Cleaning tasks and materials

Reinigung: Reihenfolge und Material

Understand simple cleaning instructions, ask which product to use and report completion or missing supplies.

Recognise the action and object: den Boden wischen, die Handtücher wechseln, den Mülleimer leeren. Reinigen means clean and saugen means vacuum in this setting. Welches Mittel soll ich benutzen? asks which cleaning product to use; the lesson does not choose a product for you. Review formal instructions with Sie and questions with a verb first. Ist das Zimmer fertig? checks completion; Fehlt etwas? asks whether anything is missing. Etwas means something or anything in these patterns.

A formal instruction places the verb before Sie: Wechseln Sie die Handtücher. In the question Welches Mittel soll ich benutzen?, welches Mittel identifies what you ask about; soll comes before ich and benutzen is last.

A task can concern a surface, towels or a bin. These are different objects and actions. If the product is not specified, the question asks for clarification rather than guessing from a language example.

Use wischen with formal Sie, not wischt. Essen means eat and is not the action requested for a cleaning product; the problem is its meaning, not the position of the final verb.

Floor: Boden. Towels: Handtücher. Bin: Mülleimer. Product: Mittel. Soap: Seife. Match each action to its object.

Give two fictional instructions, ask which product is intended and report that soap is missing. Keep this a language exercise, not a cleaning safety procedure.