Chores

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Ideas Out of the Box.…
• Can you name some of the chores you do during the week?

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Vocabulary: Overview

Take out the trash

Laundry
Pay the bills
Clean the house Practice:

Wash the car

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Vocabulary: Take out the trash
Trash bag: Made out of plastic or paper used
Every week we need to take
to put in the trash.
out the trash so we don’t
have bad odors in the Trash can: Used to put in the trash bag.
house. Recycle bin: A special trash can used for
recycling.
Compactor: A special trash can that
Vocabulary electrically compacts the trash inside.
Garbage truck: A special vehicle that takes
the trash to a dumpster.
• Trash bag
Garbage disposal: A place outside to put the
• Trash can
• Recycle bin trash.
• Compactor
• Garbage truck
• Garbage disposal

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Vocabulary: Laundry
Dirty laundry: Clothes or linen goods you
need to wash.
Every week or two, we
need to do laundry in order
Hamper: A basket used to put filthy clothes.
to have clean clothes and Washer: A machine used to wash clothes or
linen goods. linen goods.
Dryer: A machine used to dry clothes or
linen goods.
Detergent: A special product used to wash
Vocabulary clothes or linen goods.
Fabric softener: A special product used to
soften clothes or linen goods.
• Dirty laundry
• Hamper Can you name more?
• Washer
• Dryer
• Detergent
• Fabric softener

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Vocabulary: Pay the bills
Every month we need to
pay certain bills in order to
continue having certain
services.
Vocabulary
• Electric bill
• Water bill
• Cable TV bill
• Internet service bill
• Rent / Mortgage
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Electric bill: This is billed to you in order to
keep your electricity running.
Water bill: This is billed to you in order to
keep your water running.
Cable bill: This is billed to you in order to
keep your Cable TV running.
Internet bill: This is billed to you in order to
keep your internet service running.
Rent / Mortgage: This is billed to you in
order to keep having a roof over your head.
Can you name more?
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Vocabulary: Clean the house
Vacuum cleaner: A device used to suck the
Every week we need to clean filth from the floors or carpets.
the house in order to have a Mop: An object used to clean the floors with
water and soap.
healthy dust free
Duster: An object used to clean the dust.
environment. Broom: An object used to sweep the dirt
and dust from the floors.
Disinfectant: A special product used to
Vocabulary clean the floors or bathrooms.
Bucket: A round vase used to mix water
and cleaning products.
• Vacuum cleaner
Can you name more?
• Mop
• Duster
• Broom
• Disinfectant
• Bucket

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Vocabulary: Wash the car
Sponge: A special object used to soak and
Once in a while we need to clean the car.
wash the car in order to keep Bucket: A plastic round vase used to mix
water and cleaning products.
it in good condition.
Soap: A special product used to clean and
disinfect surfaces.
Water hose: A long object used to spray
water.
Vocabulary Windshield cleaner: A special product
used to clean the windshields.
Can you name more?
• Sponge
• Bucket
• Soap
• Water hose
• Windshield cleaner

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Exercise: Place the word in the right place.
Wash the car Soap
Mop
Compactor Pay the bills
Water bill

Clean the house

Laundry

Take out the trash

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Discussion…

• How many times a week do you clean the house?

• Do you hand-wash your car or do you take it to a carwash?
• Which is your highest bill?
• How many times a week do you do laundry?

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