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Housework.
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There is always housework to do when you live in a house.
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You have to wash the windows so that you can see outside.
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The floors and the carpets need to be vacuumed.
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The floors also need to be washed and some of them need to be waxed.
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The furniture has to be polished.
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The bathroom has to be kept clean.
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After you have a bath, you need to clean out the bathtub.
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Laundry needs to be done regularly or you will run out of clothes to wear.
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The clothes go into the washing machine and then they have to be dried in the dryer.
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Sometimes we hang the clothes out on the line to be dried.
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Some of the clothes need to be ironed.
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You have to buy groceries and put them away.
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Meals need to be made.
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You can't let the dishes pile up in the kitchen.
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The dishes have to be washed and the counters need to be wiped.
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The stove needs to be cleaned and sometimes the refrigerator and the cupboards need to be cleaned out.
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You can dust the furniture and sweep up the dirt.
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You can make the beds.
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The beds have to be changed too.
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They need to have clean sheets put on them.
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There are just so many things to do.
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Household chores take up a lot of time.
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Working outside.
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Today I was working outside.
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It was a sunny day and I was very hot.
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I wore a hat on my head.
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I watered all the plants.
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I weeded the flower beds.
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I cut back all of the plants that were growing too big.
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I gave some of the plants plant food.
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I cut the lawn.
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I raked the lawn.
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I filled up the bird baths with water.
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I swept the sidewalks and the pass.
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I took out the garbage.
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I filled the car up with gas.
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I washed the car.
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I hung out the clothes on the clothesline.
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I washed down the lawn furniture.
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I washed all of the windows on the house from the outside.
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I was so tired, so I had a glass of lemonade.
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I talked to my neighbor and I helped her trim a tree.
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I planted some bulbs and then I went into the house.
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I was exhausted.
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Daily Schedule I wake up every morning at 7 o'clock.
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I take a shower.
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I eat my breakfast.
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I usually have toast or cereal.
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I brush my teeth.
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I put on my clothes.
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I catch the school bus.
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I ride to school.
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In my class, we have math and English before recess.
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At recess time, the girls skip or walk around and talk.
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The boys play in the playground or play baseball.
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After recess, we have physical education and geography.
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We eat lunch, and then we play outside.
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When When the bell rings, we line up to go back into the classroom.
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After lunch, we have history and science.
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At recess, we play ball again.
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Some of the girls play ball too.
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In the winter, we build snowmen.
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If it is too cold, we stay indoors and talk to each other.
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After recess, we have music and health.
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We get out of school at 3.30.
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I sometimes walk home with my friends, or I take the bus.
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I have a snack and change my clothes when I get home.
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If it is raining, I watch television.
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If it is nice outside, I play with my friends.
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I have supper at 5.30.
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On some nights, I help my mother to do the dishes.
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After supper, I do my homework.
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I wash my face and hands and brush my teeth.
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I change into my pajamas.
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I go to bed at 9 o'clock.
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Meals.
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Breakfast is very rushed at our house.
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My brothers and sisters and I have toast or cereal.
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We also have orange juice.
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On weekends, my mother makes bacon and eggs for us.
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My father just has a cup of coffee for breakfast.
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My mother packs a lunch for all of us.
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We usually have a sandwich, a piece of fruit, and a drink of juice or milk.
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My favorite sandwiches are egg salad, tuna, roast beef, and ham.
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My brother always wants peanut butter and jam sandwiches.
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My mother sometimes packs a treat for us.
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Today we had cookies with our lunch.
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At supper time, the family sits around the table and talks about what they did all day.
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My mother makes good suppers.
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We sometimes have spaghetti.
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My mother makes a roast of beef with potatoes and vegetables quite often.
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She makes many different dishes out of chicken.
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She makes soups or stews.
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She also makes casseroles.
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My brothers and sisters and I have milk with our dinner.
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My parents sometimes have wine with their dinner.
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Sometimes we have salad before our dinner.
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I set the table for my mother.
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I put out the forks, the knives, and spoons.
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I also put out glasses and fill them full of milk or water.
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For dessert, we sometimes have ice cream, cake, or pie.
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My mother says that it is better to have fruit because it is better for you.
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Tonight, I ate a peach for dessert.
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My favorite fruits are apples, peaches, plums, and bananas.
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After supper, my mother always has a cup of tea with sugar and cream in it.
