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66 Containers and contents

There are a number of special words in English which are used to describe different kinds of
containers. Look at the following pictures.

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glass jar mug
crate

pack packet tub
Pan Pot sack tin
Here is some additional information about each of these types of containers.

r container usually made of typical contents
bag cloth, paper, plastic sweets, shopping, letters
barrel wood and metal wine, beer
basin pottery, metal ingredients for making a cake
basket canes, rushes shopping, clothes, waste paper
bottle glass, plastic milk, lemonade, wine
bowl china, glass, wood fruit, soup, sugar
box cardboard, wood matches, tools, toys, chocolates
bucket metal, plastic sand, water
can tin coca cola, beer
carton card milk, yoghurt, 20 packets of cigarettes
case leather, wood jewellery, spectacles
crate wood, plastic bottles
glass glass milk, lemonade, wine
jar glass, pottery jam, honey, olives, instant coffee
1 ug pottery milk, cream, water
mug pottery tea, coffee, cocoa
pack card cards, eight cans of coca cola
packet card, paper cigarettes, tea, biscuits, juice, cereal
Pan metal food that is being cooked
Pot metal, pottery food, plant
sack cloth, plastic coal, rubbish
tin tin peas, baked beans, fruit
tub wood, zinc, card flowers, rainwater, ice-cream
tube soft metal, plastic toothpaste, paint, ointment

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