Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 1
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. take B. family C. grateful D. table
2. A. nursing B. curtain C. turn D. picture
3. A. society B. sociable C. groceries D. finance
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
4. A. breadwinner B. homemaker C. washing-up D. homemaking
5. A. routine B. laundry C. household D. finance
II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
6. Do you have to do ________?
A. the mess B. your bed C. the washing-up D. the cook
7. Do you have to ________ the rubbish out?
A. take B. make C. empty D. do
8. My mother ________ the responsibility for running the household.
A. holds B. takes C. runs D. bears
9. We share the house with our grandparents and our uncle’s family. It is a(n)
________ family.
A. nuclear B. extended C. crowded D. multi-
generation
10. Are you free on Sunday evening? I’d like to ________ to the cinema?
A. ask you B. ask out you C. ask you out D. ask you
away
11. My mother is very good at ________ her time between work and family.
A. leaving B. splitting C. sharing D. taking
12. When a couple can ________ chores in a way that both spouses feel satisfied
with the outcome, they are showing mutual respect for one another.
A. cut B. run C. take D. divide
13. The children, all three, have done ________, mopped, dusted, helped on the
house and in the yard.
A. laundry B. clothes C. groceries D. rubbish
14. Our parents ________ hands to provide for the family and make it happy.
A. were joining B. are always joining C. join D.
joins
15. My grandparents ________ with my family at present and my grandmother
________ me how to cook several traditional Vietnamese dishes.
A. stay - instructs B. stay - is instructing
C. are staying - instructs D. are staying -
is instructing
III. Fill in each blank with the correct word / phrase below.
breadwinner heavy lifting iron chores
responsibilities
share strengthen homemaker groceries laundry
16. If your partner has agreed to buy the __________ , you might plan the week’s
meals and make the shopping list.
17. We should pay attention to the conditions that foster and __________ early
childhood development and health across the life course.
18. Past studies have shown that couples who __________ household chores report
feeling happier overall.
19. Couples who share __________ at home are happier overall.
20. It takes a housewife a lot of time to __________ clothes for the household.
21. I have watched my husband and children take over much of my role as a(n)
__________ .
22. The husband replaces the light bulbs while the wife does the __________ .
23. Nowadays in nuclear families, homemaker and __________ roles have evolved
into something that makes it impossible to define exactly.
24. Many couples find that they look at the division of __________ differently.
25. Men and boys do most of the __________ in the family.