To clean something is to remove dirt from it.
The idea
Say clean the table or clean the window. The regular past is cleaned; a tool can follow with.
Examples
- I clean the table after breakfast.
- She cleaned the window yesterday.
- Please clean the mirror with a soft cloth.
- He cleans his glasses before reading.
- We need to clean the kitchen floor.
- Did you clean the bowl?
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Clean can describe an action as a verb or a state as an adjective: clean the table versus the table is clean.
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Choose the past form. Yesterday she ___ the window. (cleaned / cleans)
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cleaned
The regular past of clean is cleaned.
Choose the word introducing the tool. Clean the mirror ___ a soft cloth. (with / from)
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with
With introduces the cloth used as a tool.
Identify the use of clean in the sentence. The table is clean. Does clean describe a state or an action? (state / action)
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state
In this sentence clean describes the table’s state.
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Choose the past form. Yesterday she ___ the window. (cleaned / cleans)
Choose the word introducing the tool. Clean the mirror ___ a soft cloth. (with / from)
Identify the use of clean in the sentence. The table is clean. Does clean describe a state or an action? (state / action)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe something you cleaned and say what you used to clean it.