New Skills
- ✅ Describe an object with questions and answers
- ✅ Use the new 📚 glossary words correctly in full sentences
Reviewed Skills
✅ Use adjectives from these lessons:
- Describe Shapes
- Describe Materials
- Describe Places
✅ Use relative clauses: e.g., “It’s a thing that you use in the kitchen.”
✅ Ask different types of questions (yes/no – wh – subject questions):
| Concept | Definition | Example | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| thing | an object, idea, or anything you can talk about. | What’s that thing in your hand? | شيء |
| a small part of clothes where you can put things | I put my keys in my pocket. | جيب | |
| object | a thing you can see or touch | I have too many objects in my room. | جسم |
| jar | a glass or plastic container with a lid. | My child broke a jar of jam at the supermarket. | مرطبان |
| hold | carry something in your hand or arms | Can you hold my bag, please? | يمسك |
| guess | try to say the right answer | Can you guess what I have in my hand? | يخمن |
| expensive | costs a lot of money. | That iPhone is really expensive. It costs over $1000. | غالي |
| cost | the money you need to buy something | How much does this iPhone cost? | تكلفة |
| cheap | doesn’t cost a lot of money. | This shirt is cheap. I will buy 4 of it. | رخيص |
| card | a small piece of paper or plastic | Can I pay with my credit card? | بطاقة |
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Look at each object and answer the questions
- What is this?
- What colour is it?
- Is it expensive or cheap?
- Can you describe it?
Let’s practice asking and answering questions to describe items and objects. We’ll play the game “Mystery Object”.
Review
We will use some information from previous lessons:
Describe Shapes:
square, rectangular, triangular, round
Describe Materials:
leather, glass, metal, wool, gold, golden, wooden, silver
Describe Places:
e.g., “It’s a nice place that has homely restaurants.”
🎲 Let’s play a game to review old glossary items.
Listen to this podcast. Two friends play the Mystery Object Game. Can you explain how to play the game?
Welcome to the beginner podcast produced
by Read for More Academy. In this
episode, you’ll hear two friends playing
the game The Mystery Object.
Listen and complete the tasks in the
lesson you find in the description.
Hey Ben, I will hold something in my
hand. You have to guess what it is.
Ooh, I love this game.
Okay. Is it expensive or cheap?
It’s a cheap thing that you buy at the
supermarket.
H. What does it look like?
It’s a round glass object with a metal
lid.
So, it’s a round inexpensive glass
object that I buy at the supermarket.
All right. What do you use it for?
I hold food in it. Sometimes jam,
sometimes olives. What is it made of?
It’s made of glass and metal.
H I think I’m getting close. How much
does it cost?
About $1.
Can I put it in my pocket?
Only if you have a big pocket.
Okay. Okay. It’s a round small glass and
metal object that I buy at the
supermarket for $1. I think I know what
it is. Is it a jar?
Yes, a jar of strawberry jam.
You see, I’m a genius. Genius of the
kitchen,
Post-Listening: Can you explain how to play the game?
Click to reveal the answer
To play this game,
- 🟢 One person holds a mystery object.
- 🟢 The other person asks questions.
- 🟢 When they know enough, they guess the object!
Post-Listening: Choose the sentences you heard on the podcast.
Watch as your teacher 🧑🏫 plays this game with AI🤖. You will do the same later.
Mini Game – Complete Sentences
Before you play with AI, let’s use this mini game to complete sentences in answers and questions
Use the same questions and vocabulary from this lesson.
What did you learn?
- Can you ask and answer questions to describe items?
- What does it look like? / What is it like?
- What colour is it?
- What do you use it for?
- Is it expensive or cheap?
- Does it need batteries?
- Who uses this object?
- Where can I buy it?
- How much does it cost?
- What is it made of?
- Can you use the new vocabulary?
- Can you describe materials and shapes?