ESL WORKSHEET - Housework

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

AT HOME

LinguaHouse

Jan 28, 2025

Level: Pre-Intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of English: General English
Tags: Homes and Buildings; In the Home; Vocabulary Lesson; Speaking; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 01/28/2025

This lesson will focus on housework and the important vocabulary that is needed to talk about the topic more fluently. Students will develop their vocabulary in relation to chores, and throughout the lesson, students will be given different opportunities to practice the new language through the personalization of the expressions. (by Peter Clarkin)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

At home
Everybody loves a clean house, don’t they? Shiny tables, sparkling windows and a perfect living room are all things we love to come home to, but the hard work that it takes to get to that ideal stage isn’t always to everyone’s liking. So today we are going to look at the chores that people hate to do the most.
The most hated household task is unsurprisingly, cleaning the toilet. The thought of putting our heads anywhere near the toilet bowl seems to be enough to make people want to throw up.
Up next is doing the dishes, or doing the washing up as it is often known in the UK. The main reasons people hate this chore are the thought that it is incredibly boring, and the fact that it can make the skin on our hands feel hard and dry.
Another type of housework that people really dislike is ironing. Once again, it is seen as being just as boring as doing the dishes, but it also comes with the added danger that you can burn yourself on the very hot iron if you are not careful.
The final chore on the list of things we hate to do at home is vacuuming the floor, there are loads of us who can’t stand this one. It seems the loud noise of most vacuum cleaners seems to get on our nerves but vacuuming for a long time can often leave us with a sore back which is something we really want to avoid.

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