Housekeeping Verbs 2

More cleaning verbs for housekeeping and cleaning staff — expanding your action word vocabulary.

Vocabulary in context

This exercise expands the cleaning verb vocabulary into areas that come up less in daily routine but matter enormously when they do: the verbs for deep cleaning, maintenance reporting, laundry processing, and the specific actions involved in preparing rooms for guests with particular needs. Words like steam-clean, strip, treat, and air out appear in instructions, checklists, and the communication between housekeeping and maintenance that keeps a property's standards consistent. Knowing them gives you access to the full professional vocabulary of the role — not just the daily basics, but everything the job actually involves.

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Please complete each of the following sentences with the SIMPLE PAST TENSE of the (verb). EXAMPLE: I scrubbed the bathtub. (scrub)
1. I the lawn. (mow)

2. I the blinds. (dust)

3. I the floor. (sweep)

4. I some laundry detergent. (buy)

5. I the laundry. (do)

6. I the dog. (feed)

7. I the bed. (make)

8. I the counters. (clear)

9. I out the trash. (take)

10. I the dishes. (wash)

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