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English Vocabulary for Containers

Learn Common Containers in English

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This is a lesson to help you learn English words for food containers. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including five different games and three different types of flashcard. At the end, there are three example sentences for each word.

Vocabulary Games for

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Match-the-Pairs Game

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  • Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
  • There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
  • Click on your first square to start. Good luck!
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Memory Game

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  • Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
  • Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
  • This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
  • Click on your first card to start. Good luck!
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Basic Flash Cards

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "accessories" category. Choose your first letter to start.
  • Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
  • If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
  • If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
  • If the gallows are completed, you lose.
  • Good luck!
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Create Your Own Version of This Game

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"Missing Word" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.
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Example Sentences

Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "containers" category:
  • box, bottle, bag, can, jar, basket, bucket, jug, mug, cup, glass
    box vocabulary list

    box

  • I put my shoes in the box.
  • The box is heavy.
  • The cats are playing in the box.
    bottle vocabulary list

    bottle

  • There is a bottle of water on the table.
  • The baby has a bottle of milk.
  • We have a bottle of lemonade in the fridge.
    bag vocabulary list

    bag

  • Did you take the bag of apples?
  • Iram bought a big bag of rice.
  • I always take a bag to the supermarket.
    can vocabulary list

    can

  • She is opening a can of tomatoes.
  • Where is the can of juice?
  • The supermarket sells cans of soft drinks.
    jar vocabulary list

    jar

  • She opened the jar of sauce to cook dinner.
  • We do not have a jar of coffee.
  • The jars are in the kitchen.
    basket vocabulary list

    basket

  • There is a basket of fruit on the table.
  • The farmer brought a basket of eggs.
  • The children put flowers in the basket.
    bucket vocabulary list

    bucket

  • The red bucket is full of water.
  • This bucket is too heavy.
  • My son brought a bucket to the beach.
    jug vocabulary list

    jug

  • There is a jug of milk on the table.
  • He filled the jug with water.
  • The waiter brought a jug of cold water.
    mug vocabulary list

    mug

  • I have a mug of tea.
  • She is drinking from a mug.
  • I gave my teacher a pink mug.
    cup vocabulary list

    cup

  • He poured coffee into a cup.
  • Where is my blue cup?
  • The waitress brought a cup of coffee.
    glass vocabulary list

    glass

  • He is drinking a glass of orange juice.
  • She bought new glasses for the party.
  • Be careful with grandmother’s nice glasses!
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This page was written by Craig Shrives.

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