UNIT 1 : FAMILY LIFE
LESSON 2: LANGUAGE
Vocabulary- Matching
Chore
Homemaker
Breadwinner
Groceries
Split
Laundry
Heavy lifting
Washing up
The member of the family who earns the money that the family needs
Divide
The act of washing the dishes after a meal
An action that requires physical strength
A person who manages the home and often raises children instead of earning money from a job
A routine task, especially a household one
Clothes washing
Food and other goods sold at a shop or a supermarket
2.Work in groups: List all the household chores that are mentioned in the conversation. Then add more chores to the list.
- prepare dinner
- cook ( do the cooking)
- shop
- clean the house
- take out the rubbish
- do the laundry
- do the washing up
- do the heavy lifting
- be responsible for the household finances
- mop/sweep/ tidy up the house
- bathe the baby
- feed the baby
- water the houseplants
- feed the cat/ dog
- iron/ fold/ put away the clothes
- lay the table for meals
- make the bed
- set the table
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3. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions below:
1. What household chores you usually do?
Ex: I usually do the washing-up and do the laundry etc.
2. How do you divide household duties in your family?
Ex: My mother cooks and shops for groceries, my father does the heavy lifting , my sister cleans the house and I do the washing-up and do the laundry .
Pronunciation
Task 1: Listen and repeat
B. Task 2. Listen to the sentences and circle the words you hear
Grammar :review
1/ THE PRESENT SIMPLE
2/ THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
THE PRESENT SIMPLE
FORM: (+) S + Vo,s,es
(?) do/does + S + Vo?
(-) S + do/does + not + Vo.
Uses:
Talk about daily habits and routines
Talk about permanent truths , facts, rules..
Talk about the act at the present time
Advs:
Usually, often, sometimes, always, occasionally, daily, monthly..
Every + time, once a week, twice a year..
THE PRESENT CONTINOUS
FORM: (+) S + is/am/are +V-ing
(?) is/are/am + S + V-ing?
(-) S + is/am/are + not + Ving.
Uses:
Talk about something that is happening or not happening at the moment of speaking.
Advs:
Now, right now, at the moment, at present
Mrs Hang is a housewife. Everyday, she (1) does/ is doing most of the housework. She (2) cooks/ is cooking, washes the clothes and (3) cleans/ is cleaning the house. But today is Mother’s Day and Mrs Hang isn’t doing any housework. Her husband and children are doing it all for her. At the moment, she (4)watches/ is watching TV. Her daughter, Lan, (5) does/ is doing
the cooking; her son, Minh,
(6) does/ is doing the laundry
and her husband, Mr Long
(7) tides up/ is tiding up the
house. Everybody in the
family (8) tries/ is trying
hard to make it a special day
for Mrs Hang.
3. Activity 3: Practice
Give the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete sentences.
Mrs Lan usually (do)……....the cooking for the family. But she (not cook) …………………….now. She (work) ……………..on an urgent report at the moment.
I’m afraid you can’t talk to him now. He (take out) ……………………..the rubbish.
He (clean)……………the house everyday. He (clean).. ……………………………. it now.
My sister can’t do any housework today. She (prepare) ………………………..for the exam.
They divide the duties in the family. She (look after). …………………the children, and her husband (work) ……………..to earn money.
It’s 7.30 p.m. now and my father (watch)………….. … the Evening News on TV. He (watch)……………… it every evening.
does
is not cooking
is working
is taking out
cleans
is cleaning
is preparing
looks after
works
is watching
watches
3. Activity 3: Production
Use present simple tense to talk about your daily activities.
Suggested expressions:
I often/usually/………………at……………………