31 I can describe objects
A What’s it made of
spotlight noun + noun
Sometimes
we use a noun with another noun to say what things are made of, what they are
for, etc. A rubber tyre is a tyre made
of rubber; a letter box is a box for letters.
3 Test yourself. Look at the pictures and cover the words. Can you remember the words?
B Shapes and lines
spotlight shape,
-shaped
You
can describe the shape of things using shape or -shaped:
a card in the
shape of a heart
a swimming pool in
the shape of a leaf
an L-shaped room =
a room in the shape of the letter L
a diamond-shaped buckle
a star-shaped
button
6 What can you see in the pictures?
► a heart-shaped cushion; a cushion in the shape of a heart
1 ________(table)
2 ________(needle)
3 ________(shoes)
4 ________(handbag)
5 ________(mirror)
6 ________(box)
1 a rectangular table
2 a curved needle
3 pointed shoes
4 a triangular handbag
5 an oval mirror
6 a star-shaped box
7 Test yourself. Look at the pictures and
lines in the table and cover the words. Say the words.
