Discussion Questions
Chores
Student A
- How often did/does your mother ask you to help with the chores around the house?
- Do you sometimes offer to do some chores before someone asks you to do them?
- Can you name some chores that need to be done every day?
- Should children receive pocket money for doing chores? If yes, how much should they get paid?
- Which chores should be done by adults and which can be done by children?
- What is the first thing that you do when you get home?
- Do you have a chair in your room where you like to hang your clothes? Is your room tidy at all times?
- Are there any chores that you do outside the house?
- Who washes the car in your family? When does this happen?
- Are you the dishwasher in the house, or do you have a dishwashing machine?
Student B
- Are the chores divided fairly in your house, or does your mother have to do most of them?
- Which chores are your responsibility?
- Which chores are the worst to do?
- If you have children, will you insist that they do some chores?
Why/why not?
- Who is responsible for taking out the trash in your household?
- If you are a man, do you hang the washing for your wife?
- Who is the tidiest person in your family?
- Do you have a domestic helper who helps you in the house? If yes, how often does she come?
- When do you think we will have robots in the house that can take over all the chores?
- Do you have clothes that need ironing or do you hang the washing carefully so that you don’t need to do any ironing?
