Part I House appliances 

Task 1    Learn the words     

                

                

 

             

                                          

Which of the appliances do you use in your home? 

 

Which of them do you consider the most useful? Why?

 

Task 2   In our houses we can find a lot of machines that can make our everyday life easier. Can you name some of them dividing this long word into smaller ones?

Washingmachinedishwashermicrowaveovenvacuumcleanercookeralarmclock toa stertelevisionsetironradiofridgecalculatorcomputercameraremotecontrolunittorch
hairdryeransweringmachinescalessewingmachinestereodisklawnmowerprinterlapt
opconditionerswiitchboardmobilephonesmokealarmthermostatshaverreceiver                                          

 

Task 3   Match the devices with their functions. Then make up sentences, as in the example.

1. camera		a) to wash the dishes
2. microwave oven		b) to take photographs
3. TV set		c)  to  cook, to defrost or reheat  pre-prepared food
4. computer		d)  to  do everyday cleaning  from vacuuming to shampooing carpets
5. vacuum cleaner		e) to wake up people and to tell the  time
6. talking alarm clock		f) to watch the pre-recorded videos
7. calculator		g) to operate a TV set from a distance
8. TV remote control unit		h) to write programmes, play games, find news, information, etc.
9. dishwasher		i) to do calculations

The camera is used to take photographs.

 

Task 4    Match the definitions to the objects. Then make up sentences, as in the

                Example.

 

 

a)   An appliance used to dry hair

b)   A device connected to a heating appliance which is used to regulate the temperature in a room

c)    A device connected to your telephone which records telephone messages

d)   A small electric light that is operated by batteries

e)   A piece of equipment used for taking photographs

f)     Device used for solving mathematical problems

 

A stereo is a machine which plays music.

 

 

Task 5    Label the pictures. Then make up sentences as in the example.

a)     torch                                   e) scales                          i)  electric shaver

b)     calculator                           f)  sewing machine       j)  thermostat

c)      surveillance camera       g)  hairdryer                    k)  ballpoint pen

d)     smoke alarm                     h)  laptop                        l)  electric fan

 

We use a camera to take pictures.

 

Task 6    Answer the questions.

1.      What device do you use to sew things?

2.      What device do you use to dry hair?

3.      What device do you use to wash the linen?

4.      What device do you use to do calculations?

5.      What device do you use to iron clothes?

6.       What device do you use to see things when it is dark which is operated by batteries?

7.      What device do you use to weigh things?

8.       What device do you use for recording visual images in the form of photographs, movie film, or video signals especially of a suspected spy or criminal?

9.      What installation do you use for the manual control of telephone connections in an office, hotel, or other large building?

10.   What device do you use to cool yourself in front of?

11.  What device do you use to write with?

12.   What device do you use to squeeze juice with?

 

Task 7   Guess what device it is.

1. a computer which is portable and can be used almost anywhere.

2. a kind of disk which is used to store data.

3. a machine which is used to wash the dishes

4. a gadget used to operate a TV set from a distance

5. a piece of equipment used for taking photographs

6. a device used to wake up people

7. a fire-protection device that automatically detects and gives a warning of   the presence of smoke

8. a device used to iron clothes

9. a device connected to a heating appliance which is used to regulate the temperature in a room

10. a device used to  cook, to defrost or reheat  pre-prepared food

11. a device used to  do everyday cleaning  from vacuuming to shampooing carpets

12. a device used to write programmes, play games, find news, find and store  information, etc.

 

Task 8   How many objects in the picture can you name?

 Spend one minute memorizing the words. Then close the Hand-out and write as many words, as you can remember.

 Who remembered the most?  

 

 

Task 9  Themes for your projects.   

   1.   What device couldn’t you live without? Why?

   2.   Advertise a device.

         These questions will help you:

• How is it called?
• What can you say about its size, colour, the material it is made of,  etc.?
• What can you use it for?
• Where can you use it?
• What are its advantages?
• How much does it cost?
• Where can you get it?
• What stories or memories are associated with it?

Part II   Household Chores (a routine task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring)

 

Task 10   Learn the expressions.  

Activities about the house:

1.    to help about the house

2.    to change the bulb

3.    to tidy up the living-room /the bedroom…

4.    to dust the furniture

5.    to wipe the dust off the furniture

6.    to polish the furniture

7.    to vacuum the carpet                                

8.    to beat the carpet

9.    to sweep the floor

10.  to wash/mop the floor

11.  to put the things in the right place

12.  to wash up

13.  to air the room

14.  to water the plants

15.  to feed the pet

16.  to go shopping

17.  to fix the iron

18.  to iron the shirt

19.  to walk the dog

20.  to help in the kitchen

21.  to prepare/cook dinner

22.  to mow the lawn

23.  etc

 

 

 

Task 11    Make up dialogues as in the example. 

