World English Intro Unit 3:

HOUSES and APARTMENTS

•Talk about rooms

• Compare houses
• Say where objects are
• Give your opinión
• Discribe your home
 LESSON A: TALK ABOUT ROOMS p. 32-33
• DOWNSTAIRS • UPSTAIRS
• On the first floor:
(1er piso)
• On the second floor:
(2° piso)
• 1. the living room
• 2. the dining room • 1. the stairs
• 3. the bathroom • 2. the bedroom
• 4. the kitchen
• 3. the bathroom
• 5. the garage
• 6. the front yard • 4. the (walking) closet
• 7. the backyard • 5. Others:
• 8. the garden • The hall
• 9. the swimming pool
• 10. the fireplace • The attic
• Others: the home office • The balcony
• The basement (sótano) • The floor (piso)
• The carport
• The doors / the windows
 ROOMS AND THEIR HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS
cabinets LIVING ROOM
DINING ROOM lamp
microwave refrigerator picture bookcase
KITCHEN table
armchair sofa

desk
cabinets
stove chair clock
shower BATHROOM BEDROOM
window
bed
sink bathtub bookcase
toilet
 Lesson A: Where do you…?
BEDROOM DINING ROOM
BATHROOM LIVING ROOM
BALCONY CLOSET KITCHEN

1. cook 2. watch TV WHERE DO YOU……….?

cook?= I cook in the __________
take a bath? _________________
eat food? ___________________
take a bath
sleep? ______________________
5. /shower
3. eat food put your clothes away?_______
4. sleep ____________________________
take some fresh air? __________
6. put your
________at the______________
clothes away
 Lesson A: U3 Plurals (1)
• The singulars with•
end sounds of : • form their PLURAL adding s to their
• /k/ singular form. The s sounds…/s/
• a/one book: • books
• an/one attic: • attics
• /t/
• a/one carport: • carports
• a/one closet: • closets
• /p/
• a/one map: • maps
• a/one cap: • caps
 Lesson A U3- Plurals (2)
• The SINGULAR nouns • form their PLURAL
that end in sounds of : adding es.
/s/ or /sh/ ….
• /s/: • The es sounds /IZ/ :
• dress………………… • dresses
• office………………… • offices
• fireplace ……………. • fireplaces

• /sh/: •
• dish …………………. • dishes (platos)
 U3-L A: Plurals (3)
• The SINGULAR nouns that • ...form their PLURAL adding
end in /ch/, /x/, or /o/sounds: es.
• /ch/: • The es sounds /IZ/:
• watch……………………… • Watches (relojes)

• •
• /x/: • The es sounds /IZ/:
• box……………………….. • boxes

• /o/: • but the es sounds /Z/:

• tomato ………………………. • tomatoes ………….... /Z/
• potato ……………………….. • potatoes ……………. /Z/
• *volcano …………………...... • *volcanoes ………….. /Z/
 U3-L A:Plurals (4)
• Most nouns form their PLURAL
adding s to their singular form.

• hall: • halls …………. the s sounds /z/.

• room: • rooms
• picture: • Pictures
• patio: • patios
• garden: • gardens
• yard: (patio) • yards
 U3-LA: Plurals (5)
• change the “y” for “i” and
• Nouns that end in a add “es”:
• consonant +“y”.. • The s sounds /Z/.
• balcony …………… • balconies
• pantry ….............. • pantries
(despensa)

• Except nouns that end • add s and the s sounds

in a vowel + “y”: /Z/.
• boy …………… • boys
• day …………… • days
 Lesson A Some Plurals are IRREGULAR: (6)

• a man ………………… • men

• a woman ……….……… • women
• a child ………………… • children
• a person ……………… • People
• Others:
• a policeman ……............ • policemen
• a saleswoman ….......... • saleswomen
• a businessman……….. • businessmen
 To Talk About EXISTANCE,use THERE IS or THERE ARE
(hay…)
• For singular nouns, use THERE IS ( hay+ singular):
• AFF:
• There is a big kitchen in my house .
‘s one sing.noun
• NEG:
• There isn’t a big kitchen in my house.
one sing. noun
• INT:
• Is there a big kitchen in your house ?
one sing. noun
• Yes,there is. / No,there isn’t.

