List of tools

A hoe is a tool used for moving soil around. Hoes are typically used for tilling ground before planting out crops.

A jack is a device for lifting heavy objects off the ground by pushing them up from underneath. Jacks are used to raise things a short distance only. They are commonly used to lift one corner of a car off the ground while you change a tyre. Jack is also a variation of the name John.

A lawnmower is a tool for cutting the grass in your lawn. Lawnmowers come in several different types. Lawnmowers can be ride-on like a small car, and you drive them around over your lawn. This kind is good for really, really big lawns. Then there are push-mowers that don't have an engine and rely on you pushing them to spin a blade that cuts the grass. This kind are hard to use and are not very common anymore. The most common is the kind in the picture, where you push it to make it go where you want, but the blade is powered by a petrol or electric motor.

A mallet is a type of hammer. Mallets are often made of rubber or wood, and are used where a metal hammer will be too hard. Mallets have large heads, so they do less damage to something they hit than a smaller hammer or other tool.

A mop is a tool similar to a broom, but instead of having hard bristles on the end it has soft, absorbent strips of rags. Mops are usually used wet to wash floors with. They are often used with special buckets that have an attachment that wrings out the mop as it is being used.