Learning Objectives

In this lesson you will:
• Learn how to talk about everyday objects.
• Describe shapes, colors, and materials.
• Practise asking and answering questions about appearance.

Exercise 1: Warm-up

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor.

a mobile phone
lipstick
glasses
a wallet
keys
an umbrella

Let's Practise
Tell your tutor what you see in each picture.
For example:
“lipstick”

Can you think of any more everyday objects?

Exercise 2: Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor.

big
small
straight
curved
triangular
square
round
rectangular

Let's Practise
Say what you see in each picture.
For example:
“square”

Exercise 3: More Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor.

metal
glass
gray
red
wood
black
blue
plastic

Let's Practise
Tell your tutor which words are colors and which are materials.
For example:
“Metal is a material.”
“Red is a color.”

Can you think of more colors or materials?

Exercise 4: Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor, then answer the questions.

Hana left her bag on the bus.

Ticket Clerk: What did you lose?
Hana: I left my bag on the bus.

Ticket Clerk: That’s not good. What is in your bag?
Hana: My mobile phone, my wallet and my keys.

Ticket Clerk: What color is your bag?
Hana: It’s red.

Ticket Clerk: Is it big?
Hana: No, it’s small and round.

Ticket Clerk: What is it made of?
Hana: It’s made of plastic.

Ticket Clerk: What does your mobile phone look like?
Hana: It’s small and rectangular.

Ticket Clerk: What color is it?
Hana: It’s blue.

Ticket Clerk: What do your keys look like?
Hana: They’re black, gray and made of metal.

Ticket Clerk: Thank you. I hope we can find your bag!

Check Your Understanding
What is in Hana’s bag?
What is her bag made of?
What do her keys look like?

Exercise 5: Matching

Tell your tutor the correct answer.

What is in your bag?
• My keys, lipstick and mobile phone.
• Me keys, lipstick and mobile phone.
• Mine keys, lipstick and mobile phone.

What does it look like?
• It are small and round.
• It has small and round.
• It is small and round.

Is it small?
• No, it are big.
• No, it is big.
• No, it be big.

Is it rectangular?
• No, it isn't.
• No, it is.
• No, I'm not.

What color is it?
• It are gray.
• It be gray.
• It is gray.

What is it made of?
• It is made of plastic.
• It are made of plastic.
• It has plastic.

Exercise 6: Fill in the Blanks

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor and fill in the blanks. You will be Arisa.

Arisa left her bag on the train.

Ticket Clerk: What did you lose?
Arisa: I lost my bag.

Ticket Clerk: What color is it?
Arisa: (1) black.

Ticket Clerk: What is in your bag?
Arisa: My keys, my mobile phone and (2) glasses.

Ticket Clerk: What do your glasses look like?
Arisa: They’re small (3) round.

Ticket Clerk: What are they made of?
Arisa: They’re made (4) metal.

Ticket Clerk: What color are they?
Arisa: They’re red.

Ticket Clerk: What does your mobile phone look like?
Arisa: My mobile phone (5) rectangular. It’s (6) of plastic. It’s gray.

Ticket Clerk: Thank you! I hope we can find it!

Answer Pool
my
is
It’s
made
and
of

Exercise 7: Ordering

Put the words into the correct order.
For example:
“color it is What?” → “What color is it?”

color it is What?
of made What it is?
plastic and metal made of It's.
What phone is your color?
phone mobile have I in bag my a.
it What does like look?
big triangular It's and.
blue mobile phone My is.

Exercise 8: Your Turn to Ask

Ask your tutor these questions.

What does your mobile phone look like?
What color is it?
What is it made of?
What does your wallet look like?
What color is it?
What is it made of?
What do your keys look like?
What color are they?
What are they made of?

Exercise 9: Your Turn to Answer

Answer using the language from this lesson.

What does your wallet look like?
What color is it?
What is it made of?
What does your mobile phone look like?
What color is it?
What is it made of?
What do your keys look like?
What color are they?
What are they made of?

Exercise 10: Your Turn to Tell

Describe each object your tutor shows you.
For example:
“It’s gray, it’s straight and it’s made of metal.”

Corrections (Exercise 7)

What color is it?
What is it made of?
It’s made of metal and plastic.
What color is your phone?
I have a mobile phone in my bag.
What does it look like?
It’s big and triangular.
My mobile phone is blue.