Unit 3: Sizes and shapes | Vocabulary | A2
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Unit 3: Sizes and shapes | Vocabulary | A2

When we are talking about size, we generally use the adjectives ‘big’, ‘small’, etc.
We can measure the size of something in centimeters, metres, kilometers.
We can measure how long something is; we call this its length.
We can measure how high something is; we call this its height.
We can weigh something; we find out its weight.
We can measure age in years, month and days.

EXERCISE 1

Choose the questions below with the answers which follow:

1. How old is the baby? A. About 30 centimetres.
2. What's the length of your ruler? B. It's 35 cm x 55 cm.
3. How big is the poster? C. It's six months old.
4. How much does he weigh? D. I'm sure it's over 2 metres high.
5. What's the height of that door? E. At least 85 kilos, I should think.

EXERCISE 2

SHAPE

We also need to describe the shape of things, as well as their colour, use, material i.e. what they are made of.

Look at the four shapes below.

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Put these words in the correct order with the picture above:

a triangle

a square

a circle

a rectangle

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EXERCISE 3

Look around the room, at school or at home, and find an object which corresponds to each of these shapes. Write the names of the four objects below.

SHAPE OBJECTS
Triangular  
Square  
Circular  
Rectangular  

EXERCISE 4

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Now answer these questions:

1. What shape is the window?

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2. What shape is a hamburger?

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3. What shape is a record sleeve?

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4. What shape is a 'be careful' traffic warning sign?

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EXERCISE 5

COLOUR, USE and MATERIAL

Find the object being described in the following clues:

1. Everybody has two of these. Mine are green.

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2. It's made of metal and it's used for cooking.

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3. They' re plastic and they protect my eyes from the sun.

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4. It's made of wood and I write with it.

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5. It's made of leather and I carry my books in it.

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6. It's made of glass and I can see myself in it.

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EXERCISE 6

Compile a quiz for pour partner. Fill in the table below with some details about any object. Your partner must guess the name of the object from the information given:

SIZE COLOUR SHAPE USE MATERIAL OBJECT
small     for lighting fires wood a match
           
           

EXERCISE 7

Adjective Order

If we are describing something in terms of its various qualities, we probably need to use several adjectives. We must then decide the order of the adjectives e.g. whether colour comes before age in the description.The most common order for adjectives is as follows:

  NUMBER SIZE AGE COLOUR MATERIAL NOUN
e.g. a pair of big old black leather armchairs

Put the adjectives in these sentences into the correct order:

1. a/plastic/purple/flower

      a purple plastic flower    

2. black and brown/small/two/kittens

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3. a(n)/hat/red/old

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4.  fifty/new/huge/lorries

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5. pink/brand new/a pair of/shoes

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6. white/tiny/several/teacups

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7. little/two/old/ladies

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8. wooden/fairly new/three/tables

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