Everyday Expressions: Helping at Home
Explore helping at home with eight useful expressions, including put away, tidy up, wash up. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight A2 discussion questions.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Eight expressions with meanings and example sentences
- Eight matching discussion questions
- One printable page
- Open-ended speaking practice
Practise eight expressions for helping and handling possessions at home. Learners distinguish putting things away, picking them up and giving borrowed items back.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use the one-page A2 sheet with adults or teens. No fixed key is needed; fictional households are suitable for all eight prompts.
- Read the examples and demonstrate the differences between tidy up, put away and pick up. Explain wash up as washing dishes in this sheet.
- Discuss chores, pet care and borrowing in pairs. Use the question about helping someone who cannot pick up a dropped bag.
- Make a brief moving-house help plan with look after, take out and help out. Review full phrases and polite requests.
Support and extension
Support with objects or pictures. Extend by replacing nouns with pronouns, as in put them away and give it back; avoid assuming chores belong to any particular family member.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