 

1.      A: May I ask you to help me about the house?

B: Certainly, Mum. I’ll do it right now.

 

2.      A: Is there anything I can do to help you?

B: That would be very kind of you, thanks. Could you sweep the floor?

A:All right.

 

3.      A: What are you doing, Tony?

B: I am trying to fix the iron/ fridge, torch, toaster, hairdryer, scales …

A: Oh, it’s nice of you. I need it/them very much.

 

Task 12     Ask and answer as in the example.

1        wash / dishes                                                  often

2        mop / floor                                                       rarely

3        vacuum / carpets                                             frequently

4        cook /lunch                                                      sometimes

5        tidy / bedroom                                                 never

6        sweep / floor                                                    every

7        iron / clothes

8        dust / furniture

9        mow / lawn

 

A: How often do you wash the dishes?

B: I rarely wash the dishes. What about you?

C: I never wash them. I hate doing it.

 

 

Task 13   Discuss the questions.

1.      Where is it easier to find things – in a clean room or in a dirty one?

2.      Can you easily find the things you need in your room?

3.      Do your parents and friends think you are a tidy person?

4.      What kind of housework do you most hate doing?

5.      What kind of housework do you least mind doing?

6.      Do you share housework with the other members of your family?

         Who usually does what?

7.      Who does most of the housework in your house?

 

 

Task 14   Make up dialogues as in the examples.

                                 

1.      A: Do you want me to sweep the floor?

B: That would be kind of you. Thanks.

 

2.      A: Would you like me to sweep the floor?

B: Yes, please, if it’s not too much trouble.

 

3.      A: Don’t make me sweep the floor. I hate doing it.

B: OK. Don’t bother. I can manage to  do it myself.

 

 

Remember !!!

 

to want somebody/me/him/her/you/us/them to do something

would like somebody/me/him/her/you/us/them to do something

to allow somebody/me/him/her/you/us/them to do something

 

to make somebody/me/him/her/you/us/them do something

to let somebody/me/him/her/you/us/them do something

 

4.   A: What do your parents usually want you to do about the house?

      B: They usually want me to wash up after supper?

 

5.  A:What do your parents usually make you do about the house?

     B:  They usually make me wash up.

 

Task 15

 

Do you think your parents have any right to make you do some work about the house? Why do you think so?

 

 

 

Read the text.

Helping in the house

 (an extract from a radio programme)

Susan: I would like to speak about helping in the house. I‘ve got two sons, a fourteen-year-old boy and an eighteen-year-old boy. I have given up with the eighteen-year-old about his bedroom. I decided that he needs his space and if he wants to live in a rubbish bin, then so be it.

But I work full time and I need a little bit of help around the house. The usual response when I ask them is, either they are doing something else, or “why can’t he do it?” meaning his brother. Or if they do it then it’s not very well done – if it’s washing-up, they have water all over the floor. Any ideas what I could do about it?

 

Ted:  Well, this sounds like more or less the same relationship that I had with my mother until she discussed it with me. I am sixteen and if my mother needs help round the house we have a sort of agreement that I clean up after myself. I do any other jobs, too, and I often repair things around the house. So if you tell your children that they should clean up behind themselves and should do any other jobs, they will agree to this. That sounds to me like a fair agreement. And if you try that it may work.

 

Liz:  Well, I am fifteen and I think your children really aren’t children any more. They are old enough to realize that you are their mother and they really should be doing what you ask them to do because they live under your roof. I think all parents have a standard set of rules and one of the rules is that children should do something around the house. Remember that your sons, especially your elder son, are going to be leaving home soon to go to university, or something. And they are not going to have their mommy there to do the washing-up. They should start learning now that chores should be shared in the family.

 

Agree or disagree with the statements and discuss them.

1.      Parents have no right to make their children do any work about the house.

2.      Children should be responsible for doing some chores around the house since the age of 3-4.

3.      Children should be paid by their parents for doing household chores.

4.      Parents shouldn’t make their children clean their rooms because most teenagers like their rooms being untidy.

5.      There is no sense in children’s doing chores as they do them badly all the same. Parents should do them much better.

6.      At home children learn to behave in their adult life.

 

Do you agree with this set of rules?

• share the chores in the house
• clean up after yourself
• do some job about the house that you can do
• remember that you live under one roof
• remember that your parents also need rest after work
• learn doing routine tasks now to make your life easier in your future

 

What other rules can you add?

 

 

    

Task 16

1.  Look at the pictures and make up a story beginning with: It was the day before the New…    

 

2.      What can this story teach us?