DIY Disaster
DIY products to help you improve your home.
1 Pre-listening
Which of these DIY jobs (do it yourself - home improvement jobs) can you do without any help? Put ticks, then discuss your choices with a partner.
1. Hang up a picture.
2. Saw a piece of wood in two.
3. Put together a piece of furniture from IKEA.
4. Unblock a toilet.
5. Put up a new lampshade.
6. Change a plug.
7. Bang some nails into the wall.
8. Put up a curtain rail.
2 Listening I
You are going to listen to some fictitious ads for DIY products. What do you think the following products can do? Think. Then, listen once to check your ideas.
a) The Magic Hammer
b) The Super Drill
c) The Miracle Brush
3 Listening II
Listen again. Then, match the statements below to the DIY products from the Listening activity.
1. You can drill through wood with it.