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🏭 Factories and Workshops

💡 How to use this lesson

Teacher: Spend about 20 minutes guiding the class through the words. Check answers using the automated grading or review them together on the board.

Learner: First, read the word table and learn the memory tips. Next, do the practice exercises and record your voice in the shadowing section.

Welcome! Today we are learning words about how things are made in factories and workshops.

Theme 1: In the factory

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Word forms	Example sentence	Memory tip
machine	A piece of equipment that does a specific job	heavy machine, operate a machine	–	The heavy machine cuts the metal.	A machine has moving parts and does work for people, for example a washing machine.
assemble	To put parts together to make something	assemble parts, assemble furniture	assembly (n)	The workers assemble the cars quickly.	To assemble is to put the parts together. The noun is assembly.
worker	A person who does a job	factory worker, hard worker	–	The factory worker wears a safety hat.	Ends in "-er", meaning a person who works.
pipe	A tube that carries water, gas, or oil	water pipe, metal pipe	–	Water flows through the metal pipe.	Water goes into a pipe at one end and comes out at the other.

Theme 2: What things are made from

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Word forms	Example sentence	Memory tip
wood	The hard material that trees are made of	solid wood, piece of wood	–	We use wood to build the new table.	Sounds like "would" – as in "would you plant a tree?"
brick	A hard block of baked clay used for building	red brick, brick wall	–	The builder put another red brick on the wall.	A brick is a small hard block, often red, that builders put in rows.
clay	A type of heavy, sticky earth used to make pots	soft clay, wet clay	–	She shapes the wet clay into a bowl.	Wet clay is soft and sticky, so you can make a pot with your hands.

Theme 3: Making things

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Word forms	Example sentence	Memory tip
heat	To make something hot	heat the oven, heat up	heat (v, n)	They heat the metal until it glows.	Contains "eat" – you heat food to eat it.
press	To push something firmly	press a button, press down	press (v, n)	Please press the red button to stop.	Think of "pressing" your hands together.
shape	To make something into a particular form	shape the clay, round shape	shape (v, n)	You can shape the soft dough into circles.	The shape of a ball is round; to shape clay is to give it a form.

Practice Time

Test your memory on the words we just learned! Go from easy to hard.

Match the verbs to the nouns

Choose the noun that best finishes the action.

Action

a button

the wet clay

parts

the soup

1. assemble

____a button ____the wet clay ____parts ____the soup

2. heat

____a button ____the wet clay ____parts ____the soup

3. press

____a button ____the wet clay ____parts ____the soup

4. shape

____a button ____the wet clay ____parts ____the soup

Fill in the blank

Type the missing word. Word bank: worker, pipe, machine, wood.

1. The factory ____ is taking a lunch break.

2. Water is leaking from the broken ____ in the wall.

3. We bought a new washing ____ for our clothes.

4. This beautiful desk is made of solid ____.

Choose the best word

Read the whole sentence. Only one word makes sense in each gap.

1. The builder placed a heavy ___ on top of the wall to build the house.

____ brick ____ pipe ____ machine

2. The artist used wet ___ to sculpt a small cup.

____ wood ____ brick ____ clay

3. The new factory ___ started their job today.

____ machine ____ worker ____ pipe

4. The carpenter cut pieces of ___ to fix the floor.

____ brick ____ clay ____ wood

Word Formation

Type the correct form of the word to finish the sentence.

Use exactly one of these forms: assembly, heat, press, shape.

1. The car factory has a long ____ line where parts are joined together.

2. You need a lot of ____ to melt the metal in the factory.

3. Give the dough a firm ____ so it gets perfectly flat.

4. The box has a square ____ so it stacks easily.

🎙️ Shadowing

Listen to the phrase, then record yourself repeating it clearly.

Collocation 1

heavy machine

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 2

factory worker

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 3

red brick

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 4

water pipe

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 1

They press the green button.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 2

Heat the water in the pot.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 3

We shape the wet clay.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 4

This house is made of wood.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 5

The builder works with brick.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 6

Water runs inside the pipe.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Hard Word 1

assemble

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Hard Word 2

worker

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Vocabulary: Factories and Manufacturing

🏭 Factories and Workshops

💡 How to use this lesson

Theme 1: In the factory

Theme 2: What things are made from

Theme 3: Making things

Match the verbs to the nouns

Fill in the blank

Choose the best word

Word Formation

🎙️ Shadowing

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