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    The document provides guidance on how to describe common objects by their physical characteristics and components. It suggests mentioning the object's purpose, materials, size, color, weight, shape, and internal structure. Sensory details about how it looks, feels, and is constructed are encouraged to be included.

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    What does it do? / How does it work? What is it used to?

    It’s used for peeling, writing, holding, carrying.../ it’s used to keep, protect)

    (it’s made of ... / it’s made from ... / it’s made by ... in ....)
     aluminium  brass  carbon fibre  cardboard  clay  copper  cotton  denim  fabric  fur  glass 
    gold – golden  iron  leather  metal  paper  plastic  porcelain  rubber  silk  silver – silvered 
    steel  stone  wax  wool – woollen  wood – wooden 

    (Use as many of your five senses as possible)


     How big is it?
    Size: big, huge, tiny (it’s the same size as a... / it’s as little as... / it’s similar to...)
    Dimension: height - high/length - long/width - wide / depth - deep / breadth - broad)
     What colour is it? (+ pattern / texture) (it’s ... in colour = its colour is ...)
     How much does it weigh?
    (Weight: heavy, light, it’s lighter / heavier than, not too heavy, very light ...)
     What shape has it got? (it’s shaped like a ... / it is ... in shape)
    round, square, circle –circular, cube – cubic, triangle – triangular, rectangle – rectangular, cone –
    conic, cylinder - cylindrical, oval / oblong / egg-shaped, diamond, concave, convex, crescent,
    formless...
     Property: straight, curved, fragile, thick, sharp, pointed, flat, smelly...

    It consists of ... and ... / It’s made up of ... and ... / it’s composed of ... and ... / it includes a ...)
    Some verbs that signal the connection of the components or parts are:
    attach, join, connect, support, fix, fit, link,…
    We can also add the Position of the parts (inner and outer parts):
    (at the top, at the bottom, at the back, at the front, in the middle, on the right / left (of), between, beside,
    near, by, above, below, behind, in front of, inside, outside...)

    price / value, trademark, design, origin, opinion, other uses...

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