Read the four mini-texts below. Write out words from the texts in the correct columns

Type of building

Rooms

Other features

Adjectives describing houses

1. Hello, I’m Tracey and I live in a terraced house in Glasgow, Scotland. A terraced house is a house joined to a row of other houses. It is not very big, only two bedrooms but my husband and I live on our own, so there is enough space for us and our dog, Spot. The only problem with a terraced house is the noise if you are unlucky enough to have noisy neighbours. Fortunately, we do not have that problem.

2. Hi, my name is Erik. I’m fifteen. I live with my parents in a small town in the South-East of England. We have a semi-detached house. This means that my house is joined to another house. It has a kitchen, lounge, bathroom with a toilet and three bedrooms. Oh, yes we also have a small garden. British people like having a garden, you know. It’s quite a modern house, so we have central heating. I would really like an open fireplace but modern houses do not have them.

3. Hi there. I’m Paul from London. I live in a detached house with my wife, two kids and a cat. It is quite a large house with a nice back garden and five bedrooms. Having a detached house is more expensive than a semi-detached or terraced one. I like it because when you are sitting in the garden, nobody else can see you. I would like to buy a country cottage somewhere nice and quiet but how would I find a job there?

4. Hello, my name is Yasmin. I’m fourteen and I live in Liverpool. My family comes from Bangladesh but I was born in England. We live in a council estate in a block of flats. This means that we did not have to buy our flat. It was given to us for free by the local government. Most British people would not want to live in a block of flats because quite often they are badly built and are associated with poverty and crime.

Write a similar description of your flat or house. Use the underlined words and word combinations.

ROUND-UP

Translate the sentences from Russian into English. Use the Active Vocabulary.

1) Мы живем в квартире в спальном районе Москвы. В квартире две комнаты, кухня и большой балкон. Мне нравится наш район, потому что он тихий и зеленый.

2) Когда я ездил в Британию, я жил с семьей в небольшом городке в пригороде Лондона. Дом на две семьи, где я жил, имеет свой сад на заднем дворе. У меня был свой собственный кабинет.

3) Очень удобно, когда рядом с твоим домом есть станция метро, большой супермаркет и парк.

4) Мне бы хотелось жить в огромной квартире с современным дизайном в центре города. К сожалению, снимать такую квартиру очень дорого.

5) Моя мама много времени проводит на кухне, поэтому для нее важно иметь посудомоечную машину.

Think about your dream home. Make notes about it.

Modern apartment, three bedrooms, solar panels…

Now write a detailed description of your dream home. Use the Active Vocabulary.

3. Work in a group. Use the prompts to ask questions to find out information about your group mates’ dream homes. Make a report.

· how big?

· garden/ terrace?

· how many rooms?

· where (near shops, etc)?

· other features?

· neighbours?

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Types of buildings block of flats apartment detached house semi-detached house terraced house bungalow country cottage two-storey house	Rooms bathroom bedroom dining room living room hall kitchen study lounge balcony back garden/ front garden
Furniture armchair bookcase carpet chair curtains cupboard desk sofa dining table wardrobe fireplace coffee table	Equipment dishwasher fridge cooker music system laptop microwave shower sink washing machine central heating lift
Describing a house quiet/ noisy near a shop/ restaurant/ public transport on the ground floor/ first floor with a view of the park dark/ light expensive/ cheap huge/ tiny clean/ dirty modern/ old-fashioned draughty/ stuffy in good condition	Additional vocabulary live in a council estate/ on the outskirts/ in the suburbs/ in a residential area/ in the city centre mortgage rural area/ urban area city dweller neighbours privacy comfort own a flat/ rent a flat

TOPIC 4. DAILY ROUTINE