Bad Carpets

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Common carpet issues

• describe common problems with carpet.
• write a review about a bad carpet job.
• give eachother constructive feedback.

Have you ever written a review?

What other tools do you use when installing carpet?

I always use a(n) ........ .

 My favorite tool is a(n) ........ .

 I used to use a(n) ..........  all the time. 

Reading a bad review.

Read the text. 

Read the text.   Answer the questions:

skirting board

repair man

a hoover

A.  to secure

B.  to hear

C.  to fall
D.  to send

E.  to damage

F.  to fit

G.  to refuse

H.  to come up

1.  the skirting boards

2.  when you hoover it

3.  every word

4.  it down

5. someone out

6. to leave the house

7.  the floor

8. down the stairs 

Read the text.   Match the pairs:

WHICH ONE IS THE

???

Match the problem to the correct image:

The door bar is missing.

There is a nail sticking through.

The carpet seams are visible.

The edges have not been tucked under.

There is a small gap.

You can see the staple marks.

Two weeks ago, I hired a professional carpet fitter for my .............. (=location) .

When they left, I noticed that .............. (=problem) . There was/were ...... and ....... .

I was very unhappy. Do not recommend! 

Write a review:

I noticed that...

I really like the part where you wrote....

Something I saw is that...

It feels realistic
because.... 

Something I     would do is....

PEER FEEDBACK

TWO ROUNDS

We looked at some common carpet problems...

staple marks

damaged skirting

safety hazard

overall finish

a gap along the edge

a stain/ discolouration

wrinkled/ too much carpet

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

Write a Whatsapp message:

• Explain that your friend hired  (company X) . 
   
• Use one of the problems. 
• What is wrong? Who did the job? Where was this and when did it go wrong?
   
• Say if you would recommend this company.

Recently, your friend hired a professional company to do 

a flooring job in their house.

You are going to write a message to a different friend to complain about what happened.

       They did a really bad job,
you are shocked!

OMG! Mehmet, you will not believe what happened to Nicole's floor!

Really? What's going on?

.....

What was something new you learned during today's class?

• describe common problems with carpet.
• write a review about a bad carpet job.
• give eachother constructive feedback.

Did we reach our goals today?