Ағылшын тілі: лексика, грамматика, СӨйлеу, Қарым-қатынас

Domestic chores are numerous. You must air the rooms, wash or sweep the floor, clear the table after meals. What else can you do about the house? You can polish the floor or the furniture; clean the carpets with the vacuum-cleaner.

Most of the cooking in your family is probably done by your mother or grandmother, but you can help them by laying the table and clearing it after meals, and washing the dishes up.

On washing-day you can also help your mother. If your washing is sent to the laundry, you can take it there and fetch it when it’s ready.

If you have pets at home, you must take care of them.

Here are teenagers’ opinions on their attitude to domestic chores.

“I get some week pocket money, but most of my friends get much more. When I ask my Mum and Dad for more, they say I can have more if I help in the house, but I don’t see why I should. I think it’s not mine. What do you think?”

“On Fridays I usually clean my room which is in terrible mess by the end of a week. It is awfully boring, but it’s my duty.”

“If you have a dog, it’s usually great fun, but you have to take him for a walk twice a day. Besides you have to wash him sometimes. I have pets that are exotic, but easy to keep. They are insects. I feed my insects on leaves which I get in my garden. They are always clean, and I don’t have to take them for a walk!”.

(И.И. Кошманова, Н.А. Сидорова “Topics for discussion” ағылшын тілінен ауызша тақырыптар, 2000, 153 бет.)