HOMES

1. SNAPSHOT
A. Listen and practice.

(Track 51–1A)

What rooms are in houses in your country? What rooms are in apartments?
What room are in your house or apartment?

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2. FURNITURE

A. Listen and practice. (Track 52–1A)

B. Which rooms have the things in part A? Complete the chart.

C. What furniture do you have? Tell your classmates.

“My living room has a sofa, a rug, and a television…”

3. FIND THE DIFFERENCES

A. Find the differences between Bill’s apartment and Rachel’s apartment.
A: There are four chairs in Bill’s kitchen, but there are three chairs in Rachel’s kitchen.
B: There’s a sofa in Bill’s living room, but there’s no sofa in Rachel’s living room.

4. DISCUSSION

 What rooms would your dream house have?

 Do you like keeping animals in you house? Why?
 Is it important to keep your house very clean or do you feel more comfortable with a bit
of an 'organized chaos'? Why?
 If you could change one thing about your current house to make it more comfortable,
what would it be?

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