In your home, who does what around mealtimes, the cooking, the washing up, the shopping? How does it get divided?

A natural way to answer

We try to split it fairly. I usually cook during the week, and whoever didn't cook does the washing up. The food shopping we tend to do together at the weekend, so it doesn't all fall on one person.

Key phrases to use

• take it in turns — to do something one after another, sharing the duty“We take it in turns to cook.”
• grabs — quickly gets or picks up something“Can you grab some milk on the way home?”
• muck in — to all help out together with a shared job“Everyone mucks in when there's a big dinner.”