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After dinner, I help my mother with the dishes.
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Usually, she washes the dishes and I will dry them.
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Seasons.
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There are four seasons.
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Winter is the cold season.
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It snows in the winter.
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The winds blow and ice forms on the water.
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We play hockey on the ice.
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We play in the snow.
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After winter is the spring.
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That is when it begins to get warmer.
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Trees get buds on them.
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Flowers start to bloom.
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It rains a lot in the spring.
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Spring is followed by the summer.
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It can get very hot in the summertime.
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The sun shines brightly.
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We go swimming in the summer.
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We spend a lot of time outdoors.
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Many people go on vacations in the summer.
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We get a summer vacation from school.
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Summer is followed by the fall or autumn.
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The leaves on the trees change colors.
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They change from green to red, orange and brown.
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The leaves fall off the trees.
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The weather gets cooler.
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The days get shorter.
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We go back to school in the fall.
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Then winter comes again.
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The seasons follow one after each other.
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Weather You can watch the weatherman on TV to find out what the weather will be like.
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It might be a nice clear day with no clouds in the sky.
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The sun might be shining.
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It could be a cloudy day.
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Sometimes cloudy days are just dull.
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On some cloudy days, it begins to rain or snow.
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Some days are rainy.
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You need a raincoat, umbrella, and boots on a rainy day.
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Rain makes the flowers and grass grow.
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The weather forecast might say that it will be windy.
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You could have a gentle breeze.
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It might be very gusty so that the wind pushes you.
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It is dangerous if the wind is very strong.
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A hurricane or tornado is very dangerous.
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Once in a while, the weatherman says there will be hail.
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Hailstones are hard, cold pallets of ice that fall from the sky.
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Sometimes the weatherman will say that there will be snow flurries.
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Sometimes there is just a light dusting of snow.
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Sometimes there is a blizzard or a snowstorm.
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It can be dangerous driving through a blizzard.
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If there is a lot of snow, the streets have to be plowed.
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You need a hat, coat, mittens, and boots on a very cold day.
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Sometimes the weather forecast is wrong.
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The weatherman might say that it will be a sunny day, but then the clouds come in and it rains.
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That is not good if you are planning a picnic.
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I prefer sunny days that are warm but not too hot.
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I like to feel a gentle breeze to cool me down.
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House.
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A house is divided into different rooms.
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In my house, there is a living room.
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There is a couch, two chairs, a coffee table, and a television set in the living room.
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In the kitchen, there is a stove and a refrigerator.
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There is also a sink and a dishwasher in the kitchen.
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There is a kitchen table and chairs.
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We eat most of our meals at the kitchen table.
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We have a dining room.
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There is a dining table and chairs in there.
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There is a washroom or bathroom.
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There is a toilet, sink, and bathtub in the bathroom.
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There is also a shower in the bathroom.
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We We have three bedrooms.
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The bedrooms are upstairs.
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My brother's room, my room, and my parents' room all have beds in them.
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We also have dressers in our rooms.
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There are closets in all of the bedrooms.
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We keep our clothes in the closets.
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There is a basement in our house.
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We store things in the basement.
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There is a laundry room in the basement.
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There is a washing machine and a dryer in the laundry room.
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This is where we wash and dry our clothes.
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There is a garage attached to the house.
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We keep the car in the garage.
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You drive up the driveway and into the garage.
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We also have a front yard and a back yard.
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There is a vegetable garden in the back yard.
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There are some flowers and a tree planted in the front yard.
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School There are different types of schools.
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There is an elementary school.
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The children at the elementary school are young.
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There is a playground for them to play in.
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The classrooms are bright and airy.
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There are blackboards in the classrooms.
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The children sit in desks to do their work.
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There is a parking lot for the teachers to park in.
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There is a cafeteria for the students to get food.
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The principal has an office.
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Nobody wants to go to the principal's office.
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It usually means that you are in trouble if you have to go to the principal's office.
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When you finish elementary school, you go to high school.
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Most of the students in high school are teenagers.
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There is a parking lot outside the high school.
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There is also a football field outside.
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The students go to classes in different classrooms.
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They move from classroom to classroom for each subject.
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There is a cafeteria where they can get their lunches or eat the lunches that they have brought from home.
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There is a gymnasium where students have physical education.
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Dances are also held in the gymnasium.
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Some students go on to university from high school.
