Learning Task 1: Are you familiar with the basic tools needed in repairing/making gadgets? Match the name of the tool in column A to its meaning at column B. Write the letter of the correct answer in a clean sheet of paper. A B (a) A diagonal pliers, or wire cutter, are pliers intended for 1. Wire stripper the cutting of wire (they are generally not used to grab or turn anything). (b) A versatile tool that has long, tapering jaws with pointed tip. Among their many uses are gripping, bending, and cutting small gauge wire. They can reach into tight places that are inaccessible to other types of pliers. (c) Use to loosen or tighten screws with a head that has a "plus" shaped to its grooves. (d) A tool with wedge-shaped flat tip, used to tighten or loosen screws that have a straight, linear notch in their heads. (e) are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, possibly developed from tongs used to handle hot metal in Bronze Age Europe. They are also useful for bending and compressing a wide range of materials. (f) It is capable of stripping the end portions of an electric wire in order to connect them to other wires or to terminals. (g) A hand tool used in to connect two tiny metallic parts of a gadget. 28 NG 2. Soldering Iron/Gun CLMD 3. Philip Screwdriver WARAN 3. PHYON IN EDUKAS IV- CALABARZO 4. Pliers 5. Flat Screw Driver 6. Side Cutter Plier 7. Long Nose PIVOT 4A CALABARZON IA G6

for bending and compressing a wide range of materials. Generally, pliers consist of a pair of metal first-class levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other creates a side. This arrangement mechanical advantage, allowing the force of the hand's grip to be amplified and focused on an object with precision. The jaws can also be used to manipulate objects too small or unwieldy to be

Wire stripper

A wire stripper is a portable handheld tool used by workers, especially electricians, for removing the protective coating of an electric wire in order to replace or repair the wire. It is also capable of stripping the end portions of an electric wire in order to connect them to other wires or to terminals.

Soldering Iron/Gun

A soldering iron is a hand tool used in soldering. It supplies heat to melt solder so that it can flow into the joint between two work pieces.

Side Cutter Plier

Or diagonal pliers, cutter, are the cutting of wire (they are generally or wire pliers intended for not used to grab or turn anything).

Long Nose

Needle-nose pliers, is a versatile tool that has long, tapering jaws with pointed tip. Among their many uses are gripping, bending, and cutting small gauge wire. They can reach into tight places that are inaccessible to other types of pliers.

Philip Screw Driver

To loosen or tighten screws with a head that has a "plus" shaped to its grooves.

Flat Screw Driver

A flat-head screwdriver is a screwdriver with a wedge

shaped flat tip, used to tighten or loosen screws that have a straight, linear notch in their heads.