Listen to the text "Messy Room".
Marion discusses what she needs to do with her messy room.
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Write the verbs into the gaps:
1. My bedroom
very messy at the moment.
2. I think the worst thing for me is all the paper that I tend to accumulate, notebooks, and printouts from work, and lesson plans, and ideas I
for other lessons, so that before I know it, there's a little paper mountain on my floor.
3. I'm a real pack-rat, I think people call them, or a hoarder. I
to hoard things, so hoarding mean keeping things even though they're not really useful anymore.
Explanation: The verb "is" is used to describe the current state of the bedroom. It indicates that the bedroom is currently messy.
2. I think the worst thing for me is all the paper that I tend to accumulate, notebooks, and printouts from work, and lesson plans, and ideas I have for other lessons, so that before I know it, there's a little paper mountain on my floor.
Explanation: The verb "have" is used to indicate possession or ownership of something. In this case, it is used to show that the speaker possesses ideas for other lessons.
3. I'm a real pack-rat, I think people call them, or a hoarder. I tend to hoard things, so hoarding means keeping things even though they're not really useful anymore.
Explanation: The verb "tend" is used to show a habitual or regular action. In this case, it indicates that the speaker regularly or habitually hoards things. The verb "means" is used to explain or define the term "hoarding". It is used to provide the definition and clarify the meaning of the word.