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How a pencil is made
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Understand a process described in a short talk.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- graphite
- A soft grey material used in pencils.
- clay
- Soft earth that becomes hard when it is heated.
- eraser
- A small object for removing pencil marks.
Answer key
- Pencils do not actually contain any lead.Listen for “not”. Here “lead” (the metal) rhymes with “bed”.
- The dark centre is made from graphite and clay.British “centre” and American “center” are both accepted.
- It is placed between two thin pieces of wood.Write two as a word or a digit.
- The pieces are glued together and cut into shape.The d of “glued” joins “together”.
- Finally, the pencil is painted and given an eraser.“Given an eraser” links: “give-na-neraser”.