Verb drill
A housework rota in French: take turns and swap a week
Agree shared cleaning in French with a rota, a two-week swap and eight gap-fill sentences. Practise s’occuper de, chacun and the words for taking turns.
- A2
- 8 answers
- Checked all at once
- Accents count
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In short
Propose On alterne chaque semaine ? (Shall we take turns each week?) and name each task: Je m’occupe de la cuisine et tu t’occupes de la salle de bains. For a temporary swap, add Ensuite, on reprend le planning habituel.
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- Lina
Pour le ménage, on alterne chaque semaine ? Cette semaine, je nettoie la cuisine et tu t’occupes de la salle de bains.
Shall we take turns with the cleaning each week? This week I’ll clean the kitchen and you’ll take care of the bathroom.
- Malik
D’accord. La semaine prochaine, on échange. Pour la cuisine, on nettoie le sol et les surfaces ?
All right. Next week we swap. For the kitchen, do we clean the floor and surfaces?
- Lina
Oui. Et chacun lave sa propre vaisselle après le repas.
Yes. And everyone washes their own dishes after the meal.
| Week | Lina | Malik |
|---|---|---|
| Cette semaine | la cuisine | la salle de bains |
| La semaine prochaine | la salle de bains | la cuisine |
- Malik
Je serai absent ce week-end. Tu peux faire la salle de bains à ma place cette semaine ?
I’ll be away this weekend. Can you do the bathroom instead of me this week?
- Lina
Oui. Tu feras donc les deux pièces la semaine prochaine ?
Yes. So will you do both rooms next week?
- Malik
Oui, puis on reprendra le planning habituel la semaine suivante.
Yes, then we’ll go back to the usual schedule the following week.
- Lina
D’accord, je note cet échange.
All right, I’ll note that swap.
Name the cleaning tools
Find:
S’occuper de changes with the person: je m’occupe, tu t’occupes, on s’occupe. The preposition stays: de la cuisine, du couloir, des espaces communs. Chacun takes a singular verb: chacun lave. Complete the gaps below with the form or word indicated.
1 · Complete the cleaning agreement
- Cette semaine, je de la cuisine. (s’occuper, present)
- Tu de la salle de bains. (s’occuper, present)
- Le dimanche, on du ménage. (s’occuper, present)
- Chacun sa propre vaisselle. (laver, present)
- Je m’occupe couloir. (de + le)
- Nous nettoyons les espaces communs semaine. (each)
- Tu peux le faire à ma cette semaine ? (instead of me: à ma…)
- Ensuite, on reprend le planning . (usual, masculine singular)
Say your own arrangement
- Name the two shared tasks.
- Say who does each task this week.
- Explain who washes personal dishes.
- Say when the usual rota resumes.