.

      How are the photos similar? How are they different?

2.      Which version of you room do you like more? Why?
3.      What is the best main idea of the article?
A.    There are four main steps to stage a house to make it more attractive to
people who might buy it.
B.     Before being staged, the house looked messy, but its owner rearranged
items, it looks neat.
C.     According to Miller’s suggestion, to sell an old house at a good price, you
should repaint organize items logically.
D.    Tina Miller, a professional home stagger, can counsel people to sell their
houses at good prices.    
1. How are the photos similar? 
- Same room 
How are they different?
- Before: messy
-After: orderly

2.      Which version of you room do you like more? Why?

I like the After photo better than the Before photo.
It's clearly, orderly, clean.

3. What is the best main idea of the article?

A. There are four main steps to stage a house to make it more attractive to people who might buy
it.

Answer keys (Task 4)

Answers (questions 1 & 2) can vary.
1.      The photos show the same room. In the first photo, the room is messy, and there are things
all over the floor. In the second photo, the room is clean and some things have been moved.
2.      I like the second room because it looks well-organized.
3.      The best main idea: (A) 
 Paragraph Main ideas
Para 4 (A) A.    People hire a professional home stager
  primarily to help them organize and
  decorate a home.
 
11 B.     The purpose of this paragraph is to explain
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the benefits of staging.

9 C.     This paragraph describes the last step when

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staging a house.   

12 D.    The author believes that home staging is

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good idea if an owner finds it hard to sell a
house.   
6 E.     Minimizing the clutter is the first step
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when staging a house to make it appeal to
buyers.
8 F.      The owner should organize furniture, use
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white sheets on beds and open drapes to
make the house become a happy place. 
10 G.    This paragraph explains why it’s helpful to
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stage a vacant home.

7 H.    Storing personal items and clearing

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unnecessary items will help to appeal to a
potential buyer.  
 Home staging technique Reasons for doing it
1.J. Pack and move unnecessary ·will make a place look larger. (I)
items out of the home

2.   E. Remove personal items H. Reduces clutters and help

from the rooms buyers imagine themselves in the
home.

3.   F. Feature only a few

pieces of furniture and pull A. Makes rooms look bigger
the pieces away from the
walls. 
 
4.   C. Use white sheets in the
bedroom. K. Makes rooms appear spacious
  and neat.

5.   N. Open drapes or remove D. Makes room see bright and

them completely. happy.
 

6.   G. Paint walls a neutral

color. M. Dark colors can make a room
  seem smaller.

7.   B. Furnish some of the

main rooms in an empty L. Helps buyers imagine an empty
home. space as a home and keeps buyers
  from seeing the negatives.