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so phil you said at the weekend

you did a lot of housework what did you do well i mean we share out the housework

but um i was had to make sure

i was cleaning the kitchen um i also did we say do the hoovering

or do the vacuuming um around all the carpets to make sure that's nice

and clean under all the furniture

so georgie do you do a lot of housework well i live in a shared flat

so i have two housemates who are not super clean

so I have a bit of a routine with them every weekend one person will clean the communal areas

so those are the areas that are shared so the kitchen

and the living room one person will clean those properly

so wipe the surfaces wipe away the crumbs

so the crumbs are little bits of food then hoover

or sweep the floor so that removes the crumbs from the floor

so that the floor is ready to be mopped so

when you mop that's when you make the floor wet

and properly clean that's a really impressive system um i like the way you've got it

so organized we always find we run out of time to get a lot of housework done

or we're doing stuff at the weekend or we're working during the week

and so some of those jobs they get put off

and put off and put off which isn't good

but um it happens sometimes well there's also just

so many other things we would rather be doing

so yeah it's easy to to put off to delay georgie we're talking about household chores is there one

that you really hate doing yes phil there is one job

that comes to mind immediately

which is cleaning the bathroom specifically cleaning the toilet oh yes

not very nice yeah no not at all do you have one

that you hate the most um

i think what i really dislike is trying to clean things

the bits on the cooker where everything gets stuck on

and you have to really rub it

and scrub it really hard um i hate those jobs

so do you you said

that you share you share the the chores do you get your kids to do chores

now that's a really good question we ask the kids to do chores

and sometimes they do something okay

but not a lot i'd really like them to be able to keep their rooms tidy

that's never gonna happen it feels um i'd really like it

if they could you know help out cleaning the living room putting things away

but yeah we haven't taught them very well oh maybe one day maybe it's

when you become an adult i think that you really appreciate a clean space so hopefully

that will come I was terrible as a teenager I I didn't do much as a teenager at all

so this is just coming back to me now yeah well me too

so we've talked about chores that we hate doing um

but are there any jobs that you enjoy doing um well you know what laundry

or washing that's washing your clothes that can sometimes be really satisfying

when you get a lot of it done um

and actually i've just got a new washing machine

and it's much bigger than the one i had before

so i can do so much in one load phil

that is so exciting even better

because it's summer at the moment i can get it dry

so quick it's amazing i love

that putting a putting a load of washing in the in the washing machine

and then having it dry by the end of the day

that is so good it's it's the best thing teenage georgie would be

so disappointed that i'm excited by laundry

but here we go okay phil let's recap the vocabulary we used in this conversation starting with housework

so this is the general term for jobs that we have to do in the house.

And then we had chores, which are the specific jobs that you have to do.

For example, laundry.

Yes.

So laundry is washing your clothes.

We say do the laundry or just do the washing.

Yes.

And we had some other chores, for example, hoovering and sweeping the floor, which is what you do when there are crumbs on the floor.

After you've swept the crumbs, you can mop the floor which is when you make the floor wet

and clean it like that yes we also talked about jobs

that you hate and sometimes

when you really hate a job you end up putting it off

that means to delay it if you put something off you delay something sometimes

because you just don't want to do it so phil

that is the end of this episode of real easy english

but we'll be back next week won't we yes we'll be back with another episode also don't forget about

that worksheet that's on our website bbclearningenglish .com goodbye for now bye

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “7 Kasım 2026”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: floor, clean, chores, washing, hate. This video has 76 sentences and 861 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:05. The speaker talks at a natural 169 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
wash verb	/wɑʃ/	To clean with water.
laundry noun	/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/	A laundering; a washing.
delay noun	/dɪˈleɪ̯/	A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
sweep verb	/swiːp/	To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
hoover verb	/ˈhuvɚ/	To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand.
teenager noun	/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/	A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
cloth noun	/klɒθ/	A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
wipe verb	/waɪp/	To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
household adjective	/ˈhaʊshoʊld/	Belonging to the same house and family.
impressive adjective	/ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/	Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
disappointed adjective	/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/	Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
routine noun	/ɹuˈtin/	A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
toilet verb	/ˈtɔɪ.lət/	To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
goodbye	/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/	Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
furniture noun	/ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/	Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
put off verb	To postpone, especially through procrastination.
end up verb	To bring to a conclusion.
help out verb	To provide assistance.
share out verb	To share; especially, to share evenly.
wipe away verb	To remove or erase with a wiping motion.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't taught · we've talked · you've swept
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was had · are shared · be mopped
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	chores, which are · floor, which is · floor which is
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	hate doing · enjoy doing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, don't, I'd. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

Long words — get the stress right: disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wash, laundry, delay.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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