C19 Describing neatness and messiness

When you​ (a)   You position objects one on top of the other.

• put sth in a pile
• jumbled up
• hang sth up

When you ​ (a)   , especially paper or cloth, you bend it so that it takes up less room.

• fold something
• disorganized
• trow something in/on

When a cord is twisted in an untidy mass, it is ​ (a)  

• tangled up
• line up
• arranged 
• put away
• disorganized

When you plan things carefully and keep things tidy, you're

When you are not good at planning or organizing things, you are

Identify the vocavulary.

a

b

c

d

hang sth up

jumbled up

throw sth in/on

Put away

When you put a group of objects in a careful order, you ​ ​ (a)   .

• arrange them neatly
• leave things all over the place
• put sth in alphabetical order

When you​​ ​ (a)   You arrange it in the same order as the letters of the alphabet.

• put sth in alphabetical order
• sort items by color
• organize by size
• arrange in reverse order

When you​ ​ (a)   shoes, you put them in a neat row.

• line up
• scatter
• stack
• toss

Which do we use to talk about things that are neat, messy, or both?

Groups:

(a) MESSY

,

(b) NEAT

,

(c) BOTH

• be disorganized

• be tangled up

• put something in a pile

• leave things all over the place

• fold something

• put away

• put something in alphabetical order

• arrange something neatly

• be jumbled up

• hang something up

• be organized

• throw on

• line up