Answer the questions:
What kinds of housework do you like?
What kinds of housework do you dislike?
Some people divide housework into mens and womens. What do you think of it?
They say that on coming home after work every woman starts a second working day. Why?
You are busy. Your mother asks you to hoover. How will you react to it?
In what state is your working place / desk?
What do you think about people who are crazy about order and cleanliness?
What machines do you know that are used for saving labour?
Pattern Dialogue
― Do you like housework?
― It depends ( ). For instance, I like washing linen but I hate ironing. Its so dull.
― What about sewing?
― I rather like it, but I hate sewing buttons on.
― I see, and washing up?
― Oh, its not my cup of tea. I hardly know a person who likes it.
― But we cant do without it, can we?
― Surely, we cant.
― Can you repair anything?
― And what is my brother for?
― I think that a person who can repair things is more independent.
― Oh, yes, he is, this Jack of all trades (to be Jack / jack of all trades and master of none
).
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Give synonyms:
to get changed
to watch TV
to listen to the radio
to get to work on a bus
to finish doing the exercise
to begin
to thread the needle
to end
to be pressed for time
to be sleeping
to turn off
to help smb to do smth
to go to bed early
to wash the dishes
to clean ones teeth
to comb one hair
to clean the room
to do the bed
to repair the TV-set
to vacuum clean
to take a bath
to have smth on
to iron linen
to practise smth
to do physical jerks
to fall sleep
to make breakfast
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