Bear In Mind

Lead-in

  • If you drop food on the floor, will you pick it up, blow it off/dust it off and eat it?
  • Do you do the dishes right after eating? How long do you let the dirty dishes sit without washing them?
  • How often do you wash your hands with soap?

Presentation

Pre

  • How often do you clean your house or room?

Top Down

  • What is the text about? Read it and find out.
  1. What not to do when cleaning.
  2. Tips on how to clean a house.
  1. The best cleaning products.
  2. The most common cleaning mistakes.
  1. What not to do when cleaning.
  2. Tips on how to clean a house.
  1. The best cleaning products.
  2. The most common cleaning mistakes.

Q&A

Should you dust first or vacuum first?

Dust first, then vacuum. Dust, allergens, and other particles are constantly floating through a home’s air. To stop your sneezing, wipe your surfaces first using a damp cloth or a microfiber duster, which will trap the dust.

Should I mop or vacuum first?

Move on to Mopping and Vacuuming First, vacuum throughout the house first. You’ll want to do this even on hard-surface floors, as vacuuming is much easier than sweeping and has the same end result. Afterwards, you can mop or clean your floors as needed.

Does cold water kill germs?

Cold water and warm water are equally effective at killing germs and viruses – as long as you use soap!

Is it better to clean one room at a time?

Clean the whole house, not one room at a time. Cleaning is much more efficient if you pick one task (dusting, vacuuming, mopping) and do the same task in every room in the house, rather than cleaning the kitchen, the bathrooms and then the bedrooms.

How do you clean your room fast?

  1. First, bring in a garbage bag and pick up trash around the room. Getting garbage out of the way ensures you’ll avoid spills or soiling linens while cleaning.
  2. Next, take care of the bed.
  3. Then, put clutter in its place.
  4. After that, wipe down the furniture with microfiber dust wipes.
  5. Finally, vacuum or sweep the floor.

Does mopping actually clean?

Mops are great tools for keeping floors clean. Foot traffic can lead to dirt and germs in your house. Even if you sweep or vacuum regularly, mopping is the best way to clean hard floors. However, a clean mop and good mopping technique will effectively remove grime and germs from the floor.

When washing dishes What works better warm or cold water?

Let us break it down for you why: Hot water is generally more capable of removing grease from dishes, which explains why washing the dishes in cold water or room temperature water may sometimes result in a nasty and persistent greasy film on your dishes even after the dishes are dried.

Can you wash dishes with just water?

Get rid of grime, food, etc. – you can do that with water, soaking and a good brush. Rinsing your dishes straight away helps too. So the short answer is yes, you can wash dishes without soap, unless they’re greasy/oily.

How do you know if your room is clean?

Here are some tips for spotting the room that’s been properly cleaned – and the one that just looks that way.

  1. Inspect the Lobby.
  2. Start with the Bathroom.
  3. Check Down the Side of the Bed.
  4. Get Rid of the Bed cover.
  5. Check the Door Handles and Light Switches.
  6. Move Stuff Around.
  7. Raise the Cistern Lid.

Adapted from source 

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: You need to move stuff around to make sure the house is clean.  True.

  1. Dust, allergens, and other particles are constantly floating through a home’s air.
  2. Vacuuming is much easier than sweeping but the result is a bit different. 
  3. In order to kill germs and viruses you need to use warm water.
  4. Cleaning is much more efficient if you pick one task and do the same task in every room in the house.
  5. Getting garbage out of the way ensures you’ll avoid spills or soiling linens while cleaning.
  1. Dust, allergens, and other particles are constantly floating through a home’s air. True
  2. Vacuuming is much easier than sweeping but the result is a bit different. False
  3. In order to kill germs and viruses you need to use warm water. False
  4. Cleaning is much more efficient if you pick one task and do the same task in every room in the house. True
  5. Getting garbage out of the way ensures you’ll avoid spills or soiling linens while cleaning. True

Post

  • How do you clean your house? 
  • Do you do something different from the text’s suggestions? What?
  • What tip do you think is the most important one? Why?
  • What tip would you add to the text?

Target Language

Listing Reasons & Giving Examples

Useful expressions to give reasons: 

  • To begin with, 
  • First, 
  • To start with, 
  • First of all,  
  • Second, 
  • Secondly,  

Useful expressions to give reasons: 

  • Also,  
  • Next,  
  • Third,  
  • In addition,  
  • Last but not least, 
  • Finally,  

Useful expressions to give examples: 

  • Such as 
  • For instance 
  • Like 
  • For example 
  • By way of example
  • One example that springs to mind is

Giving Instructions

  • Make sure you chop the onion into really small pieces. 
  • Bear in mind that you have to keep stirring. 
  • Take care not to add to much water. 
  • Remember/Don’t forget to serve it with a fine glass of wine. 
  • Consider adding seasonings of your choice. 
  • If you just smash the garlic cloves, it’ll be way easier for you to peel them. 

Verbs About Cleaning

Controlled Practice

  • Put the sentences in order according to the timeline. There is one example.

(   ) Secondly, raise the cistern lid.

(   ) Third, check the bathroom.

(   ) Then, get rid of the bed cover.

(1) To start, inspect the Lobby.

(   ) Last but not least, check down the side of the bed. 

(2) Secondly, raise the cistern lid.

(4) Third, check the bathroom.

(3) Then, get rid of the bed cover.

(1) To start, inspect the Lobby.

(5) Last but not least, check down the side of the bed. 

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences according to your opinion.
    • When I’m cleaning my house I …
    • When cleaning the kitchen, remember to …
    • I mop my house …
    • I scrub my bathroom every …
    • I … once a week.
    • The first thing I do when cleaning is …
    • When cleaning we need to make sure that … because …

Production

  • Talk about your cleaning routine. Remember to use the Target Language.

