HI!
I gave my students a test - SCHOOL OBJECTS - (a word search puzzle) .
I wonder whether I was wrong including "pencil box" and "sharpener" as I have found that "pencil case" and "pencil sharpener" are used more often (at least this is what I found - rather too late! - in dictionaries).
Are the above-mentioned words, the ones that I used, still frequently used in BE?
Do British children say"Could you give me your pencil sharpener?" or, given the classroom context, they would rather say "Could you give me your sharpener"?
Also, I asked to match the words to the pictures and one of the words was "brush" and the illustration shows the object used by an artist for painting.
My question is: was I wrong giving "brush" instead of "paintbrush"?
Our English-Romanian and Romanian-English dictionaries give you only "brush" for the object used for painting.
Can "brush" cover the meaning of "paintbrush" just as well, or should I be more specific and rewrite the test with "paintbrush"?
Thanks,
simplythebest
pencil box/pencil case, sharpener/pencil sharpener
Moderator: EC
-
- Member
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:16 pm
- Status: Learner of English
- Joe
- Admin/Teacher
- Posts: 1796
- Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:56 am
- Status: Teacher of English
- Location: England
Re: pencil box/pencil case, sharpener/pencil sharpener
Please ask separate questions in separate posts
Probably most children these days use pencil cases (soft), but pencil boxes (hard) do exist. Pencil sharpener is probably more common and certainly more precise.I wonder whether I was wrong including "pencil box" and "sharpener" as I have found that "pencil case" and "pencil sharpener" are used more often (at least this is what I found - rather too late! - in dictionaries). Are the above-mentioned words, the ones that I used, still frequently used in BE? Do British children say"Could you give me your pencil sharpener?" or, given the classroom context, they would rather say "Could you give me your sharpener"?
In an art class brush would be understood. Otherwise it might be shoe brush, hair brush, clothes brush...Also, I asked to match the words to the pictures and one of the words was "brush" and the illustration shows the object used by an artist for painting.
My question is: was I wrong giving "brush" instead of "paintbrush"?
Our English-Romanian and Romanian-English dictionaries give you only "brush" for the object used for painting.
Can "brush" cover the meaning of "paintbrush" just as well, or should I be more specific and rewrite the test with "paintbrush"?
-
- Member
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:28 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
Re: pencil box/pencil case, sharpener/pencil sharpener
I think the pencil sharpener is use a lot among these ! Because this stationery is very important in every student life !