Chores at home

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the wordsVocabulary exercise
4. 4Check the wordsVocabulary
5. 5The days of the weekVocabulary
6. 6True or false?Reading comprehension
7. 7Read and thinkReading comprehension
8. 8Listen: Oliver's chore chartListening comprehension
9. 9Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
10. 10What does it mean?Grammar exercise
11. 11Find the words for how oftenGrammar exercise
12. 12How often?Grammar rule
13. 13Where does it go?Grammar exercise
14. 14Once, twice or every?Grammar exercise
15. 15Say it rightSpeaking practice
16. 16Our chore chartSpeaking practice
17. 17Let's talkDiscussion
18. 18Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: which chore?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: Noah's apartmentGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: chores at my homeDiscussion

Words

• chores/tʃɔːrz/

  jobs you do at home, like cleaning and washing

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  do the dishes/ˌduː ðə ˈdɪʃɪz/

  to wash the plates, cups and pans

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  do the laundry/ˌduː ðə ˈlɔːndri/

  to wash your clothes

• vacuum/ˈvækjuːm/

  to clean the floor with a machine that pulls up the dirt

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  sweep/swiːp/

  to clean the floor with a broom

• iron/ˈaɪərn/

  to make clothes flat and smooth with a hot iron

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  make the bed/ˌmeɪk ðə ˈbed/

  to make your bed look nice after you sleep in it

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  take out the trash/ˌteɪk ˌaʊt ðə ˈtræʃ/

  to take the bag of trash out of your home

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  go grocery shopping/ˌɡoʊ ˈɡroʊsəri ˌʃɑːpɪŋ/

  to go to a store and buy food

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  walk the dog/ˌwɔːk ðə ˈdɔːɡ/

  to take your dog outside for a walk

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about your home.

1. Is your home clean or messy today?
2. Do you like housework? Why, or why not?
3. Do you have a pet at home?

Grammar rule

How often?

		Example
always	100%	Toby always makes tacos on Fridays.
usually	90%	He usually cooks dinner.
often	70%	He often irons his shirts.
sometimes	50%	They sometimes go grocery shopping together.
never	0%	They never dust.

Where does it go?

• before the main verb: She usually cooks dinner. (not She cooks usually dinner)
• after am, is and are: I'm always tired on Mondays. Our house is never clean!

How often…?

• every day, every Saturday, every morning
• once a week (1 time), twice a week (2 times), three times a week
• These go at the end or at the start, not before the verb: I do the laundry once a week. Every morning, Beth makes the bed. (not I once a week do the laundry)

How often do you vacuum? — Twice a week. / I never vacuum!