Part VIII. Speaking
Exercise 1. Look at the photographs, which show two different rooms. Which adjectives and expressions in the box below best describe each room?
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bare cluttered personal spacious cosy comfortable plain and simple sparse airy homely functional orderly contemporary inviting the basic necessities to look lived-in |
Exercise 2. Now compare and contrast the rooms, and say which kind of room you would prefer to live in and why.
While describing photos use the following phrases:
Comparing and contrasting
Well, there are two different rooms in both photos.
Both rooms look comfortable.
Both photos show different rooms.
Well, I can see two different rooms in these photos.
In the first photo/picture, I can see a living room but in the second one there is a dining room.
Expressing and justifying opinions
Well, I think (a dining room is a functional room because you use this room in your flat while eating).
In my opinion, (a dining room is the best place in my flat because the whole family enjoy spending time and talking to each other while eating).
What I mean is (that a dining room is a place where the whole family usually gather together).
I’m thinking about (a room where the whole family can spend time and talk to each other).
Expressing preferences
I like (living in a flat) better than (living in a house).
I (would) prefer (a house of my own) to (a big comfortable flat).
I prefer (living in a flat) to (living in a house).
It depends. Sometimes I’d like to (live in the house of my own) but other times I’d like to (live in a flat on the top floor).