English in a Minute: 4 ways to use the word 'material'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 26 June 2024
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Listen to Beth explain how to use the word 'material' and then you can use material everyday.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC Learning English.com. |
| 0:07.7 | Material is something physical that things can be made from. |
| 0:12.4 | For example, wood, plastic or bricks. |
| 0:16.0 | What material is your water bottle made from? |
| 0:18.9 | Is it plastic? |
| 0:20.3 | To build a house, you'll need to buy materials like stone and bricks. |
| 0:25.6 | Similarly, material is another word for cloth. |
| 0:29.6 | Clothes and other products are made from material. |
| 0:32.6 | Your scarf is so soft. What material is it Towels are made from absorbent material because they |
| 0:40.8 | need to absorb water. Also, as a noun, material can be information that's used for writing, |
| 0:49.0 | often for promotional purposes. Your family drama would make really good material for a book. I'm collecting material for a |
| 0:58.1 | food documentary. Can I interview you? Finally, as an adjective, material can relate to possessions |
| 1:05.9 | like objects and money. We often hear it used with the noun, world. We live in a material world. Lots of people want the best and latest products. |
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