Architecture Dimensions Guessing game Choose one of the objects on the second page and describe it until your partner guesses which one you are talking about. They can only guess once for each sentence you say. All sentences must have a number in them, e.g. by using the phrases below. Useful phrases Dimensions It weighs… It is … high/ wide/ tall/ long/ thick. It’s dimension are… by … (by…) Its surface area/ volume/ radius/ circumference/ height/ width/ length is… Its biggest/ smallest/ most important part is… The biggest/ heaviest/ smallest/ lightest example of this is… It weighs/ costs twice/ three times/ four times as much as… Other properties It costs… It lasts for… You need… to use it/ make it./ It’s made of (more or less)… parts. You can draw one with… circles/ squares/ rectangles/ ovals/ triangles. Other numbers There are… in this office/ building/ street/ area/ town. It was invented in…/ The first one in this city/ country…/ It has been around for… I see/ use/ pass this … a day/ week/ month/ year. It’s usually… above the ground/ from the door. The one I designed/ use/ usually see/ have is… Approximating Approximately/ About/ Around/ More or less Between … and… (Just) under/ Less than/ Up to – (Just) over/ More than (Almost) exactly… Almost… On average… I imagine/ estimate/ think…

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(Door) knob 3D model Mechanical pencil Bay window Bicycle rack Built in cupboard Cafeteria Ceiling Community centre Courtyard Doorstep Drain Fence Floor Fountain Gate Gutter Health centre/ Clinic Hospital Lift/ Elevator Mansion Nail gun Pavement/ Sidewalk Pipe Playground Protractor Roll of wallpaper Ruler Set square Skyscraper Stained glass window Stone Studio flat Thatch Waiting room

(Roof top) terrace Air conditioner Apartment building Barbed wire Blueprint Bungalow Care home Chandelier Compass Cubicle Double glazing Driveway Fire alarm (bell) Foam/ Styrofoam French windows GPS Gym Helicopter landing pad Intercom Lobby Metre rule Path Pen tablet Plank Pond Reinforced concrete Roof tile Screw Shopping centre/ Mall Smoking area Statue Store room/ warehouse Surveying equipment Tube of glue Walk in wardrobe

(Indoor) pool Air vent Balcony Beam Brick CAD programmes Carpet tile Chimney Cottage Department store Double glazing Eaves Fireplace Foundation Front desk/ reception Greenhouse Handle Hinge Lawn Loft Multi storey car park Patio Penthouse Plaster Pot of paint Retina scanner Rubber/ Eraser Security cameras Skylight Socket Steeple Strip lights Tape measure Veranda Window cleaning cradle

Do the same with other objects connected to your work. What other ways could you describe those things (not including numbers)?

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