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My robot has ...
Textbook: p. 20
GoalDescribe robots and things: body parts and the order of adjectives (size – shape – colour).
New words
body · tanaarm · qo‘lleg · oyoqhead · bosh
Explanation
Body parts: head, body, arm, leg, eye, ear, nose, mouth. About a robot: “This robot has a big, square head.” With several adjectives the order is: size first (big, small), then shape (round, square), then colour (blue, green): “a small round green head”. Plural: “two long arms”, “four short legs” – the number comes before the adjectives. Guessing: “Is this robot A?” — “Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.”
Worked examples
My robot has a big square blue body, a small round head, two long arms and three short legs. Its eyes are round and green.
— Does the robot have a big head? — Yes, it does. — Is its head round? — No, it isn’t. It’s square.
Class activity
“Robot copy”: in pairs, one pupil draws a robot and hides it, the other asks questions and draws: “Does it have two arms?” Compare the pictures.
Practice
1
Say in English: “a small round green head”
a small round green head
2
Put in order: blue / big / square / a ... body
a big square blue body
3
Say: “The robot has four long legs.”
The robot has four long legs.
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Why “a big square blue head”, not “a blue big square head”?
The order is size, shape, colour.