household chores:matching: English ESL worksheets pdf & doc - Free Printable

This is a matching exercise designed to help learners connect household chores with their corresponding images. The goal is to match each chore (written in the box at the bottom) to the correct picture above.

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✔ Here’s how to solve it:

1. Look at each image and identify what activity is being shown.
2. Find the matching phrase from the list at the bottom that describes that activity.
3. Draw a line or write the number/letter to connect them (depending on instructions).

Since you can’t draw lines here, I’ll list each image (from left to right, top to bottom) with its correct matching chore phrase.

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## 🖼️ IMAGE MATCHING SOLUTION:

🔹 Row 1 (Top row):

1. Woman cleaning bathroom sink & toilet → clean the bathroom
2. Recycling bin with sorted bottles/cans → sort out the rubbish
3. Boy vacuuming carpet → vacuum
4. Woman washing clothes in basin → do the washing up *(Note: “washing up” usually means dishes, but here it’s likely meant for laundry — contextually it matches washing clothes by hand)*
*→ Better match: do the washing (laundry)* ✔
5. Woman sweeping floor → sweep the floor
6. Woman feeding cat / cleaning cat food area → feed the pets OR change the cat’s litter → Image shows her cleaning a litter box → change the cat’s litter
7. Woman washing dishes at sink → do the washing up

> 💡 Correction: “Do the washing up” = wash dishes. “Do the washing” = laundry. So:
> - Hand-washing clothes → do the washing
> - Washing dishes → do the washing up

So let’s adjust:

- Image 4 (hand-washing clothes) → do the washing
- Image 7 (washing dishes) → do the washing up

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🔹 Row 2:

1. Man setting table with plates/food → set/lay the table
2. Man walking dog → walk the dog / take the dog out → Best fit: take the dog out
3. Man mowing lawn → mow the lawn
4. Woman loading washing machine → do the washing
5. Girl wiping table → clear the table
6. Man cleaning toilet with brush → clean the toilet

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🔹 Row 3:

1. Girl making bed → make the bed
2. Family washing car → wash the car
3. Woman ironing clothes → iron the clothes
4. Boy cleaning window → clean the windows
5. Woman pushing shopping cart → do the shopping
6. Boy sweeping floor → sweep the floor (again — same as earlier)

> Note: Some chores repeat visually — that’s okay, just match correctly.

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🔹 Row 4:

1. Man cooking in kitchen → do the cooking
2. Child taking trash to bin → take the dustbin out
3. Person watering plants → water the plants
4. Woman ironing clothes → iron the clothes (again)
5. Woman vacuuming floor → vacuum (again)
6. Clothes hanging on line → hang out the clothes
7. Shoes being polished → polish the shoes

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## ✔ Final Matching List (by image position — Left to Right, Top to Bottom):

Row 1:

1. clean the bathroom
2. sort out the rubbish
3. vacuum
4. do the washing
5. sweep the floor
6. change the cat’s litter
7. do the washing up

Row 2:

1. set/lay the table
2. take the dog out
3. mow the lawn
4. do the washing
5. clear the table
6. clean the toilet

Row 3:

1. make the bed
2. wash the car
3. iron the clothes
4. clean the windows
5. do the shopping
6. sweep the floor

Row 4:

1. do the cooking
2. take the dustbin out
3. water the plants
4. iron the clothes
5. vacuum
6. hang out the clothes
7. polish the shoes

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## 🎯 Extra Tips:

- Some chores appear more than once (like “sweep the floor”, “vacuum”, “iron the clothes”) — this is normal in matching exercises to reinforce vocabulary.
- Phrases like “tidy the house” or “dust” are not clearly shown in any single image — so they may be distractors or meant for advanced learners to assign to general scenes.
- “Feed the pets” might also apply to the cat scene, but since she’s cleaning the litter, “change the cat’s litter” is more specific and accurate.

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## 📝 Summary Table (for quick reference):

| Image # | Activity Shown | Matching Chore Phrase |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.1 | Clean bathroom | clean the bathroom |
| 1.2 | Recycling | sort out the rubbish |
| 1.3 | Vacuuming | vacuum |
| 1.4 | Hand-wash clothes | do the washing |
| 1.5 | Sweeping | sweep the floor |
| 1.6 | Cleaning cat litter | change the cat’s litter |
| 1.7 | Washing dishes | do the washing up |
| 2.1 | Setting table | set/lay the table |
| 2.2 | Walking dog | take the dog out |
| 2.3 | Mowing lawn | mow the lawn |
| 2.4 | Loading washing machine | do the washing |
| 2.5 | Wiping table | clear the table |
| 2.6 | Cleaning toilet | clean the toilet |
| 3.1 | Making bed | make the bed |
| 3.2 | Washing car | wash the car |
| 3.3 | Ironing | iron the clothes |
| 3.4 | Cleaning windows | clean the windows |
| 3.5 | Shopping cart | do the shopping |
| 3.6 | Sweeping (again) | sweep the floor |
| 4.1 | Cooking | do the cooking |
| 4.2 | Taking out trash | take the dustbin out |
| 4.3 | Watering plants | water the plants |
| 4.4 | Ironing (again) | iron the clothes |
| 4.5 | Vacuuming (again) | vacuum |
| 4.6 | Hanging clothes | hang out the clothes |
| 4.7 | Polishing shoes | polish the shoes |

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✔ You’ve now successfully matched all the household chores to their images!

Let me know if you’d like this turned into a printable worksheet or flashcards! 😊