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competitive, romantic, active, excited
conservative, talkative, adventurous
shy, reliable, cheerful, generous,
impatient, creative
calm, confident, stressed, relaxed,
peaceful
relaxed, peaceful, refreshed, depressed
cheerful, isolated, withdrawn
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Use the prepositions and the words in the list to
describe the living room. How similar to/different
from is it from your living room?
in front of next to behind opposite on
between above in the middle of
fireplace candlesticks carpet paintings
sofa
armchair cushions plant glass coffee table
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a. Listen and circle the words that are mentioned
in connection with each colour.
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a. Match the verbs to the nouns.
Writing Project
b. Look at the pictures A and B and write an
advertisement for each house. Say if it is for
rent/sale, what kind of house it is, how much it
costs, what special features it has got and give a
telephone number for contact. Use the
advertisements in Ex. 2a as models to help you.
Household Chores
Colours & Rooms
wash
dust
make
iron
vacuum
clean
mop
mow
the beds
the carpets
the clothes
the dishes
the windows
the floors
the lawn
the furniture
A
B
Both house A and B have got a driveway.
House A has got a chimney, but house B hasn’t got one.
House A has got a driveway as well as a garage.
Besides having a garage, house A has got a driveway.
driveway
chimney
garage
pool
garden
attic
patio
fence
balcony
air
conditioning
security
system
cellar
fireplace
built-in
A
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✗
B
✓
✗
✓
✗
✓
✓
✗
✗
A
✓
✓
✓
✗
✓
✗
✓
✓
B
✗
✓
✓
✓
✗
✓
✓
✗
Which of these household chores do you do?
How often? Which do you like/not mind/hate
doing?
b. Which of these verbs can be changed to
do +
ing
form of the verb? Make up sentences about
your family using these phrases.
Mum always
does the ironing
on Saturday.
b. Listen again. What colour would you paint these
rooms? Why?
a dining room
a child’s bedroom
a play area a living room a classroom
I would paint a dining room orange because it stimulates the
appetite.
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a. Use the prompts and the
linkers to make up sentences
for each house, as in
the examples.
both
as well as
also
besides
whereas
but
although
however
There is a glass coffee table in front of the sofa.
I sometimes wash the dishes in the evenings.
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