cleaning staff

Meaning

Cleaning staff refers to the group of employees responsible for keeping hotel rooms, hallways, and public areas clean and tidy. It is a polite and professional term.

Examples

• The cleaning staff did a wonderful job tidying our room today.

  The cleaning staff did a wonderful job tidying our room today.

• Could you ask the cleaning staff to bring us some fresh sheets?

  Could you ask the cleaning staff to bring us some fresh sheets?

• We left a small tip on the table for the cleaning staff.

  We left a small tip on the table for the cleaning staff.

• I think the cleaning staff is currently working on our floor.

  I think the cleaning staff is currently working on our floor.

• If you don't want the cleaning staff to enter, hang the 'do not disturb' sign.

  If you don't want the cleaning staff to enter, hang the 'do not disturb' sign.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I asked the cleaner staff for more soap.

  ✓ I asked the cleaning staff for more soap.

  Use the participle form 'cleaning' to describe the staff, not the noun 'cleaner'.

• ✗ The cleanings staff comes every morning.

  ✓ The cleaning staff comes every morning.

  'Cleaning' is an uncountable gerund here and should not be pluralized.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The ___ changed our towels and made the bed this morning.

  💡 The people who clean the hotel rooms.

  Show answer

  cleaning staff

• Remember to thank the ___ before we check out.

  💡 The workers who keep the hotel tidy.

  Show answer

  cleaning staff