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# Sheet, Blanket, Pillow, Mattress, Wardrobe, Alarm, Curtains

## Expressions with sheet

change the sheets

clean / dirty sheets

## Expressions with blanket

an extra blanket

a warm blanket

## Expressions with pillow

prop (yourself) up with a pillow

cry into your pillow

## Expressions with mattress

sleep on a firm mattress

It’s a very hard / soft mattress.

## Expressions with wardrobe

open / close the wardrobe

hang (your shirt) in the wardrobe

a fitted wardrobe

## Expressions with alarm

set the alarm (for 7 o’clock)

the alarm rings

the alarm goes off

hear the alarm

## Expressions with curtains

open / close the curtains

draw the curtains (open or close)

## **Exercises:**

### verb and adjective collocations

1. I ***opened*** the wardrobe, chose a shirt, then tried to decide what tie to wear with it.
2. It was colder than usual, so I put an ***extra*** blanket on my bed.
3. My mother always ***changes*** the sheets on our beds on a Sunday, because Monday is her washing day.
4. I ***set*** the alarm for seven, but it didn't ***ring / go off***. That’s why I was late for work.
5. Jack and Sue want to stay over on Sunday night. Could you put some ***clean*** sheets on the bed in the spare room?
6. The first thing I do when I get out of bed in the morning is to ***open*** the curtains, and see what the weather’s like.
7. All the bedrooms in our new flat have ***fitted*** wardrobes, so there’s plenty of storage space for our clothes.

### prepositon focus

1. Can you hang these trousers ***in*** the wardrobe, please?
2. I prefer to sleep ***on*** a firm mattress. If it’s too soft, *I find it gives me a sore back*.
3. I propped myself up ***with*** a couple of pillows, so that I could read comfortably in bed.
4. When I went into her room, Farah was crying ***into*** her pillow. She was obviously still *upset about splitting up from* her boyfriend.

## Notes

### 1.Note these expressions

1. *I was so tired last night. I was asleep before my head **hit the pillow**!*
2. *When my parents **turned the lights out**, I read my book **under** the blankets with a torch.*

### 2.Note that we usually refer to an alarm clock as ‘an alarm’

***Don’t forget to set the alarm. We have to be up early tomorrow.***

### 3.Draw the curtains can mean either open or close them.