Cleaning Staff Grammar 1

Grammar practice for cleaning and housekeeping staff — English verbs in a cleaning context.

Vocabulary in context

Grammar might not seem like a priority for cleaning and housekeeping work, but in practice it makes a significant difference to the quality of professional communication. A maintenance report that says "the tile was cracked when I enter the room" is less reliable than one that says "the tile was already cracked when I entered the room" — and that distinction matters when it comes to determining responsibility. This exercise builds English grammar through cleaning and housekeeping examples: the tense forms, verb structures, and sentence patterns that appear in written reports, checklist notes, and the professional communication that supervisors and managers rely on to manage a property effectively.

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Please complete each of the following sentences with the correct verb from the list. EXAMPLE: Please scrub the bathtub.
1. We (hanging, hung, hang) the paintings in the den last week.

2. She was the windowsills. (dust, dusting, dusted)

3. I (take, took, taken) out the garbage already.

4. They haven't (pay, paid, to pay) us yet.

5. I still have (to sweep, sweep, sweep) the floors in the living room.

6. He (buy, bought, to buy) a mop with his own money.

7. Did you (to water, watered, water) the plants?

8. The windows (have been, were, to be) very dirty before I cleaned them.

9. I (to need, need, needing) another rag.

10. You'll have (buy, to buy, buying) some more toilet cleaner.

11. We haven't (taking, to take, taken) out the recycling bins yet.

12. We were the carpets. (vacuuming, to vacuum, vacuumed)

13. Please (to put, put, putting) all of these things back in the shelves.

14. They asked us (to tidy, tidy, tidying) up the room.

15. Can you help me to (load, loading, loaded) the dishwasher?

16. I (walk, walked, walking) the dog an hour ago.

17. The sink still has to be (scrub, scrubbed, scrubbing).

18. Don't forget to (toss, tossing, tossed) out the expired food.

19. She was (to mop, mopping, mopped) the floor.

20. You have (to wipe, wipe, wiping) the tables before the guests arrive.

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