Example: I have a daily routine. First, I …….

Homework

Match the verbs from the first column with their meanings from the second one. There is one example.

  1. To sweep

  2. To spray

  3. To mop

  4. To scrub

  5. To tidy

  6. To wipe

(6) To rub, move, or pass (a cloth, for example) over a surface.

(   ) To clear away with a broom or brush.

(   ) To make things clean or orderly.

(   ) To rub something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap,and water.

(   ) To disperse (a liquid, for example) in a mass or jet of droplets, particles, or small pieces.

(   ) To use an implement made of absorbent material fastened to a handle and used especially for cleaning floors.

  1. To sweep

  2. To spray

  3. To mop

  4. To scrub

  5. To tidy

  6. To wipe

(6) To rub, move, or pass (a cloth, for example) over a surface.

(1) To clear away with a broom or brush.

(5) To make things clean or orderly.

(4) To rub something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap,and water.

(2) To disperse (a liquid, for example) in a mass or jet of droplets, particles, or small pieces.

(3) To use an implement made of absorbent material fastened to a handle and used especially for cleaning floors.

Match the sentence halves. There is one example.

  1. They then helped sweep the floor, feed the fish, give the dogs treats, and even water the…

  2. If they are not used regularly you should remember to…

  3. Some stayed on in order to tidy up the place…

  4. It is recommended to vacuum impregnate porous…

  5. She got a cloth and began to wipe…

  6. And Rickards had to wipe his eyes…

(   ) others had to hasten because a long journey awaited them.

(   ) garden with leftover puddles from the backyard wading pool.

(6) as he laughed at the repartee.

(   ) up the unsightly mass at her feet.

(   ) materials, such as ceramics or spray coatings.

(   ) dust them off and refold them every now and again.

  1. They then helped sweep the floor, feed the fish, give the dogs treats, and even water the…

  2. If they are not used regularly you should remember to…

  3. Some stayed on in order to tidy up the place…

  4. It is recommended to vacuum impregnate porous…

  5. She got a cloth and began to wipe…

  6. And Rickards had to wipe his eyes…

(3) others had to hasten because a long journey awaited them.

(1) garden with leftover puddles from the backyard wading pool.

(6) as he laughed at the repartee.

(5) up the unsightly mass at her feet.

(4) materials, such as ceramics or spray coatings.

(2) dust them off and refold them every now and again.

Using the verbs from the exercise 1, complete the sentences.

Example: She picked up a platter and proceeded _____ it, quite as a matter of course. > She picked up a platter and proceeded to wipe it, quite as a matter of course.

  1. Evelyn told me that she had been asked to provide her own broom ____  the stage.
  2. Use a non-ammonia soap or detergent in hot water, or use a commercial cleaner ____ the entire area affected by mold.
  3. Mateus really needs ____ the floors again, and the thought of buckets and disinfectant makes him virtually homicidal.
  4. 3 to 4 squirts of water on floor or sides of oven, taking care not ____ near heating element or lightbulb, then quickly close door.
  5. Dora is happy ____ up after her husband, Paul.
  1. Evelyn told me that she had been asked to provide her own broom to sweep the stage.
  2. Use a non-ammonia soap or detergent in hot water, or use a commercial cleaner to scrub the entire area affected by mold.
  3. Mateus really needs to mop the floors again, and the thought of buckets and disinfectant makes him virtually homicidal.
  4. 3 to 4 squirts of water on floor or sides of oven, taking care not to spray near heating element or lightbulb, then quickly close door.
  5. Dora is happy to tidy up after her husband, Paul.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: before / arrived, / finally / noon. / She / shortly > She finally arrived, shortly before noon.

  1. procedure / into / went / She / then / in / described / detail. / terms, / and / the / crude / more / first
  2. most / narrow / decisions / There / but / very / in / have / scope. / been / have / several / since / been / then, / more
  3. safety / that, / confident / that / into / meadow. / with / Alex / could / he / After / felt / volplane / the
  4. a / a / moments, / secondly, / got / Firstly, / you / at / happens / it’s / about / inopportune / about. / always / subject / it / most / the / and / generally / clue / haven’t
  5. and / by / sweet / And / talk / promises. / not / be / empty / last / least / but / don’t / impressed
  1. She first described the procedure in crude terms, and then went into more detail.
  2. There have been several more decisions since then, but most have been very narrow in scope.
  3. After that, Alex felt confident that he could volplane with safety into the meadow.
  4. Firstly, it always happens at the most inopportune moments, and secondly, it’s generally about a subject you haven’t got a clue about.
  5. And last but not least don’t be impressed by sweet talk and empty promises.

Find and correct the mistakes.

  1. Hector finally flipped a coin and decided in a spot.
  2. And least but not last, new social contacts play a important role in the decision to volunteer.
  3. Firstly, he picked them up, and second, only turned around under duress.
  4. The ocean biome, as example, is made up of all the oceans in Earth. The climate, type of soil, and animals are all part of a biome.
  5. In Africa, for instance, there are birds called widows and whydahs, much of which have tails longer than a foot.
  1. Hector finally flipped a coin and decided on a spot.
  2. And last but not least, new social contacts play an important role in the decision to volunteer.
  3. Firstly, he picked them up, and secondly, only turned around under duress.
  4. The ocean biome, for example, is made up of all the oceans on Earth. The climate, type of soil, and animals are all part of a biome.
  5. In Africa, for instance, there are birds called widows and whydahs, many of which have tails longer than a foot.

Writing

Write about what happens when people don’t clean their houses and give examples. Remember to use as much of the Target Language as possible.

Example: If I don’t clean the drain, some insects may appear, cockroaches, for example.