SHAPE AND FEATURES (CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS)

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS

SHAPE AND FEATURES

A.       (Shape) Match the words below with the picture that best represents each word.

1. pyramid	2. cube	3. crescent	4. spiral	5. cone	6. sphere
7. rectangle	8. triangle	9. square	10. circle	11. cylinder	12. oval

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B.        (Shape) Look at the following list of words and decide what the correct adjective form is, A, B or

1	sphere	________	A	spherous	B	spherical	C	spherocous
2	cube	________	A	cubed	B	cubous	C	cubal
3	cone	________	A	conacular	B	conous	C	conical
4	rectangle	________	A	rectanglous	B	rectanglis	C	rectangular
5	triangle	________	A	triangular	B	trianglous	C	triangled
6	circle	________	A	circled	B	circulous	C	circular
7	square	________	A	square	B	squaret	C	squarous
8	cylinder	________	A	cylindrous	B	cylindal	C	cylindrical

C.       (Features) Match the descriptions on the left with the objects, geographical features, etc., on the right.

1	a sharp edge with jagged teeth	________	A	a country road in very poor condition
2	steep, with a pointed peak	________	B	somebody’s hair
3	rolling, with undulating wheat fields	________	C	a very old tree
4	curved, with a smooth surface	________	D	a knife
5	flats, with words and dotted lines	________	E	a slow moving river
6	wavy, with blonde hi-lights	________	F	a mountain
7	meandering, with a calm surface	________	G	a banana
8	winding and bumpy with deep potholes	________	H	agricultural countryside
9	hollow, with rough bark	________	I	an application form

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