • below
• at the top • beside
• on the left/right • at the end of
• in the middle • behind
• at the bottom • in front of
• above • near
• over • by, etc
A car has four headlights at the front. At the top of the engine
is the radiator and at the top is an oil cap.
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This mixer is used for mixing food. It is
made of metal and plastic, and its color is
yellow. The mixer consists of 5 parts: a
base, a stand, a motor housing, beaters,
and a bowl. The base is rectangular in
shape. It is 12 cm wide and 15 cm long.
The stand which is supported by the base
is 30 cm in height. The motor housing
which contains a motor is joined to the
stand. The steel beaters are very hard and
tough. The glass bowl is hard and brittle.
The edge of the bowl is circular.

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A kettle is a container which is used for boiling water. It is
made of metal. It consists of 4 main parts: a vessel, a lid, a
spout, and a handle. The vessel is 7 inches high. It is hollow
and spherical in shape. The base is flat and circular. It has a
diameter of 6 inches. On the top of the vessel, there is a
convex lid with a plastic knob in the middle. The lid is 5
inches in diameter. Above the lid is as curved handle which is
covered with plastic at the middle part. At the side of the
vessel is a conical spout for pouring water out of the vessel.

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