Chapter 12: Chores
Listening 1
Part 1
Listen and match the image with the audio.
Part 2
Listen again. How does each person feel about their chores?
Pronunciation
ing
ink
Not a Hard /g/ Sound
Strong /k/ at the End
Washing
In the sink
Cooking
Click the link
Cleaning
Have a drink
Mowing
What do you think?
Folding
I’m wearing pink.
Relaxing
The printer needs ink.
Recycling
Try not to blink.
Vocabulary
Offer to Help Someone:
Can I help you?
Let me help you.
Do you need a hand?
Do you need any help?
Ask for Help From Someone:
Can you give me a hand?
Can you help me?
I need some help.
Note:
You don’t need to use all of these expressions. Choose one and practice it until you feel comfortable.
Listening 2
Part 1
Listen to the conversations. Does someone offer to help or ask for help?
Part 2
Listen again and fill in the expressions.
Ear Training
Clear Speech
Fast Speech
Have to
I have to mow the
lawn.
Hafta
I hafta mow the
lawn.
Can you
Can you help me?
Kunya
Kunya help me?
Do you
Do you need a hand?
D’ya
D’ya need a hand?
Let me
Let me help you.
Lemme
Lemme help you.
Speaking
Practice with a partner. Read the dialogues from Listening 2. Then create your own dialogue.
Media Attributions
- Close-up of Cleaning the Shelves with Pictures by cottonbro studio is licensed under the Pexels license. / Adaptations: cropped, resized.
- A Person Holding a Pile of Folded Clothes by RDNE Stock project is licensed under the Pexels license. / Adaptations: cropped, resized.
- Man Mowing Lawn by Magic K is licensed under the Pexels license. / Adaptations: cropped, resized.
- text by Sigmund is licensed under the Unsplash license. / Adaptations: cropped, resized.
- Father and son cleaning bath together by Gustavo Fring is licensed under the Pexels license. / Adaptations: cropped, resized.
- Black Vacuum Cleaner on Area Rug by cottonbro studio is licensed under the Pexels license. / Adaptations: cropped, resized.
- A Person Cleaning a Yellow Bowl Using a Sponge by RDNE Stock project is licensed under the Pexels license. / Adaptations: cropped, resized.
- Thumbs Up by Balex is licensed under the CC0 1.0. / Adaptations: image resized, caption added.
- Shrug by algotruneman is licensed under the CC0 1.0. / Adaptations: image cropped, resized, caption added.
- Thumbs Up by Balex is licensed under the CC0 1.0. / Adaptations: image rotated, resized, caption added.
References
Arizona State University. (2024). EdPlus Voiceover Generator [Voiceover audio generator].
Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
- The Arizona State University EdPlus Voiceover Generator was used to create some of the voiceover audio, where indicated. Adaptations include modification of speed and/or timing, and comping of output takes.
