10. Speaking.

10.1. Discuss or comment the sayings about home. Do you know similar in your language?

1 There is no place like home.

2 Home is where the heart is.

3 One’s house, one’s castle. 4 My house is my castle. 5 The house shows the owner. 6 Better one’s house too little one day, then too big all the year after.

7 Home, sweet home.

8 To every bird, its own nest is beautiful.

10.2. Act out dialogues in pairs following a situation and making use of the suggested vocabulary.

A You are choosing a flat/house to rent or to buy. Talk to an estate agent or the landlord. (facilities, amenities, utilities charges, condition, cost/ rent, terms of contract/ tenancy, purchase, to commute, furnished/ unfurnished, floor, benefit from);

B You are having a household disorder and are trying to get a specialist to see to it. (smth. wrong with/ isn’t working/ has broken down/ is leaking/ jammed lock/ cracked window/ smth. has come off etc, want it repaired/fixed, do smth. about, it’s urgent/ unacceptable/ not good enough, demands immediate attention).

11. Writing. Describe a dwelling of your dream/ childhood/ real one in detail, accumulating the most of studied vocabulary.