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Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks:
There is always housework to do when you live in a .
You have to wash the windows so that you can see .
The floors and the carpets need to be .
The floors also need to be washed, and some of them need to be .
The furniture has to be . The bathroom has to be kept .
After you have a bath, you need to clean out the .
Laundry needs to be done , 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 .
Sometimes, we hang the clothes out on the line to be .
Some of the clothes need to be .
You have to buy groceries and put them .
Meals need to be . You can’t let the dishes pile up in the .
The dishes have to be washed, and the counters need to be .
The stove needs to be cleaned, and sometimes the refrigerator and the cupboards need to be cleaned .
You can dust the furniture and sweep up the .
You can make the . The beds have to be changed .
They need to have clean sheets put on .
There are just so many things to .
Household chores take up a lot of .
Answer Key:
- 1. house
- 2. outside
- 3. vacuumed
- 4. waxed
- 5. polished
- 6. clean
- 7. bathtub
- 8. regularly
- 9. dryer
- 10. dried
- 11. ironed
- 12. away
- 13. made
- 14. kitchen
- 15. wiped
- 16. out
- 17. dirt
- 18. beds
- 19. too
- 20. them
- 21. do
- 22. time
Transcript:
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.
