5 LIFE-CHANGING

ORGANISATIONAL
TIPS

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WARM-UP
Answer the questions.
Are you aware of the term "spring cleaning"?
Have you ever spring-cleaned your flat?
Can you share any organisational tips that
turned out to be a game changer and took
your spring clean to the next level?

BEFORE READING
Match the two halves of the sentences. Work out the meaning of words in blue.
1. Gather together all the pesky
charging cables in your home,
2. Get yourself an old-fashioned
binder for
3. Using something and immediately
returning it to its place is
4. It's the same with washing-up -
5. Washing up a single plate after fixing
yourself a slice of toast is no bother,
6. A solid way to create a clutter-free
life is to uphaul your buying habits,
a) that dreaded task.
b) but facing a mountain of dirty dishes
that have built up throughout the day is a
real mission.
c) documents, and categorise them (for
example, 'home', 'car', 'health').
d) so you have one place to look when
you next need to find one.
e) and setting strict boundaries around
this can really help you enforce it.
f) a great way to stay on top of things.

WHILE READING
Read one section of the short article about 5 life-changing organisational tips and
take notes.

AFTER READING
Tell your partners about what you've read using the vocabulary from the previous
exercise (if possible).

Discuss the following questions:

Do you follow these pieces of advice? (e.g. gather together all the pesky charging
cables, get yourself an old-fashioned binder for documents)
Look at the tips again and say what might happen if you don’t do the things from the
list (e.g. it might be impossible to stay on top of things, a flat will turn into a pigsty).
Rank all the techniques from the most useful (1) to the most useless (5).
What is a solid way to create a clutter-free life, in your opinion?
What is a dreaded task of yours? How do you usually tackle it?
Brainstorm more tips that could come in handy when it comes to spring-cleaning.

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STUDENT A

STUDENT D

STUDENT C

STUDENT E

STUDENT B