1. Complete the list of materials using a, e, i, o and u.
Answer
1 wood 2 steel 3 glass 4 stone 5 aluminium
6 cardboard 7 plastic
2. Complete the sentences with the correct materials.
1 Shoes are often made of l…………………………
2 Expensive rings are often made of g…………………………
3 Car tyres are made of r…………………………
4 Cups and plates are often c………………………… but sometimes they are made of c…………………………
5 Books are made of p…………………………
6 Pavements are often made of c…………………………
7 Gates and fences are sometimes made of i…………………………
8 Tents and backpacks are usually made of n…………………………
9 In the past, coins were often made of c…………………………
Answer
1 leather 2 gold 3 rubber 4 ceramic 5 paper
6 concrete 7 iron 8 nylon 9 copper
3. Answer the questions with the material words from exercises 1 and 2. Use each word only once.
1 Which of the materials come from trees?
paper ………………………… ………………………… …………………………
2 Which of the materials are metals?
………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………… …………………………
3 Which material is made from part of an animal?
…………………………
4 Which very hard material do we find in the ground?
…………………………
5 Which man-made materials do we make from oil?
…………………………
6 Which materials do we make from other materials which we find in the ground?
………………………… ………………………… …………………………
Answer
1 wood rubber cardboard
2 iron copper gold aluminium steel
3 leather
4 stone
5 nylon plastic
6 glass ceramic concrete
4. Match the words below with the diagrams.
circular curved rectangular spherical
square straight triangular
1 …………………………….
2 …………………………….
3 …………………………….
4 …………………………….
5 …………………………….
6 …………………………….
7 …………………………….
Answer
1 rectangular 2 square 3 spherical 4 circular
5 triangular 6 curved 7 straight
5. Listen to the sentences and match the objects to the descriptions. Write the correct letter: A, B or C.
1 ……………..
2 ……………..
3 ……………..
4 ……………..
5 ……………..
6 ……………..
7 ……………..
Answer
1 A 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 A 6 B 7 C 8 B
Transcript
1 It’s rectangular. //
2 It’s spherical and it’s made of plastic and metal. //
3 It prevents you from getting lost. //
4 It’s got a metal lid and a metal handle. //
5 It’s mostly made of plastic and it’s rechargeable. //
6 It’s used for making tea. //
7 It’s used for listening to music. //
Extra exercises
1. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 They use aluminium / iron to make aeroplanes because it is light and strong.
2 The floors in their house are made of paper / wood that came from older buildings.
3 They live in a 300-year-old house made of stone / plastic.
4 Most lenses in glasses are made of plastic / glass nowadays because it is less likely to break.
5 I prefer shoes made of cardboard / leather because they are more comfortable.
6 Copper / Rubber is used in many electrical appliances because it carries electricity very well.
7 We put all of our things in cement / cardboard boxes before we moved to our new house.
8 People have always considered gold / ceramic valuable, and it was used as money for centuries.
9 The stones on the terrace and held together with nylon / cement.
10 Before rubber / iron tyres became common, wheels were covered in metal.
11 Steel / Aluminium is used to construct tall buildings because it is so strong.
Answer
1 aluminium 2 wood 3 stone 4 plastic 5 leather
6 copper 7 cardboard 8 gold 9 cement
10 rubber 11 steel
2. Match the words below with descriptions 1-6.
circular curved rectangular spherical square triangular
1 This object has three sides and three corners.
It’s …………………………
2 The room is round - it doesn’t have any corners.
It’s …………………………
3 Our kitchen table has four exactly equal sides.
It’s …………………………
4 The shape of the Earth is this. It’s …………………………
5 The path follows the shape of the hills, so it looks a bit like a snake.
It’s …………………………
6 Their meeting room table is long and narrow, with two long sides and two short ones.
It’s …………………………
Answer
1 triangular 2 circular 3 square 4 spherical
5 curved 6 rectangular
3. Match the intentions below with sentences 1-10.
apologise challenge complain encourage enquire
recommend tell a story thank warn welcome
1 ‘I’m so sorry I told her your secret! I didn’t mean to do it.’
……………………………………………
2 ‘I’m so tired of my parents telling me what to do all the time!’
……………………………………………
3 ‘Don’t give up - I know you’ll do it eventually.’
……………………………………………
4 ‘So then the phone rang, and when I picked up, it was exactly the person I’d been thinking about!’
……………………………………………
5 ‘He’s very good builder, he isn’t expensive and he’s very reliable.’
……………………………………………
6 ‘Be careful, that step is very slippery!’
……………………………………………
7 ‘I’m so grateful for all your help that I don’t know what do say.’
……………………………………………
8 ‘Let play table tennis. I bet you can’t beat me!’
……………………………………………
9 ‘Come in! It’s so nice to finally have you here.’
……………………………………………
10 ‘Do you know if there’s an evening train to Brighton?’
……………………………………………
Answer
1 apologise 2 complain 3 encourage
4 tell a story 5 recommend 6 warn 7 thank
8 challenge 9 welcome 10 enquire
4. Complete the collocations with the verbs below.
browse come up with get lose prescribe run on
1 I don’t understand how you …………………………… so many original ideas.
2 I think doctors nowadays …………………………… too many drugs.
3 If you buy the older model of that phone, you can …………………………… a really good deal.
4 When I’m bored, I …………………………… the internet to see if there’s anything interesting to read.
5 It’s never easy to …………………………… weight, but with diet and exercise it’s possible.
6 All of our farm machines …………………………… biofuel, which is cleaner than normal fuel.
Answer
1 come up with 2 prescribe 3 get 4 browse
5 lose 6 run on
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