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Lesson 5 - Family
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This page: Listen to a dialogue between two mothers talking about the household chores their children do and what they themselves did when they were children.

chores

"Family Rules"
Listening Exercise

Key Words

Below you will find a list of key vocabulary you need to know to understand the lesson. Click on each word to hear it and practice its pronunciation.

milk the cows
to take milk from cows
allowance
money given regularly, usually to children, for doing chores

 

Listening Comprehension

Instructions
Read the following list, listen to the dialogue, and select whether these are things that children have to do now or that mothers had to do when they were young.

► Listen to the dialogue

1. Clean their rooms once a week.

    Children have to do it.
    Mother had to do it.

2. Vacuum the living room.

    Children have to do it.
    Mother had to do it.

3. Wash the dishes once a week.

    Children have to do it.
    Mother had to do it.

4. Help cook dinner.

    Children have to do it.
    Mother had to do it.

5. Milk the cows.

    Children have to do it.
    Mother had to do it.

 

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