Language Adventure Phase 3
Speaking – House
1- Read the text in the bubble and talk.
2- Look, read and talk.
Is it important to have a garden in your house? Explain.
What does the outside of your house look like? Explain.
Are your neighbours good or picky?
Is it a safe place where you live?
picky = fastidious, especially excessively so
How long have you lived where you are living now? Explain.
Describe your house. Explain.
Is renting a house cheap or expensive? Explain.
Would you make changes to your house? Explain.
What is the safest place in your house? Explain.
How often do you paint your house? Explain.
How often do you clean your house?
How do you name your place, “house” or “home”? Explain.
Do you feel comfortable at home?
Who cleans your house? How often?
Do you prefer a clean or messy house?
What are the benefits of a clean room?
Does it matter if you have a messy house? Explain.
What would happen if your room were dirty and messy, and your mom saw it?
3- Click on the pictures – they will take you to some HOUSE phrases idioms or vocabulary.
- Check out the new phrases and lexis you can use.
- Take notes on phrases or words you don’t know or don’t remember.
- Choose your favourite phrases/idioms and think about when you can use them.
- Share with the class.
4- Watch the video and take notes.
- Do you know any of these words?
5- Look and talk.
- According to the pictures, discuss the following questions:
- What does “remodel” mean?
- Would you remodel your room?
- Would it be easy?
- Why should you remodel places at home?
HOUSE
6- Read and talk.
- To sum up, what is the best way to get ideas to remodel your room?
- What would be the first activity to remodel the room?
7- Watch the video and take notes.
- Listen carefully and analyze the idioms, phrases, or phrasal verbs.
- Listen and write some of them that you would use when speaking in a regular conversation.
- Pause the video as needed.
- Share with the class.
We don’t own the rights to this video. It was taken from Candela González – on YouTube.
8- Look and think about HOUSE information.
- You are remodelling your bedroom on holiday.
- What do you have to do first, what would you do, renovate or remodel?
- Write some notes and complete the template.
9- Share the information you got for the new activities.
The teacher will comment on your sharing.
Some classmates will comment on your sharing.
Take notes on the comments.
You will need the comments to make some improvements to your planning.
10- Watch the video and take notes.
- What time was it?
- When do you say: “what a relief”?
- What does she suggest to him?
- What would he like for breakfast?
- What does a burglar do?
- What would they do against the burglars?
- What does “break in” mean?
- How could they secure the windows?
- What should she do when suffering a power outage?
- Where is the fuse box?
We don’t own the rights to this video. It was taken from Easy English – on YouTube.
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