| There is always housework to do when you live in a house. |
| You have to wash the windows so that you can see outside. |
| The floors and the carpets need to be vacuumed. |
| The floors also need to be washed, and some of them need to be waxed. |
| The furniture has to be polished. |
| The bathroom has to be kept clean. |
| After you have a bath, you need to clean out the bathtub. |
| Laundry needs to be done regularly, or you will run out of clothes to wear. |
| The clothes go into the washing machine, and then they have to be dried in the dryer. |
| Sometimes, we hang the clothes out on the line to be dried. |
| Some of the clothes need to be ironed. |
| You have to buy groceries and put them away. |
| Meals need to be made. |
| You can’t let the dishes pile up in the kitchen. |
| The dishes have to be washed, and the counters need to be wiped. |
| The stove needs to be cleaned, and sometimes the refrigerator and the cupboards need to be cleaned out. |
| You can dust the furniture and sweep up the dirt. |
| You can make the beds. The beds have to be changed too. |
| They need to have clean sheets put on them. |
| There are just so many things to do. |
| Household chores take up a lot of time. |
Exercise for this lesson:
- What are some tasks involved in housework mentioned in the paragraph?
- Why is it important to wash the windows?
- What appliances are mentioned in relation to doing laundry?
- How are some clothes dried after washing?
- What is mentioned about ironing in the paragraph?
- What tasks are involved in keeping the bathroom clean?
- Why is it necessary to do laundry regularly?
- What does the paragraph say about meals in relation to housework?
- What are some tasks involved in kitchen cleanup?
- According to the paragraph, why do household chores take up a lot of time?
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