In Western countries, many children do chores to get pocket money. 1 usually start to do this at the age of 10.

    School students have to do homework and study 2 tests on weekdays. So they often do chores on 3. Some young kids only do 4 chores. So they don't get much money. But that's all right. Many of them only want to 5 candies. And candies are cheap！They help wash the dishes after dinner, and 6 the family cat or dog.

    When kids get 7 ， they want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candies. Then they have to work harder！They often 8 the family car, cut the grass, walk the dog or cook dinner.

    Doing chores is a good 9 for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn how to use a lawn mower(割草机) or 10 to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.