Matching Pairs VOCABULARY ABOUT MATERIALSOnline version Read the definitions and match each one with the corresponding material. You just have 5 opportunities to make mistakes, so be careful! OBECTIVE: To identify vocabulary related to materials. SKILLS PERFORMANCE CRITERIA: EFL 4.5.7. by Katherine Gomezcoello Gilbert 1 Thread or cloth made from the fibres of the cotton plant. 2 An artificial substance that can be shaped when soft into many different forms and has many different uses. 3 A clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life. 4 A grey powder that is mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand, and small stones to make concrete. 5 A hard substance that forms the branches and trunks of trees and can be used as a building material, for making things, or as a fuel. 6 A hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and other objects. 7 An elastic substance (= that stretches) made either from the juice of particular tropical trees or artificially. 8 Thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or drawing on. 9 A rectangular block of hard material used for building walls and houses. 10 A chemical element that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat can travel.