bed

Verb + (n.)

• go to bed
• get out of bed
• make your bed
• change the bed
• put (the children) to bed

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the above verbs:

1. We’ve trained our kids to tidy their rooms and …… their beds before they go to school in the morning.
2. I was very tired when I got home, so I …… straight to bed.
3. I had a lazy day yesterday. I didn’t …… out of bed until lunchtime.
4. Oh, it’s you, Mary! Jane’s upstairs …… the children to bed. I’ll get her to ring you back later. Is that OK?
5. I think we’d better …… the beds before your parents come for the weekend. You know what your mother is like!

Kinds of bed

• a single / double bed
• bunk beds
• a soft / hard bed
• a spare bed
• an unmade bed
• a(n) (un)comfortable bed

Complete the sentences with one word:

1. I’m afraid we don’t have a double room, but we have a twin with two …… beds.
2. The bed’s too …… for me. I prefer a very hard mattress.
3. Thanks.I slept very well. It was a really …… bed.
4. You can spend the night here if you want - we have a …… bed.
5. When I was a boy, my brother and I had …… beds. I slept on the top …… .
6. Our daughter’s room is in a mess as usual. The bed’s …… and there are dirty clothes all over the floor.

Common expressions

• lie in bed (all morning)
• be in bed by (12) o’clock
• spend (a week) in bed
• have breakfast in bed
• smoke in bed
• be tucked up in bed

Match the halves:

1. Last Saturday I
2. I like to be in bed
3. My father always has
4. It can be dangerous to
5. I spent four days in bed
6. The children are safely

• a. breakfast in bed on a Sunday morning.
• b. with flu last week.
• c. lay in bed all morning and read a book.
• d. tucked up in bed.
• e. smoke in bed.
• f. by 10 o’clock on weekdays.