housework

Everyday

Housework is the work done to keep a home clean and tidy, such as cleaning, washing clothes, dusting, vacuuming and washing dishes. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and family lessons, everyone in a household can share the housework; children help with jobs like making beds, setting the table and tidying their rooms. In maths problems, housework may be shared out or timed. In safety: cleaning products used in housework can be dangerous, so children use them only with an adult. Phrases: do the housework, help with the housework, share the housework.

Examples

• I help with the housework every Saturday. tree →
• Vacuuming and dusting are part of the housework. tree →
• In our family we share the housework fairly. tree →
• Mum and Dad made a chart of who does which housework. tree →
• After the party there was a lot of housework to do. tree →
• Grandma says housework is easier with music on. tree →
• Therefore they were obliged to do all their own housework. tree →

Note

Uncountable: «a lot of housework», not «houseworks». We «do» housework, not «make» it. «Housework» is jobs at home; «homework» is school work you do at home — a common mix-up.