1a Work with a partner and look at the photos. Do you know the names of these objects?

a. light bulb
b. air freshener (plug-in air freshener)
c. matches
d. candles
e. headphones
f. voice recorder

b.When you want to talk about an object, but you don’t know its name in English, what can you do?

Explain what it’s used for

It’s something you use to…
Example: It’s something you use to listen to music.

2. Describe what it looks like

It looks like a …
It’s long and thin / small and round…
Example: It looks like a pen, but it’s shorter.

3. Say you’ve forgotten the word

I’ve forgotten the word in English.
What’s it called in English?

4. Check understanding

Do you know what I mean?
Exactly! That’s what I’m looking for.

2 5.5 Listen to three conversations in shops. Which of the objects in exercise la does each person want to buy?

The first person wants to buy matches (c).
The second person wants to buy candles (d).
The third person wants to buy a light bulb (a).

Answer:
1 – c (matches)
2 – d (candles)
3 – a (light bulb)

4 Turn to the audioscript on page 160 and practise the conversations.

Read the dialogues aloud.

Practise them with a partner — one person is the shop assistant, the other is the customer.

Focus on pronunciation, intonation, and polite requests (like “Could I have…?”, “Do you have…?”, etc.).

5.Work with a partner. Use the expressions in the Language for speaking box to describe the other objects in exercise la.

It’s something you use to…

It’s a kind of…

It looks like…

You plug it in / You use it when…

Here are example answers you could say:

b. Air freshener

It’s something you plug into the wall.
It makes the room smell nice.

e. Headphones

They’re things you use to listen to music.
You wear them on your ears.

f. Voice recorder

It’s a small device you use to record sound or someone speaking.
It looks a bit like a small phone.