1. Household Chores
Language Target: Use of Have to/Has to
Warm Up:
1. What’s your busiest day?
2. What do you usually have to do on that day?
3. Do you like that day or not?
4. What time do you usually get up?
5. What time do you start work?
6. What do you do all day?
7. Where do you usually have your breakfast and lunch?
8. What do you usually do after work?
9. What time do you usually get home?
10. What time do you go to bed?
Activity no 1: (Oral Practice) continued ----
With the help of the table, practice asking question and giving answer.
1. What does Dad have to do on (day)?
2. How often dose Dad have to do (cooking)?
3. When does Dad have to (wash dishes)?
4. Do Dad and Ken have to (go to the supermarket) on Tuesday?
5. How often does Dad have to (cook dinner)?
Activity no 2: (Oral Practice)
1. Ask the questions about different family members’ chores.
2. What chores do Mom and Dad do together? (additional question)
Dad’s Chores
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Make beds Cook
break fast
Cook dinner Cook
breakfast
Wash clothes Cook
break fast
Cook dinner
with Mom
Cook dinner
Go to the
supermarket
with Ken
Clean the
house with
Donna
Make beds Cook dinner
☺ Wash dishes
with Mom
Mom’s Chores
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Cook
breakfast
Make beds Cook
breakfast
Cook
dinner
Cook
breakfast
Cook
Lunch with
Donna
Cook dinner
with Dad
Wash clothes Cook dinner
☺ ☺
Go to the
supermarket
with Donna
Make beds Wash dishes
with Dad
Clean the
house with
Ken
Vocabulary
Chores
Once
Twice
Thrice
Four times
Often
Never
2. Donna’s Chores
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Wash dishes Wash dishes Wash dishes Wash dishes Wash dishes Cook
Lunch with
Mom
Cook
breakfast
with Ken
☺ ☺
Clean the
house with
Dad ☺ Make beds Wash dishes Wash dishes
with Ken
Going to the
supermarket
with Mom
Ken’s Chores
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Wash dishes Wash dishes Wash dishes Wash dishes Wash dishes Wash dishes Cook
breakfast
with Donna
☺
Go to the
supermarket
with Dad
Make beds Cut the grass
☺ Wash car Wash dishes
with Donna
Clean the
house with
Mom
Make beds
Activity no 3: (My Household Chores)
Now fill the table and tell about your chores.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Activity no 4: (Role Play)
On a day off
Woman: What do you usually do on your day off, Steve?
Man: Oh, I always get up very early, around 5 o’clock. And I run for an
hour.
Woman: Wow! That sounds interesting. What do you do next?
Man: Then I usually go to the gym and lift weights for about an hour
and swim for half an hour.
3. Woman: My goodness! You really are a fitness freak/gym rat.
Man: I guess so. After all that exercise, I come home and have a big
breakfast. What about you, Susan?
Woman: Well, on my day off, I just watch TV all day.
Man: Now you are a real couch potato/lazybones.
Activity no 3: (Follow Up task):
Now take turns telling what you do on your day off. Don’t forget to use some of the words
and phrases given in the boxes below.
Activity no 4:
Describe a person who is,
Manic moody perfectionist work – shy spendthrift
bossy workaholic shopaholic inventive
Prepared by Ms Ishrat Khan
The Pinnacle School