7.

Object Identification

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Identify an object by name;
2. Identify an object by its position;
3. Ask about the name of an object in a certain language;
4. Ask about the position of an object;
5. Answer questions about the name of an object;
6. Answer questions about the position of an object.

Dialogue 1

Jiny : “What’s that on your table, Mr.Jones?”

Mr. Jones : “It’s a book.”
Jiny : “Is that a novel?”
Mr. Jones : “No, it’s a linguistic book. Do you want to see this book?”
Jiny : “No, thank you. What about that one on the shelf?”
Mr. Jones : “It’s a dictionary.”
Jiny : “Oh, I thought it was a picture book. Can I have a look?”
Mr. Jones : “Sure. Here you are.”

Dialogue 2

Randy : “What are these? Do you know?”

Tina : “Yes I do. Those are pens.”
Randy : “What pens are those?”
Tina : “I don’t know. What pens are these in English? Do you know?”
Randy : “Yes, they are fountain pens.”
Tina : “All right. They are fountain pens, they aren’t ball-point pens.”

Questions
1. What is on Mr. Jones’s table?
2. What is on Mr. Jones’s shelf?
3. What did Jiny want to see?
4. How many kinds of pens are there?
5. What is a fountain pen like?

Answer
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Attention
To ask about something, you say:
What is that?
this?
It?
are those?
these?
they?

To ask about something in a certain position, you say:

What’s that behind you?
in your pocket?
in your hand?

To answer those questions, you say:

It is a lamp.
That
This
They are pencils.
Those
These

To ask about the name of something in a particular language, you say:

What’s that in English?
Indonesian?
Sundanese?
Javanese?
Japanese?
French?