Unit 10 Vocabulary: Household Problems & Complaints

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Lesson idea

Describe household problems and talk about common complaints using two-word verbs and personal care items.

Key points

• Two-word verbs: clean up the room, put away your clothes, turn off the lights, give back the book, mess up the kitchen, turn down the music, take over the bathroom, give up a habit.
• With pronouns, the pronoun goes in the middle: Turn it off (NOT turn off it).
• annoy/irritate = make someone angry.

Vocabulary

Lesson questions (12)

1. Who used my ____? There's none left to brush my teeth!
   Answer: toothpaste
2. My brother always ____ my things without asking. It really annoys me.
   Answer: borrows
3. Please ____ your clothes; don't leave them on the floor.
   Answer: put away
4. You left the kitchen in a terrible ____.
   Answer: mess
5. It really ____ me when people talk loudly on the phone in the library.
   Answer: annoys
6. Can you ____ the music? It's too loud.
   Answer: turn down
7. "Do you ____ if I open the window?" – "No, go ahead."
   Answer: mind
8. Please ____ the lights when you leave the room.
   Answer: turn off
9. Here's your book. Thanks for lending it to me. I'm ____ it ____.
   Answer: giving / back
10. Don't ____ the water all over the bathroom floor!
    Answer: splash
11. My sister used my ____ to dry her hair and broke it.
    Answer: hair dryer
12. After the party, we all helped to ____ the house.
    Answer: clean up

More lessons in Unit 10: Who Used My Toothpaste?

• Grammar: Present Perfect with Already/Yet/Just, Verb + Gerund & So/Such…That
• Reading & Real Talk: Complaints
• Unit 10 Test