The document provides 7 tips for keeping a desk tidy:
1. Only keep essential items on the desk and use a tray for papers to read. Have pens and pencils in a jar and a bin nearby.
2. Avoid drinks on the desk and scan notes to digitize paper clutter.
3. Use a noticeboard and smartphone photos to organize small papers and reminders.
4. Clean the desk daily for a fresh start each morning with an organized workspace.
The document provides 7 tips for keeping a desk tidy:
1. Only keep essential items on the desk and use a tray for papers to read. Have pens and pencils in a jar and a bin nearby.
2. Avoid drinks on the desk and scan notes to digitize paper clutter.
3. Use a noticeboard and smartphone photos to organize small papers and reminders.
4. Clean the desk daily for a fresh start each morning with an organized workspace.
The document provides 7 tips for keeping a desk tidy:
1. Only keep essential items on the desk and use a tray for papers to read. Have pens and pencils in a jar and a bin nearby.
2. Avoid drinks on the desk and scan notes to digitize paper clutter.
3. Use a noticeboard and smartphone photos to organize small papers and reminders.
4. Clean the desk daily for a fresh start each morning with an organized workspace.
The document provides 7 tips for keeping a desk tidy:
1. Only keep essential items on the desk and use a tray for papers to read. Have pens and pencils in a jar and a bin nearby.
2. Avoid drinks on the desk and scan notes to digitize paper clutter.
3. Use a noticeboard and smartphone photos to organize small papers and reminders.
4. Clean the desk daily for a fresh start each morning with an organized workspace.
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Reading skills practice: 7 tips for a tidy desk – exercises
Read the tips for keeping your desk tidy and then do the exercises to practise and improve your reading skills.
Preparation Complete the sentences with a word from the box.
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1. Put your rubbish in the bin .
2. Put things you want to read in a tray .
3. Keep information on your computer in folders .
4. Make digital versions of text with a scanner .
5. Take a photo of important things with a smartphone or camera.
6. Put important notes on a noticebord .
7. Clean your desk every day.
8. Start each day with a tidy space .
CC BRITISH CC COUNCIL LearnEnglish Teens Reading skills practice: 7 tips for a tidy desk – exercises
Seven tips for a tidy desk
Only keep things you really need on and near your desk. Use a tray for any papers you have to read. Have a jar for pens and pencils and have a bin near your desk.
Don’t heep any drinks on your desk.
Go to the kitchen when you want to have a drink or, if you prefer, keep a drink on a small table near your desk.
Reduce the amount of paper that you use.
Try to keep as much information as possible in folders on your computer. Before printing a document, ask yourself, ’do I really need to read this on paper?’
) Scan your notes. If you have a lot of paper (magazine articles, notes, worksheets, etc.), use a scanner and keep a digital version as a PDF on your computer. Use your smartphone to take photos of things you need to remember. For example, take photos of notes to yourself, the name and address of a place you need to visit or diagrams you need to study for school.
Get a noticeboard. If you really do need to keep small bits of paper, use a noticeboard on the wall. Check it every day and throw old notes in the bin.
Clean your desk at the end of every day.
Choose a time to tidy your desk and do it! If you do it every day, it will only take five minutes and you can start each new day with a clean and tidy space.
www.britishcounciI.org/IearnengIishteens @ British Counc il, 2016 The LV nited Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity. Reading skills practice: 7 tips for a tidy desk – exercises
1. Check your understanding: true or false
Circle True or False for these sentences.
1. You should put everything you will possibly need on your desk. Tr False ue 2. You should only have one pen or pencil. Tr False ue 3. It's a good idea to have a bin close to your desk. Tr False ue 4. It's better to keep information on your computer than on paper if possible. Tr False ue 5. If you have written notes on paper you should type them into the computer. Tr False ue 6. The camera in your phone can help you remember things. Tr False ue 7. A noticeboard is a good way to organise bits of paper. Tr False ue 8. You should clean your desk once a week. Tr False ue
2. Check your understanding: grouping
Write the ideas in the correct group.
leave your desk use a scanner
keep pens keep a drink on untidy at the end to make PDFs and pencils your desk. of the day. of magazine in a jar. pages. print as take photos of check your keep a lot of much things you want to noticeboard paper on your information remember. every day. desk. as possible.
Do … Don’t … Do not keep a drink on your desk
Discussion
Where do you study when you are at home? Is it tidy or messy?
