Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

Why do parents have to get involved in their child’s education? Basically, parents’involvement in their child’s learning process offers many opportunities for success. According to Centre for Child Well-Being (2010), parental involvement in their children’s learning not only improves a child’s morale, attitude, and academic achievement across all subject areas, but it also promotes better behavior and social adjustment. It further says that family involvement in education helps children to grow up to be productive, responsible members of the society.

Regrettably, there are also some, if not many, parents who are quite passive in their child’s education. Some of them are not directly involved. Neither are they visible in the school premises and get involved in the desired goals of the school where their children are getting what they need most for life.

Several schools, both private and public sectors, have programs designed at intensifying parental participation such as boys and girls scouting, school-community socio-economic projects, disaster volunteer task force, and school-community work brigade. However, increasing parental involvement remains a tough challenge among school administrators and their teachers despite clear programs, concerted efforts, and strong motivations.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

One of the practical skills which children can get benefit from doing household chores is__________.

Women not only look after the children but also have to take a lot of__________given by their seniors.

Read the passage and fill in each blank with the appropriate word in the passage.

In the past, doing household chores was considered to be women’s duty, and it is obvious truth that they had to do all the housework without any help from other members, especially their husbands. However, nowadays, that conception is outmoded as there are more and more people realizing the marvelous benefits of sharing household chores.

In the first place, sharing household chores will reduce both physical and spiritual stress on the mother. We are living in the time that women’s roles have been dignified. Along with studying and going to work, females also have to take a lot of missions given by their bosses as well as take care of their children. If they are not given a hand, they can feel really depressed. As a result, mother’s health is negatively affected as well as the chores are not well done.

Secondly, children can benefit from doing housework. They will become more responsible to their parents and learn many practical skills such as cooking, fixing things and time-management.

Last but not least, splitting the housework equally helps the family become more close-knit as everyone can feel mutual caring from others. When household chores are divided, they will be done faster and the family members will have more free time for entertainment.

In a nutshell, nowadays, each member of the family should take part in doing housework to make most use of all advantages this action brings about.

1. The belief that doing household chores is women’s duty is__________today.

Complete the conversation with the Present Continuous of the verbs in the box.

Daniel: Hello Kirsty. This is Daniel. I__________am phoning__________to ask about the children. I’m glad that you (1) __________after them, but__________they (2) __________well?

Kirsty: Oh, yes. They (3) __________very good.

Daniel: What__________Jimmy (4) __________?

Kirsty: He (5) __________a tower on the floor with his lego.

Daniel: And__________Laura (6) __________him?

Kirsty: No, she (7) __________at the table. She (8) __________to draw a garden.

Laura: Who__________you (9) __________to, Kirsty?

Kirsty: It’s your father. Do you want to talk to him?

Laura: No, just tell him that I (10) __________for him to come home

Ben (shop) __________for groceries with his dad at the moment.

Nga always (stop) __________to buy soy milk on her way to work.

Mike (clean) __________the bathroom each day, so it is very clean.

In Singapore, people (live) __________in nuclear families.

Complete the following sentences using the suitable verbs on the box in Present Simple or Present Continuous.

E.g.: Jack often__mends__things around the house.

1. I often__________the cooking when I have free time.

2. Nancy__________the flowers upstairs at the moment.

3. George is busy now. He__________the clothes.

4. Minh__________the dishes now. He is listening to music.

5. Trang and her sister__________the house every day.

6. Nina__________the table in the dining room now.

7. I can’t talk to you now. I__________the rubbish.

8. Julia always__________the cat after school.

9. It’s 8 p.m now. Mark and his dad__________TV in the living room.

Whenever Nancy__________the dishes, she__________things.

Huong can’t sweep the house today. She__________for her exams.                    

The__________uck which crashed into my car was stopped by the police.

Tracy is not only__________ight but also creative.