Unit 8: Tools | Vocabulary | B2

EXERCISE 1

Pair the following pieces of equipment used in various occupations:

EXERCISE 2

Now match each pair with the occupation in which the objects are used by completing the table below.

EXERCISE 3

Which of the following pieces of equipment would be found in a kitchen and which in a workshop/toolshed ?

EXERCISE 4

Pair the following to find five everyday objects:

EXERCISE 5

The following objects 'go' together in pairs but they have become muddled. Match the pairs and make sure you know the meaning of the words.

EXERCISE 6     |     Household labour-saving devices

Find eight labour-saving devices from the letters given below:

EXERCISE 7

In this unit, you have come across the words toolbox, oil can and saucepan. The words for each of these containers are formed by combining two nouns. Look at the words below and place them in the table to form the names of 12 common household containers:

EXERCISE 8

Molly is a maid in a big hotel in Britain. Below is a list of jobs she must do today. Fill the gaps using vocabulary items from this unit:

• Put dirty sheets and pillow  1.                  into the 2.                     
• Take frozen chicken out of 3.                  for tonight’s dinner.
• Fill milk 4.                 and sugar 5.                         and place them on breakfast tables.
• Empty all wastepaper 6.                            .
• Put 7.                   pans     and 8.                   pans   into the dishwasher.
• Clean staircarpet using 9.                   cleaner.