A
There is a badly fitting window.
Speaker 1
B
The central heating doesn’t work. Speaker 2
C
The air conditioner doesn’t work. Speaker 3
D
The roof is leaking.
Speaker 4
E
The windows are broken.
Speaker 5
F
The driveway needs repairing.
G
The door is creaking.
H
There isn’t enough space.
Both pictures show ...
Picture A ... but picture B ...
Picture A ... . In addition, ... .
Picture B, on the other hand, ...
Although/While picture A ...,
picture B ...
Discuss the following:
Which house would you like to
live in? Give reasons.
How is your house similar to/ different
from the ones in the pictures?
What problems might you face in
each type of house? Think about:
noise, neighbours, distance from
shops/facilities, space, heating
etc.
A
b. Listen again and for questions 1-7, choose the
best answer (A, B or C).
1 Marsha Ward
A
has written several books.
B
has personal experience of child safety.
C
is an expert in home security.
2 Every year, accidents in the home
A
are becoming more common.
B
happen because children stay away from school.
C
send more than a million children to hospital.
3 Marsha says most accidents in the home
A
are caused by carelessness.
B
need not have happened.
C
are unavoidable.
4 The majority of home accidents happen to
A
young children.
B
older children.
C
parents.
5 Children in a bath
A
should use a rubber mat.
B
should never be left unsupervised.
C
enjoy playing in the water.
6 Where does Marsha think accidents are most likely
to happen?
A
on the stairs
B
in the bathroom
C
in the kitchen
7 According to Marsha, children
A
must never play in the kitchen.
B
should not be allowed in the kitchen.
C
must be kept away from dangers in the kitchen.
2
Look at the houses in the pictures and compare
them, saying which house would be more suitable
for a large family. You can use the expressions
below to help you.
Listening & Speaking skills
B
1
You will
hear five
different people
talking about
problems they
are having with
their houses.
For questions
1-5, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says.
Use the letters only once. There are three extra
statements which you do not need to use.
4
Look at the pictures of dangers children face at home.
In pairs, talk about the danger involved in each
situation. Then say what can be done to make houses
safer for children. Use the ideas below to help you.
3
a. You are going to hear a woman talking about
home safety. Which of these words do you
expect to hear and in what context? Listen and
check.
headache
falling burning drowning
choking toothache poisoning scalding
cutting electrocution indigestion
I wouldn’t expect to hear the word ‘headache’.
I would expect to hear the word ‘falling’.
Falling down the stairs is a common household accident.
While picture A shows a detached house with a garden,
picture B…
electrical sockets/hot cookers
–
safety covers
chemicals/cleaning products/medicine
–
locked
cupboards
cupboards & drawers
–
safety catches on
swimming pools
–
guard rails
staircases
–
safety gates
knives/irons
–
keep out of reach
A: Hot cookers are very dangerous because children can
get burnt.
B: That’s true. Kids should never be left alone in the kitchen
when the cooker is on.
Read the instructions to
understand what the speakers have
in common. Read the list A-H and
underline the words you have to listen
for. Listen for clues to match each speaker
to the prompts. Remember the extracts
may have distracting information so listen
to the whole part before you decide.
Listen again and check your answers.
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