• NOTE: There’s = There is

• There isn’t = there’s not = there is not
 Using THERE ARE to talk about EXISTANCE:
• For plural nouns, use THERE ARE (HAY + plural):
• AFF:
• There are two big bedrooms in my house.
plur.noun
• NEG:
• There aren’t three big bedrooms in my house.
plur. noun
• INT:
• Are there four big bedrooms?

• Yes,there are. / No,there aren’t.

 Practice: Parts of the House and Talk about Rooms
• Look at the house and use
CHIMNEY
THERE Is or THERE ARE in
the corrrect form to
ROOF complete the sentences:
(techo) • 1. _________ a kitchen on
SECOND FLOOR the fisrt floor.
(upstairs)
• 2. ___________ a boy in the
bedroom
• 3. _________ a lot of books
BEDROOM BATHROOM in the living room.
FIRST FLOOR • 4. _________ a TV in the
GARDEN
(downstairs)
bedroom?
stairs
• 5. _________two towels in
the bathroom?
KITCHEN
• 6. _________ pictures on the
LIVING ROOM wall of the second floor?
 Lesson A: CONVERSATION of a Realtor
(vendedor de bienes raíces) with a Client
• A: How about this apartment?
A: REALTOR
• B: ____ it a big apartment?
• A: Yes, there ____ three bedrooms.
• B: And bathrooms?
• A: There _____ one bathroom.
• B: _____ there a balcony?
B: CLIENT
• A: No, there_______ ;but there____
a living room with a big window.

A: REALTOR
B: CLIENT
LESSON B: COMPARE HOUSES p.34-35
A B
 COMPARING HOUSES: Pre-writing
DIFFERENCES (A) SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES (B)

•There is a big living •There are two •There is small living

room. bedrooms. room.

(Similarities)__________________________________________
____________________________________________________
(Differences) _________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
 LESSON C: SAY WHERE OBJECTS ARE P. 36-37
1. In • Prepositions of Place
2. on WHERE is the ball / box?
• 1. The ball is in the box.
(DENTRO DE)

• 2. The ball is on the box.

(SOBRE)
3. between
• 3. The box is between the ball
( EN MEDIO DE)
A B
A and the ball B.
4. next to
• 4. The ball is next to the box.
(AL COSTADO DE)

• 5. The ball is under the box.

ball = pelota (DEBAJO DE)

5. under box = caja

 PARTS OF A HOUSE
CHIMNEY

ATTIC
T

SINK TOILET
SHOWER
NIGHT
TABLE
Swimming HALL BATHTUB
pool STAIRS
LAMP
TABLE
LAMP GARAGE

LIVING ROOM DINING ROOM

GARDEN CELLAR or BASEMENTR

FRONT YARD THE DRIVEWAY

 Use PREPOSITIONS to locate objects in the house
• 1.Where is the Queen size bed? It´s ____ the ____________.

• 2.In the bedrooom, where are the night lamps?

_______ are ______ the night tables.
• 3. Where is the sofa? It is _____ the _________________ .
Is there a lamp next to the sofa? Yes,_______ / No,______
Is there a ball under the lamp table?_________________
• 4. Where is the toilet? ______________________________
Is the toilet between the shower and the sink?________
______________________________________________
Are there towels in the bathroom?___________________
• 5. Where are the stove and the fridge?_________________
Is the washing machine under the upper cabinets? ___
• 6. Where is the swimming pool? _____________________
 LESSON D: GIVE YOUR OPINION p.38-39
• Read the article Home Sweet Home? and complete the
information:
1. There_____ #_____ What adjectives in the article
floors. match the next descriptions:
2. There_____#_____ rooms
downstairs. 1. new : _________________
3. There _____ some 2. not big : _______________
household objects like:__ 3. nice to be in : __________
______________________. 4. nice to look at: _________
4. There_____ # __________
bedroomns upstairs. Write the opposite of:
5. There ____ electricity.
6. There____ Internet. 1. big : __________________
7. There_____ families living 2. old : __________________
there. 3. uncomfortable : ________
4. ugly : ________________
 Lesson D: In pairs describe and give opinion of..
• * your house * your college * a building you like
A: My apartment is small but comfortable. There is a liv…..
……… There are three bedr…
B: Good. I live in a house and my house is not beautiful but
it is big and comfortable. …There are two floors. On the first
floor, there is a…….. There is a TV, a desk and a computer on
it in every bedroom. …………