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Fawaz Salammutaqi

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IA – Asset Management

Describing of Objects

Grammar

1. This and these

This is an MP3 player . These are sunglasses.

What’s this? What are these?

It’s an MP3 player. They’re sunglasses.

Is this your watch? Are these your keys?

Yes, it is. Yes, they are.

No, it’s not. No, they’re no.

2. Noun plurals
a. Regular plurals
1. bag bags
2. watch watches
3. dictionary dictionaries
4. key keys
b. Irrengular plurals
1. man men
2. woman women
3. child children
c. Some nouns are only plural
1. jeans
2. scissors
3. glasses
4. sunglasses
Descriptions of Objects

Make sure to check the examples to understand more about how to use that
vocabulary in context.

We can describe Objects based on :

Material Color

Shape Size

Opinion Age

1 Materials in English

Check this list of the most common vocabulary to describe things based on the
material they are made of.

Brick Copper

Rubber Fiberglass

Clay Cotton

Gold Glass

Iron Leather
 Marble Plastic

Paper Silk

Silver Steel

Stone Wood

Wool Wax

Examples of sentences :

 Please pass me those plastic glasses.

 There are no paper cups for the drinking fountain.

2 Colors in English

Check this list of the most common vocabulary to describe things based on the color.

Black White

Blue Pink

Yellow Red

Orange Green
 Purple Brown

Grey Turquoise

Examples of sentences :

 Please pass me the yellow folder.

 The stapler is next the green book.
 There are three blue chairs in my office.

3 Shapes in English

Check this list of the most common vocabulary to describe things based on its shape.

Triangular Rectangular

Square Circular

Example of sentences :

 The square box is for the reports.

 There are two circular chairs in my office.

4 Sizes in English

Check this list of the most common vocabulary to describe things based on its size.

Small Big

Medium Large

Huge Tiny
Examples of sentences :

 That’s a big flat screen.

 There is a small desk over there.

5 Opinions in English

Check this vocabulary to help describe objects based on opinion.

Nice Ugly

Strange Excellent

Examples of sentences :

 That’s a nice laptop, I like it.

 That’s a very strange poster for an office.

6 Age in English

These are some words to describe things in English taking into account how new or
old they are

Old New

Examples of sentences :

 Look at that old scanner, it barely works

 We have new headphones, Call Centers Agents love them
7 Locations of Things

We can also talk about the location of those objects as we describe them
  There is a very nice laptop on your desk.
 There is a Mac Book Air next to the printer.
 There is a very blue book next to the desktop computer.
 There is a folder next to the binder.

Reference from :

1. McCarthy, Michael, etc. Touchstone. United Kingdom: University of Cambridge.

2. Manuel José. EnlishPost.org. (May 22nd, 2020). How to Describe Things in English.
Accessed on November 29th, 2020 from
https://englishpost.org/describe-things-in-english/