Arranging the house

Listen to the dialogue between Barbara and Charles. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below and practise the conversation with a partner.

1. Give me a hand with this _____, Charles. I want it over there by the ____.

2. Don’t you think it would be better under that _____ by the _____?

3. No. The _____ isn’t staying there anyway. I only ____ it on the ____ because it was in the way on the ____. We can arrange the pictures when all the ____ is in place.

4. Where did I put my big ____? It’s not in the ___ ____ and I want to _____ __ these ____ ____ on the door ____.

5. You had it in your hand when you went into the ____.

6. Yes, I think I put it down on the ____ above the ____.

7. Pass me that ____ behind the ____ before you go; and take your ____ off that nice ____ ____.

8. You didn’t shut him ____ last night, did you? He’ll get lost.

9. No, he’s definitely ____ the house. He’s probably crept into a ____ somewhere and gone to sleep.

Exercise 11

Cover the right-hand column. On the left are listed the uses of some rectangular pieces of material that no household should be without. Guess what they are and then check your answers in the right-hand column.

1. something to clean and polish table tops 2. something to wash your face with 3. and to dry it with 4. something to blow your nose with 5. something to wash up with 6. and dry the dishes with 7. something to cover the table before laying it 8. something to put hot dinner plates on 9. something to clean the floor with 10. something to brush the clothes with 11. something to clean the carpets with 12. and to sweep the floor with 13. something to iron on Exercise 12 Answer the questions. Follow the example. What can you do to these items? 1. Floor ________ 6. Dirty dishes ____ 2. Mirror _______ 7. Wet dishes _____ 3. Bed _________ 8. Flowers _________ 4. Furniture______ 9. Carpets _________ 5. Bathtub_______ 10. Laundry ________

a duster a flannel a towel a handkerchief (tissue, hanky/-ie) a dishcloth or scourer a tea towel or tea cloth a tablecloth a tablemat a floor-cloth/ a mop a clothes brush a vacuum cleaner a sweeper an ironing board

Exercise 13

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