Laundry means clothes and other fabric that need washing or have been washed.
The idea
Laundry is uncountable. Say do the laundry for the washing and a load of laundry for one machineful.
Examples
- The laundry is dry now.
- I do the laundry on Fridays.
- We have a load of laundry to wash.
- The clean laundry is on the chair.
- They folded the laundry together.
- Please put the laundry in the basket.
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Avoid a laundry for one item of clothing; count items or loads instead.
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Choose the correct word. I need to ___ the laundry tomorrow. (do / make)
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do
do: This verb names the household task.
Choose the correct word. The laundry ___ still wet. (is / are)
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is
is: The uncountable subject takes a singular verb.
Choose the correct word. We washed two ___ of laundry. (loads / laundry)
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loads
loads: Two machinefuls are two loads.
Practice round
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Choose the correct word. I need to ___ the laundry tomorrow. (do / make)
Choose the correct word. The laundry ___ still wet. (is / are)
Choose the correct word. We washed two ___ of laundry. (loads / laundry)
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 when you do the laundry and where you dry it.