30 April 09 - 3ºC and 3ºL

• Revision - 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.

• Pronunciation - 2. The /ə/ sound.

a.

1. cupboard
2. iron
3. arrange
4. appearance
5. comfortable
6. terrace
7. modern
8. over
9. fashionable
10. leather

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/esl/pronunciation/schwa.html

• Listening - Guess which room they decorated

CHARLES'S ROOM

Lucy dislikes

the sofa: It's like something in a horror movie / doesn't go with the rest of the room

the computer: reminds her of work / not attractive

the blinds: like a dentist's, not relaxing

likes

the photo frames: wouldn't have put them on the coffee table

GENERAL CRITICISMS

The room is very cold and impersonal, Charles is very lazy, buys the first thing he sees, furniture doesn't go together, he hasn't thought about it.

LUCY'S ROOM

Charles dislikes

the curtains: too feminine, too long

the branches: "typical woman's thing"

the sofa: completely impractical - can't watch footbal and drink beer on it.

likes

the colour of the walls

the fireplace

the shelves: better than his, more stylish

GENERAL CRITICISMS

She's thought about style more than practicality (though generally he thinks it's relaxing and tasteful).

• Your turn... If you want to learn some more...

VOCABULARY

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/rooms.htm

http://cassandra.sprex.com/teachionary/applets/English_room_parts.html

http://cassandra.sprex.com/teachionary/applets/English_house_rooms.html

http://www.learnenglish.de/dictationpage.htm - Dictation

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/roomsidioms.htm - Idioms

http://home.nordnet.fr/~rmaufroid/pupitre/houses/simsponshouse.htm - The Simpsons' house

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/archive/theme_houses.html

http://www.say-it-in-english.com/EverydayEnglish.html

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-homes.htm

http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/inredning/

http://www.liis.lv/eng_learn/Houses/voc_houses.htm

http://www.effingpot.com/house.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv75.shtml - House or Home?

http://www.isabelperez.com/houses.htm

LISTENING

http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-housing.htm

READING

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4190000/newsid_4197100/4197174.stm

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/houses.html - Houses

http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/britishhouses.htm - British Houses

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/house.html - Inside a Typical English House

http://www.housesofthefuture.com.au/hof_houses01.html/ - Houses of the Future

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/Activities/apartment_game.html