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Across: 1. People gather in the ___ room to watch TV and chat with each other. 5. A cat can ___ a tree while a dog cannot. It can only bark at the cat in the tree. 7. Take a few ___s to pick up all the junk on the floor before you start to vacuum. 11. People usually vacuum their ___s once a week. 13. You have to ___ in your vacuum cleaner before you can turn it on. 16. Even though we are in the computer age, we are still using paper ___s. 17. There are four ___ sockets in my living room--one socket in each ___. 19. I borrowed my neighbor's vacuum cleaner Thursday, but I ___ it yesterday. 20. Cats love to sit on the back of a ___ and look out the window. 21. When you use a vacuum cleaner, you will go back and ___ until the carpet is clean. 22. Most vacuum cleaners have very long cords; you don't have to unplug the cord from the wall ___ until you're finished vacuuming.

Down: 2. Dyson probably makes the best ___ cleaner in the world, but it's expensive ($400 and up). 3. Before you vacuum, pick up all the little ___s on your floor and carpet, especially rubber bands and paper clips. 4. My cat likes to sit on the back of my couch and look out the ___ at the birds. 5. Buy a vacuum ___ that has tools so you can reach cobwebs on the ceiling. 6. His wife gave him a ___ of chocolates because he vacuumed the living room carpet. 8. He ___ed the bottom of the vacuum cleaner to see why it wasn't working properly. 9. The cat jumped onto the kitchen ___ when it heard the vacuum cleaner start. 10. She took the vacuum cleaner out of the ___ closet and plugged it in to the living room wall socket. 12. ___ bands and paper clips can cause problems for a vacuum cleaner. 14. Plug the vacuum cleaner in, and then turn on the ___. 15. Rubber ___s come in many colors and sizes; many of them stretch a l-o-n-g way. 16. A bedroom without a ___ for clothes is like a bathroom without a sink. 18. You should go ___ and forth with your vacuum cleaner to make sure you're picking up all the dirt.