1. Below are reasons why children should or shouldn't do housework. Put them in the correct column. Add some more if you can.
1. Doing housework helps them develop life skills.
2. Doing housework teaches them to take responsibility.
3. Kids should be given plenty of playtime when they are young.
4. They may break or damage things when doing housework.
5. Doing housework helps strengthen family bonds.
6. They need more time to study and do homework.
Answer:
1 should 2 should 3 shouldn't 4 shouldn't 5 should 6 shouldn't
2. Work in pairs. Complete the conversation between Anna, Nam, and Minh using some ideas from 1. Then listen to the conversation and check your answers.
Answer:
1 Doing housework helps them develop life skills.
2 Kids should be given plenty of playtime when they are young.
3. Work in groups. Have similar conversations exchanging opinions about whether children should or shouldn't do housework. You can use the ideas from 1 and the reading text.
Answer:
A: Why do you think children should do housework?
B: Because doing housework helps strengthen family bonds.
A: I agree with you. When doing housework, children will have more time to talk to their parents.
B: Yes, they also can share the work with their parents and they will be closer to each other.
A: What about why children should't do housework?
C: Because they need more time to study and do homework.
B: No I don't think so. Doing housework doesn't waste too much time of them and they need to plan to study and do homework in a certain time of day.