4c | Do the housework! VOCABULARY: verb collocations (housework) 1 Match the pictures to the phrases. do the shopping do the dishes do the washing ‘make the bed clean the bathtoom take out the rubbish 2 Work in pairs. Which activities in exercise + do you do at home? Which activities don't you do at home? LISTENING 1. You are going to hear part ofa radio show phone-in. Look at the newspaper headline and listen. What is today’s show about? 75% of British men DON'T do the housework 2 @ 1.64 Listen ta the radio show and tick (/) the phrases you hear fram section vocabulary exercise 2, 3 @ 1.64 Who does it? Listen again and tick (7) the correct column. lw Tah [Rabie [om | tm | inter we | Does the shopping once a week. Is always on the phone, | Uses the washing machine Always does all the | housework. GRAmmaR: frequency adverbs & phrases ‘There are two ways to talk about how often we do things: Use frequency adverbs. How often do you do the housework? Loften do the dishes He's always on the phone. always often usually sometimes hardly ever/rarely never 100% 0% Use phrases like every day/monti/year, ance a ‘week/month/year. I make the bed every morning. Once a year he washes the clothes. © Sce Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE SO 46|ce “ieee! WE * 1 @ 4.65 Read and listen to the sentences, then make an answer using the words in brackets. 1 You never do the dishes That's not true. often da the dishes! (often) 2 You don't clean the bathroom. That's not rue, (atways) 3. You're always in font ofthe television That's not true {hardly ever) 4 always wash your clothes, That's not true. ____ (often) 5 This a's always diy ‘That's not true 6 You're usually on the telephone That's not tue, (sometimes) (ately) 2. Put an adverb of frequency in the sentence so that it’ true for you. Then write two more similar sentences. 1am late for English class 1 work on Saturdays. I watch English films, Ihave coffee in the morning 110 to bed before 10:00 pm. am tired in the morning. w Rewrite the sentences with one of the phrases ‘twice a week once a year every day ‘three times a year oncea week = 1 Tread the newspaper on Mondays, ‘Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 2. 1 go on holiday in August 3. On Saturdays and Sundays Ihave a nap in the afternoon, 4 [see my grandparents at Christmas, at Easter and on my birthday. 5 1 do the shopping on Saturdays. 4 Choose two sentences from exercise 2 and two sentences from exercise 3, Make ‘questions with How often. How often do you wateh English films? 5) Work in pairs. Ask and answer the ‘questions. Do the housework! | se PRONUNCIATION: vowels 2 1 @ 1.66 Listen and repeat the sounds and the words. fal fal fot tw house room up 1 time hi 2 house aunt 3 son bread 4 blue new 3 @ 1.67 Listen to the recording to check your answers. Say the words. SPEAKING 1. Work in groups of three or four. Do the Life and work at home survey. ‘Make questions with How often ..? Ask and answer the questions. ‘Make notes ofthe answers. 2 Compare your survey results with other groups In the class. Er at home Inthe tving room watch television? clean the living room? In the dining room ‘have dinner at home? Zelean the dining room Inthe bedroom getup late? ake the bed? Inthe kitchen Zeat in the kitchen? ‘ake out the rubbish? 47Language reference GRAMMAR Prepositions of time: in, at, on se the prepositions in, on and at ta tak about time. in + months, years, the morning/afternoon/evening in March, tn he morning on + days, dates fan Monde, on January te at + time of day; also at night at four o'clock ‘We use at with night, the weekend: at night, atthe weekend ‘We use at with some special holidays: at Christmas, at Easter Frequency adverbs & phrases Use frequency adverbs to say how often you do something, How often do you do the housework? 1 never do the housework: always often usualy sometimes hardly ever/rarely, ~o Frequency adverbs go before the verb (except to be). He never makes the bed. Frequency adverbs go after the verb to be. He's always on the phone. You can also use phrases like: every day/month/year ‘once a week/month/year «These phrases go at the beginning or end of a sentence. A make the bed every morning. Once a year he washes the clot FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Telling the time Use t's + time to say the time in English. 1s eight o'clock. W's a quarter past five, Ws half past eleven. Hes ton to nine, ‘We can say the time in two ways: 1's twenty 10 six 1s five fry. ‘We can also use about + time, We use about when we don’t know the exact time. 1s about half past three. ‘We can ask the time in two ways: What's the time? What eine ist? The date ‘Write the date: 4st May, 2006 or 1 May 2006 or 1/5/06 or 01/05/06 Say the date: the fist of May two thousand and six. ot ‘May the frst we thousand and six ‘Ask the date: What's the date today? What date is it today? ‘We use ordinal numbers to say the date in English. For more (on ordinal numbers, see lesson 3D.Talking on the phone Jst a mine ‘Car call you back Fd tke to speak t0 Mr Green. ‘Woutd you tie to teave « message? lease al hum to eal me. 1s (Simon) there please? {Pm sory, you have the wrong number (Ger) can’t answer the phone right now Can T take a message? ‘Hii, it's (Rob). Worb List Phrases with have, go & get have breakfast/dinner/lunch have a drink/a coffee/ Jue 2 dank, 2 Kofi, a sandwich 2 ‘sent have a break sev 9 breks have a nap ‘neyo 0) get dressed Je res! fet up get‘! fet home ‘get hau so home ‘sou hom goto bed Ju 19 'bed fo to sleep ‘gota Months January benji! February Hebrori! March Je) Api erp May sme! dune ‘sun! sly ‘sstav ‘August’ ape! September ‘peptemboy October ‘okoubo) November Jnouiverb) December ‘'semiba! Housework {do the shopping 1B Foy) clean the bathroom ‘kl Bo bess! make the bed ‘meik 29 'bed? wash the clothes Iwo} ee do the dishes eu: id take out the rubbish teak aut 09 eal Iaey brekiot, ina, Lat Other words & phrases breakiast n ** aoe class 2 *** closed aj ** dinner n *** arth n°" finish v= mn Halloween n idea n= lunch n° meeting n *** nap nothing we shower n* Special adj *** United Nations Pexekost/ eo! Mas! ‘Meloni ‘anal cy Hilf fas relwsn) Jaiciof Aso) ring ‘ep! Pond sop! a00/ spel Fisaund ‘nos! 51