VocabularyTHINGS YOU NEED

Unit 3 Outcomes Upper-Intermediate

Clothes peg

• It’s a thing you use to hang up your clothes to dry, it’s usually small and made of wood or plastic

Blutac

• It’s a bit like blue chewing gum! You can use this if your want to stick something on the wall

Torch

• If you want to see better in the dark you should use this, but you’ll need some batteries

Safety pin

• You can use this to temporarily mend a rip in your clothes. It’s made of metal

Hardware store

• It’s a place you visit if you want to buy some wire

Bucket

• You put water in this so you can wash the floor

Corkscrew

• It’s a thing you use to open a bottle of wine with

Paperclip

• You need these if you want to keep your papers together

Thread

• If you rip your shirt or dress, you use this with a needle to mend your clothes

/ˈhʌbˌkæp/

• Cover for wheels on a car

cracked

• She held up a ***ed vase

• The jug was badly ***ed

Funny/strange

• It makes a *** noise when I change gears

• What’s that *** smell?

Leak

• Wrap some tape around the pipe so it doesn’t ***

• The roof’s ***ing again

Ripped

• Wearing *** jeans

• She *** the letter open

scratched

• The CD’s ***

• How did the table get ***?