Lesson 1: Doing Household Tasks

What is the activity that involves several procedures like cleaning, organizing, and decorating the house?

• Homework

• Housekeeping

• Home economics

• Household management

What do you call the space within a household where you receive and entertain guests?

• Bedroom

• Dining area

• Living room

• Kitchen area

What will you do with a feather duster?

• Sweeping

• Mopping

• Scrubbing

• Dusting

What housekeeping activity would you do if your mother gave you floor wax?

• Clean the windows

• Polish the floor and make it shiny

• Remove the stains on the floor

• Remove the stains on the carpet

Which housekeeping tool or equipment would you need if your mother asked you to remove the yellow stains in the urinal and sink in your toilet area?

• Soft cloth

• Coconut husk

• Vacuum cleaner

• Brush and muriatic acid

Which housekeeping tool is the most appropriate to use when you are gathering dried leaves, branches, and other trash in the garden?

• Dust pan

• Soft broom

• Stick broom

• Vacuum cleaner

What should you do with the areas of the house that are prone to contamination of infectious bacteria?

• Soak with water

• Soap with detergent

• Sweep using a stick broom 

• Sanitize with bleach or muriatic acid

Floor wax is used to polish tiled floors. What housekeeping tool would you use to polish a wooden floor?

• Rug

• Coconut husk

• Feather duster

• Soft broom

What is the housekeeping activity that requires using a brush, cleanser, and soap in cleaning the floor, wall, lavatory, and toilet to remove dirt and stains?

• Wiping

• Mopping

• Scrubbing

• Disinfecting

Who among the following persons demonstrate the proper way of housekeeping?

• Lisa gathers the dried leaves in the garden using a vacuum cleaner.

• Jennie cleans the ceiling first, then sweeps the floor using a soft broom.

• Hanni sweeps the floor, then dusts the furniture and walls.

• Danielle mops the dirty floor, then proceeds sweeping the remaining dirt on the floor.