Household Chores & Personalities - Audio

Mei-ling

Emma

James

Marcus

Woody

QUESTIONS
1. How does Emma feel about her messy bedroom?
- She lost her book in her bedroom.
- She likes her messy bedroom.
- She doesn't like to clean it.
2. Who is ironing a shirt?
- Marcus
- Emma
- James
3. What is Woody doing?
- He is sleeping.
- He is eating.
- He is playing.
4. Who is vacuuming?
- Marcus
- Mei-ling
- James
5. How does James feel about his work in the kitchen?
- It's easy.
- It's not easy.
- He likes it.
6. Who is neat?
- Emma
- Mei-ling
- James
7. Who is looking for an important book?
- Emma
- James
- Marcus

What Are They Doing?
A	B	C
D	E	F

		She's ironing the clothes. Now they look nice.
		She's vacuuming the carpet. It's noisy.
		They're cooking dinner. They're hungry.
		They're doing the laundry. They like clean clothes.
		They're washing the dishes. They just ate dinner.
		He's cleaning the oven. It's dirty.

Directions: Now you are Marcus and you are talking to Mei-ling. Use the present progressive form of the verb in parentheses to form your response.

1. Hi, Mei-ling. How (you / do) ______________?

2. (What / you / do) ______________ there?

3. (you / walk) ______________ alone?

4. Sorry. (I / do) ______________ my laundry.

5. (She / work) ______________.

6. No, (she / not / work) ______________ there. She's working here at home.

7. Yes, but (he / sleep) ______________ now.

Directions: Read the article below.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)

JFK John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. He was President from 1961 to 1963. Kennedy was born near Boston, Massachusetts. He had an excellent education. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940. Kennedy was hardworking and brave. He was in the war from 1941 to 1945 and became a war hero. After the war, Kennedy became a politician. He was a very popular president. Peace Corps Teacher in Kenya He was very intelligent and he was a good speaker. He told interesting and funny stories. Kennedy did many good things. For example, he started the Peace Corps. Americans in the Peace Corps go to other countries to help people. The United States still has the Peace Corps today. Kennedy died in 1963. Someone killed him with a gun. Americans were very sad.

Directions: Watch and listen to the conversation between Mei-ling and Marcus.
NARRATOR: Mei-ling and Marcus are at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.
MARCUS: Mei-ling, you're usually so cheerful. What's wrong?
MEI-LING: I have a problem. I'm a little confused. I need to talk about our roommates.
MARCUS: I'm listening.
MEI-LING: I really like everyone in our house. James is smart and kind. And he's very easygoing. Emma's very energetic and friendly.
MARCUS: Yeah, and she has a good sense of humor.
MEI-LING: But Emma's very messy, and I'm really neat. She smokes cigarettes in the house. And she has Woody.
MARCUS: Yeah, there's dog hair on all the furniture!
MEI-LING: And Emma's very talkative. Sometimes I want to be quiet. But she always wants to talk.
MARCUS: Yeah, I understand. I'm a little quiet also. How do you feel about James?
MEI-LING: I like him. He's a little shy. He isn't loud like Emma. But he's a little lazy. He never helps clean the house.
MARCUS: That's true. Maybe we should talk to them.
MEI-LING: That's a good idea. They're very nice people. And I like living there. Thanks, Marcus. You're a good listener, and a good friend.
MARCUS: I'm glad I helped you.

Please help me! I met three nice men here in Boston. I want to ask one out on a date. I'm sending pictures of them with this letter.

funny

hardworking

humor

intelligent

John is a lawyer. He's very . He's always at his office! Sometimes he even works on Sunday. He's also really . He reads a lot of books, and he was an excellent student at Harvard. And he has a good sense of . We always laugh when we're together. He tells many stories. He's wonderful! There's only one problem. He is 30 years old. I'm 22.

cheerful

energetic

listener

neat

Chris is a student at Boston College. He's very , like me. He's riding his bicycle right now. He exercises every day. He's also very . He always has a smile on his face. And he's a good . Last week, we talked for a long time. I told him about my job. I am working too much. There's one problem, though. You know I'm very messy. Well, he's not. Chris is very . His room is always clean.

confused

easygoing

lazy

quiet

smart

Peter is a musician. He plays the piano. His music is very beautiful. And he's very . He never gets angry. He's really nice, but he's a little . He doesn't like to work very much. He's really . He does well in school, but he doesn't like it. Also, he's really . Sometimes he doesn't say anything for an hour!

I'm . I don't know what to do! Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.

Noun	Verb	Expression	Adjective
carpet country education gun hero library politician president problem war	be a good listener be a good speaker be born clean cook do laundry graduate have a good sense of humor iron kill start vacuum wash	How does (John) feel about (New York)? What's wrong? yeah	brave cheerful confused easy easygoing energetic excellent funny hardworking intelligent kind lazy loud neat quiet shy smart talkative