It's time to clean up...but first play this fun game!

Unless you are a neat freak (someone who is obsessed with cleanliness), you probably do not enjoy cleaning your house.  Yet, it is something we all have to do.  That's why this post is dedicated to cleaning vocabulary.  Please read this post as a way to procrastinate from really cleaning your house!


Before we look at some of the vocabulary, play this extremely fun and addictive cleaning game from The Learning Channel!
In the game, you have to clean the living room, kitchen and bathroom before your guests arrive at 6 o'clock.

Warning: I think it is impossible to clean the whole house in this game.  I was only able to get the house 52% clean!  oops!

Click here to play game now!

Then, answer this question:
Why is it so much fun to clean the house in this game, but extremely painful to clean my own house?

Now, onto the cleaning vocabulary:
Adjectives
- Synonyms for clean: tidy, neat, in order, well-kept

- Synonyms for extremely clean: immaculate, spotless, spic and span, squeaky clean (so clean it makes a squeaky sound), sparkling

And some of the materials we use to clean (nouns in blue, verbs in green)
broom and dustpan used to sweep (remove dirt from the floor, without water)

mop and bucket used to mop (washing with water)

dust cloth used to dust surfaces