CARD NO.

84
A. ROOM CLEANING

The room used by Patsy was looking very untidy by the end of her college term. She decided to make it
clean before going on holiday. When she entered the room, she found that papers and books were spread
everywhere. Pasty really did not know why she had hoarded up so much stuff. She had too few
bookshelves for the books, which she needed for college and for her own collection of leisure books.
Because of this she had asked her father to fit one of the cupboards up with shelves as soon as he could.
Before he could do that, however she had to empty out the cupboard. This proved to be a very boring task
and consist mainly of filling up several large rubbish bags. Having done this, she turned outthe other
cupboard, which contains bookshelves. Since many of the books were very dusty, she dusted them all down
and put them back on the shelves, before turning her attention to the papers, which were cluttering up
both the desk and floor Patsy, unlike her mother, was not one of those people who derive satisfaction from
cleaning. Therefore, she was very glad when she finally filed away the last set of papers.

B. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.What did Patsy decide to do?
2. What did Patsy ask to her father?
3. What was the boring task for Patsy?
4. Whatwere cluttering up there?
5. What was the reason of Patsys gladness?

C. VOCABULARY FOR PRACTICE

PHRASAL MEANING USAGE /PRACTICE

VERBS

Hoard up Keep or store large Monu was hoarding up gold for his hard times
quantities of ahead.
Fit up with To equip or supply He fitted up a laboratory in his house.
with something

Empty out To remove the The milk was sour and we emptied out the bottle.
content from
something
Fill up To make We filled up container with fresh water.
someone/something
completely full
Put back To put something Sneha took all her dresses out of the wardrobe and
back where it was put them back again.
before
Clutter up To fill or cover so There were dirty dishes cluttering up the kitchen
that it is made worktops.
untidy

File away To store in a file for The Clerk filed away the days correspondence.
possible future use
 D. STRUCTURE FOR PRACTICE

It takes me fifteen minutes to reach the stadium.

It will take you only five minutes to walk to the park.

It took him two months to recover from his illness.

It will take us ten minutes to get there.

It took me one hour to write my composition.

E. PHRASAL VERB

PHRASAL MEANING USAGE/ PRACTICE

VERB
Let down Disappoint, Fail to keep Im afraid she let- us down badly.
an arrangement This machine wont let you down.

Let alone To say nothing of How many ever see a Minister, let- alone a President.
I dont have enough money for new car, let alone a luxury
sedan.
I wish he would let mealone so I could get some sleep.
Let-off A chance to escape or She was let off with a warning.
avoid something He let us off homework today.

Let up Become less intense
Let out An opportunity to
escape from or avoid a
difficult situation.
The rains letting up- itll be clear soon.
She didnt let up on Cunningham.
When the rain lets up well go for a walk.
We have to let -out now.
The convict was let-out of prison after saving five years of
an eight-year sentence.
He let out a huge sigh of relief when he heard the results.

F. MORE VOCABULARY TO BE USED IN SENTENCES USING CORRECT PRONUNCIATION

WASHING SANITIZING FLUSHING SCRUB HYGIENE

DUSTING SEWAGE SUCTION RINSE LAUNDRY
STERILIZATION FUMIGATOR GROOMING DETERGENT STRIPPING
DUSTY IMPURE POLLUTED PURE SPOTLESS
DIRTY GRIMY GRUBBY MUDDY SQUALID