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Today we're working on "Housework and Chores". Read the text, analyse the argument, and try the tasks and quiz at the end.

Level: A1.5

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Housework and Chores

Learn simple vocabulary and phrases to talk about housework, daily chores, and responsibilities at home.

houseworkchoresdaily routines

Core Vocabulary

Key academic vocabulary for this topic.

EnglishSpanishPOSExample
cleanlimpiarverb
cookcocinarverb
wash the disheslavar los platosverb
do the laundryhacer la lavanderíaverb
sweepbarrerverb
make the bedhacer la camaverb
trashbasuranoun
helpayudarverb

Useful Phrases

High-value academic phrases for argument analysis.

I need to clean my room.

🇪🇸 Necesito limpiar mi cuarto.

Can you help me?

🇪🇸 ¿Puedes ayudarme?

I always make my bed.

🇪🇸 Siempre hago mi cama.

I sometimes cook dinner.

🇪🇸 A veces cocino la cena.

Who takes out the trash?

🇪🇸 ¿Quién saca la basura?

Conversation Starters

Discussion questions to activate critical thinking.

What chores do you do at home?

🇪🇸 ¿Qué quehaceres haces en casa?

Do you cook or clean more?

🇪🇸 ¿Cocinas o limpias más?

Who helps with housework in your family?

🇪🇸 ¿Quién ayuda con los quehaceres en tu familia?

Pattern Practice

I need to ___ today.

🇪🇸 Necesito ___ hoy.

I always ___ in the morning.

🇪🇸 Siempre ___ en la mañana.

Who ___ at your home?

🇪🇸 ¿Quién ___ en tu casa?

Mini Dialogue

A: Do you do housework at home?

B: Yes, I help my family.

A: What chores do you do?

B: I clean my room and make my bed.

Housework is part of daily life. Diego helps at home every week. He makes his bed in the morning and cleans his room on Saturdays. He sometimes helps his mother cook dinner. His sister takes out the trash and washes the dishes. Diego thinks doing chores is important because everyone in the family works together.

Hi, I’m Laura. I do housework every day. In the morning, I make my bed and sweep the floor. After school, I help my dad cook dinner. On weekends, I wash the dishes and do the laundry. Housework is not always fun, but I like helping my family.

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  "slug": "housework-and-chores",
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          "en": "clean",
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          "en": "cook",
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          "en": "sweep",
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          "en": "make the bed",
          "es": "hacer la cama",
          "pos": "verb"
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        {
          "en": "trash",
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          "en": "I need to clean my room.",
          "es": "Necesito limpiar mi cuarto."
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        {
          "en": "Can you help me?",
          "es": "¿Puedes ayudarme?"
        },
        {
          "en": "I always make my bed.",
          "es": "Siempre hago mi cama."
        },
        {
          "en": "I sometimes cook dinner.",
          "es": "A veces cocino la cena."
        },
        {
          "en": "Who takes out the trash?",
          "es": "¿Quién saca la basura?"
        }
      ]
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    "conversation_starters": {
      "items": [
        {
          "en": "What chores do you do at home?",
          "es": "¿Qué quehaceres haces en casa?"
        },
        {
          "en": "Do you cook or clean more?",
          "es": "¿Cocinas o limpias más?"
        },
        {
          "en": "Who helps with housework in your family?",
          "es": "¿Quién ayuda con los quehaceres en tu familia?"
        }
      ]
    },
    "pattern_practice": {
      "items": [
        {
          "en": "I need to ___ today.",
          "es": "Necesito ___ hoy."
        },
        {
          "en": "I always ___ in the morning.",
          "es": "Siempre ___ en la mañana."
        },
        {
          "en": "Who ___ at your home?",
          "es": "¿Quién ___ en tu casa?"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "A": "Do you do housework at home?"
        },
        {
          "B": "Yes, I help my family."
        },
        {
          "A": "What chores do you do?"
        },
        {
          "B": "I clean my room and make my bed."
        }
      ]
    },
    "reading": {
      "text": "Housework is part of daily life. Diego helps at home every week. He makes his bed in the morning and cleans his room on Saturdays. He sometimes helps his mother cook dinner. His sister takes out the trash and washes the dishes. Diego thinks doing chores is important because everyone in the family works together."
    },
    "listening_script": {
      "text": "Hi, I’m Laura. I do housework every day. In the morning, I make my bed and sweep the floor. After school, I help my dad cook dinner. On weekends, I wash the dishes and do the laundry. Housework is not always fun, but I like helping my family."
    },
    "tiny_quiz": {
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        {
          "question": "What does Laura do in the morning?",
          "options": [
            "Cook dinner",
            "Make her bed and sweep",
            "Wash the dishes"
          ],
          "answer": "Make her bed and sweep"
        },
        {
          "question": "When does Laura do the laundry?",
          "options": [
            "Every morning",
            "On weekends",
            "After school"
          ],
          "answer": "On weekends"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
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