What words do you think the speaker is looking for in each of these sentences? Choose from the words in the box.

1. Where’s the thingummy for sifting the flour so there aren’t any lumps in it?
2. Look, isn’t that whatsisname? The actor who was in the latest James Bond?
3. I can’t find the thingumibob for measuring angles.
4. Have you got a whatsit, you know, for bashing in nails?
5. Where’s the thingy for draining potatoes?
6. I need a whatchamacallit – you know, one of those things for flattening pastry.