UNIT 8B: DESCRIBING YOUR HOME (p. 202)

 

CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR HOME?

Read  the description on p. 202 and plan yours carefully. Make sure you use THERE IS/ THERE ARE correctly.

But before start planning, click on these links and watch the videos.

A1 WRITING: DESCRIBING YOUR HOME

SOME INTERESTING SENTENCES

I live in a flat on the ground/first/second floor. 

I live in a detached/semidetached house

I live outside the town, in a small village.

I live on the outskirts=the outer part of a city (las afueras)

I live near/in the city centre (USA downtown)

I live in the historic part of the city (the old city)

I live with.../ I live by myself/on my own  (alone: more negative connotations)

It is in a quiet/noisy/lively/boring/residential street/area/neighbourhood

There is a lift

The kitchen is fully equipped/ fitted (with)

SOME INTERESTING ADJECTIVES

Spacious= large, with lot of room (the opposite is cramped, small)

Cosy= comfortable in a warm, welcoming way   (acogedora)

Light= a home which a lot of natural light (the opposite is dark)

Warm or cool= comfortable in winter or in summer

Convenient= close to your job, to the shop, to your children´s school  (bien situada)

-          It´s convenient for the subway/for my office

FF3: UNITS 7&8 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE: REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST

 A) DO YOU REMEMBER HOW TO PRONOUNCE REGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST?

First, click and have a look at the worksheet:

PRONUNCIATION OF -ED

Then, click and watch the video.

PAST TENSE PRONUNCIATION FOR REGULAR VERBS

And finally,  click, repeat and practise a lot!!

PRACTISING PRONUNCIATION (105 REGULAR VERBS!!)

TEST YOUR PRONUNCIATION

B) IRREGULAR VERBS

HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

50 PAST TENSE IRREGULAR VERBS

SAY THE PAST OF THESE VERBS

READING PRACTICE: SHORT STORY WITH IRREGULAR VERBS

FOR FUN 3: REVISION UNIT 8 - HOUSE VOCABULARY THERE IS/ARE THERE WAS/WERE

THERE IS/ THERE ARE

THERE WAS /THERE WERE

(HAY/ HABÍA) 

Click and learn:

House vocabulary, Parts of the House, Rooms in the House, House Objects and Furniture

Prepositions of place

THERE IS-THERE ARE (GRAMMAR RULES)

THERE WAS-THERE WERE (Spanish)

THERE WAS-THERE WERE (GRAMMAR)

THERE IS/WAS THERE ARE/WERE (GRAMMAR RULES)

THERE ARE VS THEY ARE (YOUTALK)

THERE WAS- THERE WERE (PRACTICE)

THERE IS-THERE WAS (GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES)

FOR FUN 3 REVISION: PRESENT TENSE VS PAST TENSE (QUESTION FORMATION)

Click and practise:

WORD ORDER IN QUESTIONS 

PRESENT AND PAST TENSE

ONLINE ACTIVITY: PRESENT OR PAST?

REVISION: DATES, NUMBERS, WEATHER

 

Click and watch the videos:

DAYS OF THE WEEK

DATES AND YEARS IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

MONTHS AND DATES: ORDINAL NUMBERS

TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER

FOR FUN 3 REVISION: PRACTISING THE PAST TENSE AND PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT AND PLACE

 

CLICK AND PRACTISE SAYING THE PAST.

PRACTISE SENTENCES IN THE PAST 1

PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE