Module 2 a place like home

Order the letters to make places in a house.

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Can you name two things you can find in these places?

1. Pronunciation

Listen and repeat the phrases.

in the room in the house in the flat in the kitchen

on the shelf on the balcony on the stairs on the floor

2. Vocabulary and listening

2.1 Look at the plan of a flat and label the rooms.

2.2 Listen and repeat.

Look at the rooms in 2.1. What’s in them? Complete the lists.

in the kitchen	in the …	in the …	in the …	in the …	on the …
cupboards ________	________ ________	________ ________	________ ________	_________ _________	_________ _________

2.3 Louise and Harry are American tourists in England. They want to rent a house for the summer. Cover the dialogue and listen. Which three rooms in the house do they go into?

Listen again and complete the dialogue.

Estate agent:	Well, this is the hall. There are six ____ on this floor. There’s a ____ , a dining room, a ____ , a study, a ____ …
Harry:	Wow! There’s a ____ !
Louise:	What’s that room?
Estate agent:	That’s a ____ , madam.
Harry:	How many ____ are there?
Estate agent:	There’s one downstairs and three upstairs.
Louise:	Are there any showers?
Estate agent:	No, there aren’t, madam. This is an old house.
Estate agent:	This is the ____ .
Louise:	Are those paintings original?
Estate agent:	Yes, I think so, madam.
Harry:	Is there a ____ ?
Estate agent:	No, there isn’t, sir. But there’s a piano.
Estate agent:	And the ____ .
Louise:	There isn’t a ____ !
Estate agent:	Yes, there is. It’s over there.
Louise:	You call that a ____ ? Are there any glasses? I need a glass of water.
Estate agent:	Yes, madam. There are some glasses in that ____ . Now let’s go ____ .

3. Grammar

3.1 Complete the sentences about the house from 2.3 with is, isn’t, are and aren’t.

There ____ a piano.	There ____ six rooms on this floor.
There ____ a fridge.	There ____ any showers.
___ there a television? – No, there ___.	____ there any glasses? – Yes, there ____.

3.2 Listen to Rory describing his room. Make sentences about

sofa armchair table PlayStation book picture poster lamp

his room, use the words from the box. Listen again and check.

e.g. There is a sofa in his room.

Make six sentences about your room. Use there is/isn’t, there are/aren’t.

3.3 Look at the photo of a dormitory/hall of residence room and answer the questions.

1. How many girls are there in the room?

2. Is there a television?

3. Are there any flowers in the room?

Student A: Ask three more questions about the room.

Student B: Cover the picture and answer the questions.

Swap the roles.

3.4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your room/flat.

3.5 Match the prepositions and pictures. Use between, next to/beside, on, under, above/over, in, opposite, behind, in front of, near.

a.	b.	c.	d.	e.
f.	g.	h.	i.	j.

3.6 Complete the sentences about the picture.

1. The lamp ison the table.

2. The flowers are ___ the vase.

3. The cat is ___ the armchair.

4. The ball is ___ the table.

5. The clock is ___ the table.

6. The chair is ___ the table.

7. The carpet is ___ the table.

8. The lamp is ___ the vase and the book.

9. The cushions are ___ the armchair.

3.7 Listen to Jerry and his mum.

What is she looking for?

1. TV remote control

2. lamp

3. cat

Where is it?

1. on the sofa

2. behind the sofa

3. under the sofa

3.8 Describe Rory’s room. Use the prepositions of place.