Unit 4 Describing Home

Vocabulary. (New Int. unit 7 p. 40)

A. Look at the picture and describe it.
B. Listen and identify the parts of a house and an apartment.

C. Listen again and complete the sentences.

1. The house has______________ floors.
2. The _____________ are in the second floor.
3. The apartment building has a _____________ and an ________________.
4. Each apartment has_________________ and ___________________.

D. Write about your house. Describe it to a partner.

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E. Label the rooms in this apartment

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A. Complete with there is and there are.
1. _______________ a modern kitchen.

2. _______________ three bathrooms.

3. _______________ a yard?
4. Yes, ______________ three closets.
5. _______________ (not) a swimming pool.

6. _____________ a garage? No,_______________.

B. Unscramble the sentences.

1. a/ is/ big/ there/ garage _____________________________________

2. isn’t / there/ closet/ a ________________________________________

3. a/ swimming/ is/ there/ pool __________________________________

4. there/ two/ are/ bathrooms ____________________________________

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5. fireplace/ there/ is/ a _______________________________________

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 Listening. (Track 15 World English)

A. Listen to people describing their homes. Complete

the chart.
N° Name of the person Description

1. Betty

2. Joe

3. Katsuro

4. Ramon

5. Liling

B. Listen again and match the names with the pictures.

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C. Listen again. Check true (T), false (F) or no
Information (NI)
No
True False Information

1. There is one bedroom in Betty’s house.

2. There are four bedrooms in Joe’s house.

3. There is a Mercedes in Bill’s garage.

4. There is a fireplace in Katsuro’s house.

5. There are five bedrooms in Ramon’s house.

6. There is a beautiful garden in Liling’s house.

Pronunciation of S. Listen and check the correct column.

(Track 16 WE)

Ends in /s/ Ends in /z/ Ends in /iz/

sound sound sound
Gardens
Apartments
Garages
Bathrooms
Kitchens
Houses
Windows
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 Identify household objects (Track 5 New Int.)

A. Listen and repeat.

B. Listen again. Which objects are not in the pictures? Write
their names. __________________________________.

C. Where do usually find these objects? Complete the chart.

Kitchen Table,
Dining room
Living room
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Bedroom Dresser,
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Grammar tip: Prepositions of place

A. Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with

the prepositions of place.

1. There’s a TV _____________ the bedroom.

2. There’s a boy ___________ the swimming pool.

3. There are three books _______ the table.

4. The stove is __________ to the refrigerator.

5. The dog is _______ the table.

Speaking. Find in the differences. Take turns describing the

pictures. Use prepositions of place.

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 Speaking.
Take turns describing the different parts of the house. Use
there is/ there are and the prepositions of place.

Example.
Student A Student B

 There is a computer in the

study.  The study is on the second
floor
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 Writing.
A. Look at this plan of a house. Complete the
paragraph.

This is a plan of a house. There is a small kitchen. In the

kitchen there is a ___________ and a __________. The
kitchen is next to the __________room. In the dining room
there is a ___________ with six chairs the living room is
____________ the dining room. There is a sofa and two
___________ in the living room. There are two _________ in
the house – one big bedroom and a small bedroom. There
is a ___________ in the big bedroom.
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B. Write about your house or apartment.

In my apartment / house there is…

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