Look at these four groups of
words:
1 cluttered untidy
dishevelled messy
2 keep hoard hang onto
collect
3 dispose of get rid of
throw away discard
4 tidy up declutter clean
out
5 junk rubbish garbage trash
Which group contains four
adjectives?
Which two groups have verbs with
the opposite meaning?
Which group contains four nouns
for stuff people throw away?
Which 2 verbs in group 3 are more
formal?
Which two words in group 5 are
used more in American English?
Which words are phrasal verbs?
Complete the sentences with words
from 1-4:
They spent the day ………………….
the garage. They …………………… old magazines, furniture
and toys.
Key
Group 1 are all adjectives
Group 2 contains verbs meaning the
opposite of the verbs in group 3.
Dispose of and
discard are
more formal.
Garbage
and trash are
used more in American English.
hang onto, throw away, tidy up
and clean out
are all phrasal verbs.
Which person are you?
1. Everything in my room
is in the right place.
2. I notice immediately when my things are out of place.
2. I notice immediately when my things are out of place.
3. There are lots of
papers and clothes on top of the furniture in my room.
4.
I find it difficult to find things in my room.
5. I find it difficult to throw things away.
6. I never keep things I don’t use.
5. I find it difficult to throw things away.
6. I never keep things I don’t use.
Would you describe
yourself as:
a tidy or untidy person?
organised or disorganised
Are you usually on time
or late?
Do you think that
tidiness can help people be successful in life?
Read on to find out!
De-clutter your desk if you want a
successful career
According to a leading expert, having a cluttered environment
reflects a cluttered mind and tidying up can help you be more
successful.
Jayne Morris, “life coach” for NHS Online, said: “Having an
untidy desk covered in clutter could be stopping you achieving the
business success you want."
However, some of history's biggest achievers lived and worked in
notoriously messy conditions. Churchill was considered untidy
throughout his life, and the lab where Alexander Fleming discovered
penicillin was famously dishevelled.
Briton has long been a nation of hoarders and a survey showed that
more than a million are compulsive about keeping their stuff.
Brains scans have also confirmed that victims of hoarding disorder
have abnormal activity in regions of the brain involved in decision
making – particularly in what to do with objects that belong to
them.
A US study by the Institute of Living, in Hartford, Connecticut,
showed for the first time that a particular brain region becomes
overactive when hoarders are asked to dispose of their own
possessions. However, the same part of the brain is underactive when
hoarders are asked what to do about items not belonging to them.
Prof David Mataix-Cols, from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s
College London, said ‘The difficulty to discard possessions, even
those of little apparent value, is one of the landmark features of
the newly proposed Hoarding Disorder (HD).
Indicate whether these
sentences are true or false. Justify your answers with evidence from
the text.
a)
If your work or study area is not tidy, it could affect your success
at work.
b)
British people are good at getting rid of things they don’t use.
c)
Scientists were able to detect hoarders’ reactions to throwing
things away.
d)
Not being able to throw away belongings is a key part of Hoarding
Disorder.
Find words in the text
to complete the columns
Noun Adjective Verb
Prefix
clutter ……….……… ……………………..
de
tidiness ……….……… ……………………..
un
The prefix ‘de’ is
used with words to form the opposite process.
‘Hydration’ is the
process of adding liquid to something. If you exercise and don’t
drink water, then your body can become ‘dehydrated’.
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learn more words with the prefix ‘de’:
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