Household chores

If you do the __________________, you wash the plates, cups, knives, forks, etc, which have been used in cooking and eating a meal.

• washing-up

• cooking

• ironing

_______________ is the activity of preparing the food for eating, usually by gas or electricity.

• dusting

• ironing

• cooking

When you ____________ something such as furniture, you remove dust from it, usually using a cloth.

• hoover

• dust

• sweep

The purpose of _________________ is to remove the creases from clothes, sheets, towels, etc.

• shopping

• ironing

• dusting

If you ______________ a floor or other surface, you clean it by pushing a brush over it in order to collect the dirt in one place.

• sweep

• SWEEP

_______________ is the activity of purchasing things we need such as food or clothes.

• Shopping

• ironing

• washing-up

If you ______________ something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, often using a stiff brush and water or another liquid.

• dust

• mop

• sweep

1. If you __________________ a surface, you clean it using a vacuum cleaner.

• dust

• sweep

• hoover

1. When you ________________ a room, cupboard, etc, you make it neat by putting things in their proper places.

• hoover

• tidy

• dust

If you _________________ you prepare it so that it is neat and tidy and ready for someone to sleep in.

• iron clothes

• water the plants

• make the bed