English shadowing practice: Describe and Guess an Object: A1 English Shadowing

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Session 1: The learner follows a useful clue sequence: the object is small, long, and thin; it is made of plastic rather than metal or wood; it stays in the bathroom; it is used in the morning and at night and in the mouth and on the teeth; then the learner is asked to guess before the object is identified as a toothbrush.

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This object is small.

This object is .

It's not big.

It's also long.

It's not short.

It's also .

It's not fat or large.

The object in the box is .

Is the object in the box made of metal?

So, is it made of wood?

The object is not made of wood.

This object in the box stays in the bathroom.

Does it stay in the bedroom?

It stays in the .

You use this object .

We use the object in the box in our mouth and on our teeth.

Do you know what's in the box?

Can you guess?

It's a .

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English idioms and vocabulary from this video

small

Word

not big

“My phone is small.”

When & how to use it

Situation: Use this to describe the size of an object.

Pattern: Use 'small' after 'is' for a simple description: 'It is small.'

thin

Word

not thick or wide

“This book is thin.”

When & how to use it

Situation: Use this to describe the shape of an object.

Pattern: Say 'It is thin', not 'It has thin'.

plastic

Word

a common material used to make many everyday objects

“This bottle is plastic.”

When & how to use it

Situation: Use this when talking about an object's material.

Pattern: For material, use 'made of plastic'.

made of

Phrase

used to say what material something has

“The chair is made of wood.”

When & how to use it

Situation: Use this to say what material an object is made from.

Pattern: Keep 'made of' together as one phrase.

bathroom

Word

the room with a toilet, sink, or shower

“The towels are in the bathroom.”

When & how to use it

Situation: Use this when talking about where something is in a home.

Pattern: Use 'in the bathroom' for location.

in the morning and at night

Phrase

at two times of day: morning and night

“I brush my teeth in the morning and at night.”

When & how to use it

Situation: Use this to talk about a daily routine that happens twice a day.

Pattern: Notice the prepositions: 'in the morning' but 'at night'.

toothbrush

Word

a small brush used to clean your teeth

“My toothbrush is blue.”

When & how to use it

Situation: Use this to name the everyday bathroom object in the lesson.

Pattern: Say it as one word: 'toothbrush'.

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