Unit 9 Vocabulary: Free-Time Activities & Chores

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Lesson idea

Things we do for fun and chores we have to do around the house; making suggestions and giving excuses.

Key points

• Free-time activities = things you do for fun. Chores = things you have to do around the house (obligations).
• Suggestions: What should we do? / Let's… / Why don't we…? Obligation: I have to…
• come on = used to encourage someone; let down = disappoint someone.

Vocabulary

Lesson questions (12)

1. Things you have to do around the house are ____.
   Answer: chores
2. Washing clothes is ____.
   Answer: doing the laundry
3. Cutting the grass in the garden is ____.
   Answer: mowing the lawn
4. Taking care of a small child while the parents are out is ____.
   Answer: babysitting
5. Which is a free-time activity, not a chore?
   Answer: go bowling
6. Which is a chore?
   Answer: iron the clothes
7. "What should we do this evening?" – "____ hang out at the mall?"
   Answer: Why don't we
8. Why can't Josh go for a ride with Mike?
   Answer: He has to clean his room.
9. What does Badr suggest?
   Answer: hanging out at the mall
10. "____, Josh! Let's go for a ride. It's a beautiful day!"
    Answer: Come on
11. I study hard because I don't want to ____ my parents. They believe in me.
    Answer: let down
12. Why can't Yahya go cycling to the beach with Fahd?
    Answer: He has to take care of his little brother.

More lessons in Unit 9: Let's Go Out

• Grammar: Suggestions, Go + -ing, Have to/Had to & Must/Mustn't
• Reading & Writing: Someone Has to Do It!
• Unit 9 Test