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Students at the university are older.
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Some of the students are even senior citizens.
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People come from all over the world to attend the university.
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There are lots of different things at the university.
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There is a theater where plays and concerts are held.
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There is a bookstore where students can buy their textbooks.
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There is a physical education building that has a swimming pool in it.
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The parking lot at the university is very big.
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They call the land that the university is on a campus.
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Some of the students live on campus in residence.
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Subjects.
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There are many subjects that you can take at school.
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My favorite subject is music.
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I like to sing and to play the clarinet.
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I also like art.
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I am quite good at drawing and painting.
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History is a good subject.
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I like learning about the past.
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Geography is very interesting.
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We look at many maps in geography.
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We learn where there are deserts and mountains.
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I know the names of all the continents and all the oceans.
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Mathematics is my least favorite subject.
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I'm not very good with numbers.
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I am good at addition and subtraction, but I'm not good at division and multiplication.
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In my school, we learn to speak French.
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We learn French because Canada has French and English-speaking citizens.
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English literature is a good subject.
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I enjoy reading books.
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I also like to write compositions and poetry.
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Science is my brother's favorite subject.
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He is interested in plants and he likes to do experiments.
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We also take drama at my school.
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I like to act.
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I got the lead role in the school play.
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International students We have many international students at my school.
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Some of the students come from England.
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They speak English, but they have an accent that is different from a Canadian accent.
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Many students are from Japan.
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They are learning our language and our customs.
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We have students from Germany, Italy, China, Korea, and Iran.
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We try to make those students feel welcome here.
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The students like to see what is here.
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They go sightseeing.
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They visit all the places that the tourists like to go to.
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Niagara Falls and Toronto are interesting places to visit.
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The students practice their English by talking to Canadians.
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When they first get here, we show them around.
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They do many exercises to learn the language.
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They listen to English songs.
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They read story books that are written in English.
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They listen to English language tapes.
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The best way to learn the language is to talk to other people.
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It is good to ask questions in English.
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try to be helpful to international students.
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Some of the international students live with host families.
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The host families have the students living in their homes.
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It is a good way for the host families and the students to make friends.
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Many of the international students stay in contact with their friends
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and host families even after they have gone back to their homelands.
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The international students learn a lot from their host families
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because they eat Canadian foods and they learn what it is like to live in a Canadian household.
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Interests and hobbies.
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It is very rewarding to have different interests and hobbies.
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Some people like to play computer games.
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Other people spend a lot of time watching television.
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There are people who would rather watch movies.
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Some people prefer more physical things.
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They would rather play a sport, like baseball, hockey, or basketball.
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Some people do exercises at a gym, or they just go for walks.
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There are many ways to exercise.
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They can ride a bicycle or lift weights.
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There are people who like to collect things.
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They can collect all kinds of different things.
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You can collect stamps, coins, dolls, postcards, movies, rocks, or posters.
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Some people even collect bugs or leaves.
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Some people are lucky enough to be able to travel.
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You can travel to a nearby place, or you can travel far away to a different country.
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There are people who like to listen to music.
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People have different tastes in music.
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Some people like rock music, rap, classical music, or folk music.
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There are many different types of music.
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Some people would rather play music than listen to it.
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You can play an instrument or you can sing.
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Many people learn to play the guitar or the piano.
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Some people join bands or orchestras.
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There are people who like to read books.
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There are a lot of different hobbies.
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It depends on what you consider to be fun.
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You can have more than one hobby or interest.
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It is good to be interested in a lot of different things.
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Context & Background
This listening practice session focuses on the everyday tasks that people encounter in their homes and gardens. The speaker discusses various household chores, such as cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, and outdoor work. This dialogue provides a practical context that is beneficial for English learners, particularly those interested in improving their vocabulary related to daily life activities. By listening to this everyday scenario, students can not only familiarize themselves with common phrases but also learn how to use these expressions in conversations. To enhance your english speaking practice, it helps to understand the nuances in these everyday contexts.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "I need to clean out the bathtub." - A common household task that emphasizes cleanliness.
- "You have to wash the windows." - Essential for keeping your living space bright and welcoming.
- "I watered all the plants." - A typical sentence that illustrates outdoor responsibilities.
- "I was very tired." - Expressing fatigue after a long day of chores is relatable for many.
- "I take a shower every morning." - A simple way to talk about daily routines.
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