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Original Module Margareth Hirata

Should children and teenagers do household chores?

Watch the video below and answer the questions that follow.

1. What kind of video is it?

2. Which of these household chores DIDN´T the boy do?

3. Which of the following alternatives best completes the sentence below:

In order to help his mum, Noah did a lot of things in the house, like ________ the dog, ________ his bed and ________ out the trash.

4. Do you remember the name of the boy's play?

5. Look at this dialog from the end of the video:

Mum: “Where have you been?”

Noah: “I’ve been saving you time so you can come to my play.”

The Present Perfect Continuous is used to:

express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past
talk about actions which have just stopped (though the whole action can be unfinished) and have a result in the present
indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted
express the idea that something is repeated or usual, like a habit, a hobby, a daily event, or something that often happens

Household chores