Уберите инструменты. Разводной ключ положите в ящик, уплотнительную ленту — отдельно.

The -те ending marks the imperative in a polite or plural form.

So уберите and положите can mean:

• a command to one person, politely
• or a command to more than one person

Compare:

• Убери = put away / remove (to one person, informal)
• Уберите = put away / remove (to one person politely, or to several people)

The same applies to:

• Положи = put
• Положите = put (polite/plural)

Russian often uses the perfective imperative when the speaker wants the action to be done completely and to reach a result.

Here the meaning is not just be putting things away in a general sense, but:

• Уберите инструменты = put the tools away
• Положите в ящик = place it into the drawer

Perfective commands often sound natural for one-time, completed actions.

If you used the imperfective, it could sound more like:

• a repeated instruction
• a process
• or a softer/general direction depending on context

So in this sentence, perfective is the normal choice.

It is in the correct case: accusative plural.

The verb уберите takes a direct object, so инструменты must be in the accusative. But for inanimate masculine plural nouns, the accusative plural is usually the same as the nominative plural.

So:

• nominative plural: инструменты
• accusative plural: инструменты

That is why the form does not visibly change.

Because this sentence expresses motion into something, not location inside something.

With в:

• в + accusative = movement into
• в + prepositional = location in / inside

So:

• положите в ящик = put it into the drawer
• лежит в ящике = it is in the drawer

Here the wrench is being moved into the drawer, so ящик is in the accusative: в ящик.

It is accusative singular because it is also a direct object of положите.

The dictionary form is:

• уплотнительная лента = sealing tape / gasket tape / sealing strip, depending on context

In the accusative singular, feminine nouns ending in -а usually change to -у:

• лента → ленту

And the adjective must agree with the noun:

• уплотнительная → уплотнительную

So:

• nominative: уплотнительная лента
• accusative: уплотнительную ленту

Разводной ключ means adjustable wrench.

Literally:

• ключ = wrench / spanner / key, depending on context
• разводной = adjustable

So this is the common Russian term for an adjustable wrench.

The dash shows that something has been left out because it is understood.

The full idea is:

• Разводной ключ положите в ящик, уплотнительную ленту положите отдельно.

Russian often omits repeated words when they are obvious from context. The dash marks that omission clearly.

So the sentence means:

• Put the adjustable wrench in the drawer, and the sealing tape separately.

The dash helps show the contrast between the two instructions.

Because it describes how / where to place it, not the noun itself.

• отдельно = separately, apart
• отдельную would be an adjective meaning something like separate modifying a noun

Here the meaning is:

• put the tape separately

So Russian uses the adverb отдельно.

If you used an adjective, you would need a noun after it, for example:

• в отдельную коробку = into a separate box

But here there is no noun after it, so отдельно is correct.

Russian word order is flexible. Starting with the objects helps highlight or contrast them.

So:

• Разводной ключ положите в ящик, уплотнительную ленту — отдельно.

feels like:

• As for the adjustable wrench, put it in the drawer; as for the sealing tape, put it separately.

A more neutral order would be:

• Положите разводной ключ в ящик, а уплотнительную ленту отдельно.

Both are possible, but the original word order is very natural when giving sorting or organizing instructions.

It can mean either, depending on context. The verb убрать has a broad range of meanings related to removing something from where it is now or putting it away / tidying it up.

In this context, because the next sentence says where specific items should go, уберите инструменты is best understood as:

• Put the tools away
• Clear away the tools

So it is more about tidying/putting things in their proper place than simply taking them away.

No, it is not required.

Russian often joins short parallel instructions just with punctuation and intonation:

• Разводной ключ положите в ящик, уплотнительную ленту — отдельно.

You could also say:

• Разводной ключ положите в ящик, а уплотнительную ленту — отдельно.

Adding а would make the contrast a little more explicit:

• the wrench goes in the drawer,
• but the tape goes separately.

Without а, the sentence is still completely natural.

In practical instructions, yes. Russian can use инструменты fairly broadly in a work or repair setting to refer to the things you are using for the task.

So even though уплотнительная лента is not a tool in the strictest sense, it can still be included in the general instruction Уберите инструменты in everyday speech, especially in workshop, repair, or maintenance contexts.

Yes. A fuller version would be:

• Уберите инструменты. Разводной ключ положите в ящик, уплотнительную ленту положите отдельно.

Russian often leaves out the repeated положите in the second part because it is obvious. English usually prefers to repeat the verb less elegantly or restructure the sentence.

So the Russian is compact, but the full underlying structure is easy to see.