EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY

LESSON 16

Gold and silver are very precious metals. They are used to make coins, watches, chains, and many other things.

Steel, a very useful metal, is used to make knives, scissors, razors, needles, and all instruments used for eutting or filing.
Iron is the most useful of all metals; it is needed in almost every trade; with iron we make machines, railways, bridges, tramlines, and hundreds of other things, too numerous to name.
With marble and stone we can; make many beautiful things; statues, fountains, staircases etc.
Lead is a soft metal, and can be made to assume any shape; it is used to make water-pipes and cisterns, and sometimes, to cover houses and churches.
Wood is used to make furniture, houses, carts, lorries, trains, fences, boxes, cases, trunks etc.
With glass we make a number of things; inkstands, glasses, vases, bottles, jugs etc.
Leather is used in the manufacture of boots, shoes, belts, bags, saddles, and harness.
Silk, wool, cotton, velvet, linen and are used for dresses.
Felt is used to make hats, slippers, toys, coshions, and many faney articles.
Straw is used to make heis, matting, mattresses, seats of chairs, casks etc.
China is used to make eups and saucers, plates and dishes, dolls, ornaments, ash-trays, inkstands, pin-travs, vases and many pretty articles suitable for presents.

EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY

01) What are gold and silver?

02) What are they used for?

03) Is steel useful?

04) What can we make with it?

05) Which is the most useful of all metals?

06) Can you name some things made of iron?

07) What are marble and stone used for?

08) What kind of metal is lead?

09) What is it used for?

10) What is made with wood?

11) And with glass?

12) What things are manufactured with leather?

13) What materials are used for dresses?

14) What is felt used for?

15) And straw?

16) Can you tell me the names of some thiongs made of china?

EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY

01) Have you a watch?

02) What is your watch made of?

03) Do you like jewellery?

04) Which stone do you prefer, the diamond, the ruby, the emerald, or the turquoise?

05) Do you prefer silver vases to glass ones?

06) Which hats do you like more, straw or felt?

07) Do you use fancy jewellery?

08) What are your shoesmade of?

09) Have you ever worn canvas shoes?

10) Have you ever visited any exposition of marble statues?

11) What are Brazilian coins made of?

12) What other kind of money is used here?

13) Has Brazil many kinds of wood?

14) Is there iron in Brazil?