English for housekeepers

Cleaning, the kitchen, laundry, shopping, guests and the phone: the English you use in a family's home, from your first day.

Start Housekeeper lessons21 lessons · 3 levels · 100 phrases

พูดเมื่อไหร่: สบู่กำลังจะหมด

We need more soap.

เราต้องการสบู่เพิ่ม

What you will learn

Know some English already? Take the Level 1 test first and skip what you know.

Level 1Lessons 1–5

First Shift

You can get through your first day at work in English.

  1. 1Hello and thank you
  2. 2Numbers and time
  3. 3Cleaning the house
  4. 4Kitchen and shopping
  5. 5Asking the employer

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Level 2Lessons 6–11

Confident Day

You can handle a whole working day in English.

  1. 6Laundry & fabrics
  2. 7Kitchen & food storage
  3. 8Shopping & receipts
  4. 9Guests & phone
  5. 10Repairs & reporting problems
  6. 11Days off & schedule

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Level 3Lessons 12–21

Trusted Pro

Small talk, saying no politely, problems and the unexpected.

  1. 12Lost keys and house problems
  2. 13Visitors and sickness
  3. 14Small talk
  4. 15Prices and numbers, fast
  5. 16Saying no politely
  6. 17Making suggestions
  7. 18What I did today
  8. 19While you were out
  9. 20Calls and messages
  10. 21Cultural notes

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Phrases you will say

Hello. Good morning.

I finished the kitchen.

Hot water or cold water?

We need more soap.

Should I wash the whites separately?

How are you today?