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1) Her apartment is near _____ .

a) her family
b) her job
c) many shops

2) Her place has _____ .

a) one big room

b) three big rooms
c) three small rooms

3) She likes to watch movies _____ .

1419 Meg's Place a) on cable TV
Meg talks about her apartment and the things she has in her b) in the living room
place. c) on her bed

4) She does not have _____ .

Todd: So Meg, do you ____ in a house or
an apartment? a) a TV
b) Internet
Meg: I ____ in an apartment near the train c) a balcony
station. Meg Todd

Todd: Oh, you ____ downtown. 5) She often uses _____ when cooking.
Right Word!
Fill the blanks with these words.
Meg: I do. a) a microwave
have do b) a table
Todd: Do you ____ living cook like c) the Internet
downtown? keep watch
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live see
Meg: I do ____ living downtown
because it's so convenient.
Everything is close by, grocery stores, the mall, the station.
Vocabulary
Todd: Oh, that's great. So what about your apartment? Do you
____ a nice apartment?
queen-size bed
Meg: It's a nice apartment, but it's really small.
Todd: Oh yeah? How many Do you have a big queen-size bed, or a
rooms? small bed?

Meg: Well, there are three rooms. Beds can come in three sizes: twin,
But each room is pretty small. queen-size and king-size. A queens size
There's a bedroom, a sitting room bed fits two people. Notice the following:
like a living room, and the kitchen
room. 1. My hotel had a queen-size bed.
2. A king-size is too big for me. I prefer a queen-
Todd: Oh, wow. So in your size.
bedroom, like, do you have a big
queen size bed,or a small bed? separate
Meg: I ____ a small twin-size bed You can keep them separate.
or a single bed in the bedroom
because it's pretty small. So there's When you keep things separate, you
not much space for a big bed. keep them apart from each other. Notice
that separate, the verb and separate,
Todd: All right. So do you ____ a the adjective, have different
TV in your bedroom? pronunciation. Notice the following:
Meg: No. Actually, I don't own a TV at all. 1. My parents sleep in separate beds.
2. We work in separate rooms.
Todd: Really? So there's no TV in the living room, too.

Meg: There's no TV anywhere in the apartment. counter

Todd: Wow. What do you ____ in your house? The counter is really small.

Meg: I ____ a laptop computer. So usually, I can ____ some TV A counter is a flat area you can set
shows or videos on my laptop. things on. Notice the following:

Todd: All right. Okay. Do you ____ to ____ movies in bed? 1. Please set the bags on the
counter.
Meg: Yeah. Sometimes I ____ to ____ movies in bed or 2. Can you wipe the counter for me?
sometimes I prefer to sit in the living room and watch movies.
Todd: Right. So you must ____ high-speed Internet. frustrated
Meg: I do. Yes. I ____ an Internet box that my laptop can connect
to. I get a little frustrated.

Todd: Okay. Cool. Do you ____ a nice big sofa? When you are frustrated, you are not
happy because things are not going as
Meg: I ____ two small sofas. So you can push them together to you would like them to. Notice the
make one big sofa or you can ____ them separate. Usually, I following:
____ them separate because there's more room for people to sit
on. 1. I am frustrated with my progress.
2. I know you are frustrated, but don't give up.
Todd: Okay. Now, you ____ to ____. So you must ____ a nice
kitchen. pick up

Meg: Unfortunately, I ____ a very tiny kitchen. I just pick up some food from a
restaurant.
Todd: Oh no. How do you ____?
Here, pick up means to buy something
Meg: I ____ to use some extra tables to ____ more space. The and take it home. Notice the following:
counter is really small, so there's not much space. So I ____ an
extra table I use for preparing the food. 1. I need to pick up some ice for the
party.
Todd: Okay. Do you ____ an Right Word! 2. On your way home, can you pick up lunch.
oven? Fill the blanks with these words.
have do flight of stairs
Meg: I ____ a very small toaster
oven. So it's not really an oven. cook like
keep watch Wow. Five flights of stairs.
Todd: All right. So do you ____ a live see
microwave? A flight of stairs is a level of stairs. For
example, a five-story building will have
Meg: I do ____ a microwave and a small refrigerator and one five flights of stairs. Notice the following:
burner, like a stove top burner.
1. I walked up three flights of stairs to
Todd: Okay. Do you ____ every night? get to my office.
2. The cafe is three flights of stairs down from here.
Meg: I don't ____ every night. Sometimes, I'm too busy. And
sometimes because my kitchen is so small, I get a little
frustrated. So I just pick up some food from a restaurant. Vocabulary Quiz
Todd: All right. Now, you ____ in an apartment, so how many
floors does your apartment building have?
queen-size • separate • counter
Meg: The building has five floors and I ____ on the fifth floor. frustrated • pick up • flight of stairs
Todd: Nice. Fifth floor.
1. He walked up three .
Meg: Yeah. The view is nice, but unfortunately, there's no 2. Leave the bag on the .
elevator. So you always ____ to take the stairs.
3. He is with his performance.
Todd: Wow. Five flights of stairs. 4. They live in houses.
Meg: Five flights of stairs everyday. But it's good exercise. 5. I sleep on a bed.
6. Can you some milk at the
Todd: So you're on the fifth floor. Do you ____ a balcony? store?
Meg: I ____ a small balcony where my washing machine is and I
can also hang out my laundry out there.
Todd: Oh cool, washing machine is outside.
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Todd: So from your view, what can you ____?
Meg: I can ____ the train station from one window and all the
restaurants downtown. And from a different window, I can ____
the mountains.
Todd: Oh nice. Yeah, the mountains are nice.

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Check the reading. What were the questions from the text?
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1) What ________ do ________ house?
2) Do ______________ TV ________ bedroom?

3) Do ________ watch ________ bed?

4) ___________ view, _____________ see?

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