25 March 09 - 3ºC and 3ºI

• Exam revision - Congratulations!! You're doing much better, but please, keep up the hard work!!
• New File. A question of taste...
  
• Vocabulary Bank - p. 152

1. Houses and Decoration

1. balcony
2. block of flats
3. chimney
4. detached house
5. fence
6. front door
7. gate
8. hedge
9. letter box
10. path
11. pavement
12. porch
13. roof
14. terrace
15. terraced house
16. wall
    

2. Adjectives

old-fashioned

well-designed
stylish
tasteful
original
practical

luxurious
comfortable
impersonal
relaxing
cosy

3. Furniture

kitchen: dishwasher - oven - sink - tap
bathroom: tap - toilet/loo - washbasin
bedroom: bedside table - chest of drawers - wardrobe
living room: bookcase - fireplace
any / all rooms: blinds - ceiling - curtains - rug - radiator/heater - (plant) pot - wall

House quiz - p. 60 - c.

1.

a. block of flats

b. a detached house

c. a terraced house

2.

a. washbasin

b. heater/radiator

c. sink

3.

a. fireplace the place in teh living room where you can have an open fire; chimney the place on a roof where smoke comes out.
b. ceiling the top part, inside a room; roof the top outside part of a house.
c. door can be found in any room; front door is the main entrance to the house /flat.
d. hedge a "wall" made of plants; fence a "wall" made of wood or metal.
e. antique furniture old, genuine, and usually valuable furniture; old-fashioned furniture any furniture which is out of fashion.

5. Possible answers

a. cosy, comfortable
b. old-fashioned, antique
c. luxurious
d. smart, wooden, stylish, practical

HOMEWORK

Reading - pp. 62-63.