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Oh, hey, guys. I'm Alex. Thanks for
clicking, and welcome to this lesson on
"House Cleaning Vocabulary". So, most of us,
we have to deal with house cleaning. Cleaning
our homes is one of the most basic things that
we do on our weekends or during the week.
So, let's look at some common verbs, as well
as some common nouns that you can use to talk
about house cleaning.
Number one, obviously the most basic verb, is:
"clean". So, you can use the verb "clean"
to talk about anything. You can clean the
floor, clean the window, clean a wall, clean
a table, clean a chair. That's all you
need to know about the verb "clean".
Next, we have the verb: "sweep". So: "Sweep
the floor with a broom." Does anyone know
what a broom is? That's right. This is a broom.
Okay? And sweeping is the action of doing
this. So, you sweep the
floor with a broom. Okay?
Now, once you sweep the floor, you might want
to, you know, clean it a little more maybe
with some water and some soap. And if you
want to clean the floor with some water and
some soap, what you are doing is you're probably
mopping the floor with a mop. Now, I don't
have a mop with me today, but it's best to
think of a mop as like a broom with a wet
part at the end. So, mopping, you're going
whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. You're mopping
the floor with a mop. The verb and
the noun are the exact same thing.
Next up, we have "vacuum". Now, what is a vacuum?
Let me show you. There we have a vacuum.
And it's similar to "mop" where the verb and
the noun are the exact same thing. So, you
can vacuum with a vacuum, just like
you can mop with a mop. All right?
Next, we have the verb: "wipe". And "wipe"
can be used in many contexts as well. So,
if I have let's say... Let's imagine this is
a piece of cloth. I can wipe off the table
with a cloth, for example. Or you... I can
wipe off the board if it's dirty. So, "to
wipe" is this action. Okay? And, again, you
can use the preposition "off" as a phrasal
verb, so you can wipe off a table
or wipe off a board, for example.
Next, we have the verb: "scrub". Now, "scrub"
is very often used when you're cleaning, you
know, your bathroom, or the bathtub, or the
walls in your bathroom. And if you have tiles,
which are, again, the square pieces like in
a bathroom, you can scrub them. Okay? And
normally, what you need is a brush to scrub,
not a toothbrush, but, you know, a cleaning
brush or what you can call a scrubbing pad.
So, to really get that hard clean, to scrub
stuff around your toilet, or around your bathtub,
or around the walls in your bathroom. Okay?
And finally, you can use the word: "Dust (or
dust off) the table with a duster." Now, "dust"
is something which accumulates over time on
tables, on pretty much anything. Imagine it
as being the little particles that build up
over time if you don't touch something. So,
if you can [do this to a book or to a table,
you will see dust flying off of it, and you
need a duster to dust off the dust.
Okay?
So, to review, the most common verb you can
use in house cleaning is "clean". You can
sweep the floor with a broom. You can mop the
floor with a mop. You can vacuum the floor
or the carpet with a vacuum. You can wipe a
table with a cloth. And you can scrub tiles
with a brush or a scrub pad. And you
can also dust a table with a duster.
If you'd like to test your understanding of
this vocabulary, as always, you can check
out the quiz on www.engvid.com. And don't
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