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English Vocabulary for Household Chores

Learn Household Chores in English

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This is a lesson to help you learn common words relating to household chores and cleaning in English. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including five different games and three different types of flashcard. At the end, there are three example sentences for each word.

Vocabulary Games for

The games and flashcards are currently set to test the following [wait...] words:

Table of Contents

  • Match-the-Pairs Game
  • Memory Game
  • Basic Flash Cards
  • Spell-the-Word Game
  • Multi-Choice Test
  • Learn with Hangman!
  • "Sentence" Flash Cards
  • "Missing Word" Flash Cards
  • Example Sentences
learn English words household chores

Match-the-Pairs Game

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  • Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
  • There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
  • Click on your first square to start. Good luck!
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Memory Game

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  • Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
  • Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
  • This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
  • Click on your first card to start. Good luck!
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Basic Flash Cards

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "household chores" category. Choose your first letter to start.
  • Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
  • If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
  • If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
  • If the gallows are completed, you lose.
  • Good luck!
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Create Your Own Version of This Game

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"Sentence" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the word in a sentence.

"Missing Word" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.

Example Sentences

Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "household chores" category:
  • cleaning, washing dishes, laundry, vacuuming, dusting, mopping, cooking, gardening, taking out the trash, ironing
    cleaning vocabulary list

    cleaning

  • Cleaning is the process of making things tidy.
  • She spent the afternoon cleaning the house.
  • He enjoys cleaning on weekends.
    washing dishes vocabulary list

    washing dishes

  • Washing dishes involves cleaning plates, cups, and utensils.
  • She is washing dishes after dinner.
  • He helped with washing dishes.
    laundry vocabulary list

    laundry

  • Laundry is the task of washing clothes.
  • He did the laundry on Saturday.
  • She folded the laundry.
    vacuuming vocabulary list

    vacuuming

  • Vacuuming is using a vacuum cleaner to clean floors.
  • She spent the morning vacuuming.
  • He is vacuuming the living room.
    dusting vocabulary list

    dusting

  • Dusting is removing dust from surfaces.
  • He is dusting the shelves.
  • She does dusting every week.
    mopping vocabulary list

    mopping

  • Mopping is cleaning floors with a wet mop.
  • She is mopping the kitchen floor.
  • He enjoys mopping on weekends.
    cooking vocabulary list

    cooking

  • Cooking is preparing food to eat.
  • He loves cooking for his family.
  • She is cooking dinner tonight.
    gardening vocabulary list

    gardening

  • Gardening involves taking care of plants and flowers.
  • She enjoys gardening in her free time.
  • He spent the morning gardening.
    taking out the trash vocabulary list

    taking out the trash

  • Taking out the trash is removing garbage from the house.
  • He is taking out the trash.
  • She reminded him about taking out the trash.
    ironing vocabulary list

    ironing

  • Ironing is removing wrinkles from clothes with an iron.
  • She spent the evening ironing shirts.
  • He dislikes ironing.
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This page was written by Craig Shrives.

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