Carpet

Verb + floor

hoover the carpet

vacuum the carpet

lay a carpet

ruin a carpet

a carpet wears

Exercises

Verb + room

1. They're coming this morning to lay the new carpet in the living room.

2. I ruined the carpet in the living room when I dropped a tin of paint on it.

3. The bedroom carpet is starting to wear in places. We'll need to replace it soon.

4. Colin, if I clear up all the rubbish, would you hoover the carpet?

Notes

1. Note this expression:

   I swept the dirt under the carpet when my mother wasn't looking.

2. You clean a carpet with a vacuum cleaner, sometimes called a Hoover: How do you expect me to hoover the carpets with this ancient hoover? It must be 30 years old!