8. Writing

8.1 Read the advert from a website. Arrange the parts of the advert in the correct order.

	It’s a fully furnished flat on the ninth floor of a new building. There are two bedrooms, a cosy living room with a large balcony, a well-equipped kitchen and a bathroom. The flat has very big windows, so it’s bright and airy, and you have a beautiful view of the city.
1	Rent this nice two-bedroom flat. It’s perfectly situated next to the city university, five minutes from the city centre, and a fifteen-minute walk from the city park.
	This flat is great for students or young couples. Sorry, no pets, and no-smoking.
	The neighbourhood is perfect for young active people. There is a stadium, a sports complex, night clubs and cafes. A popular supermarket is five minutes away from the house, and a bus stop is right behind it.

8.2 Write out the adjectives describing the flat and neighbourhood. Check the meanings with a dictionary. Think of more adjectives to describe a place.

e.g. cosy, perfectly situated

8.3 Write an advert of your flat (real or imaginary) for the website. Plan what you are going to write. Try to answer the following questions.

1. What kind of flat is it? Where is it?

2. Describe the flat, its rooms, furniture.

3. Describe the neighbourhood. Are there places of interest, entertainment, shops, public transport?

4. Say who the flat is suitable for? Are there any restrictions?

OVER TO YOU:

1. Can you describe your flat/a flat you know?

2. Can you say what there is in your room?

3. Can you describe your neighbourhood?

4. Can you describe a dormitory/hall of residence room in your university?

Module 3 time for myself

Look at the pictures and match them with the activities.

surf the Internet play sport games go fishing go to the gym play video games relax and enjoy the weather

Which shows your ideal day-off? Why? Say what you like doing on your day-off.

e.g. I like playing basketball with my friends.

1. Pronunciation

Listen to the verbs and place them in three columns. Practise saying them.

think watch play fix show look listen live speak start teach dress

[ s ]

[ z ]

[ ɪz ]

2. Grammar

2.1 Listen to the conversations and choose the verb you hear.

a.	- I want/wants a guitar for my birthday. - You don’t/doesn’t play the guitar. - I know/knows, but I want/wants to learn.
b.	- I work/works in a bank. - I don’t/doesn’t work. I’m a student.
c.	- Jane and Alan are in Tokyo. - Do they live there? - Yes, they do. They teach/teaches English at a language school.
d.	- My brother’s a nurse. - Does he work in a hospital? - No, he don’t/doesn’t. He work/works in a school. He’s a school nurse.
e.	- Mr. and Mrs. Brown? - Sorry. They don’t/doesn’t live here.
f.	- Let’s take a taxi. - We can’t. We don’t/doesn’t have any money.

Put the verbs from the conversations in the right place of the table.

I	want/know
We
You
They		don’t live
He

2.2 Study the rule and fill the gaps with the correct forms. Then listen and repeat after the speaker.

look → looks love → loves try → tries stay → stays teach → teaches finish → finishes do → does have → has

1. Kate Smith … in London (live).

2. She … magazines (read).

3. She … sport (watch).

4. She … tennis (play).

5. She … French (study).

6. She … black coffee (drink).

Make more sentences about one of your friends.

1. My friend (live) …

2. He/she (study) …

3. He/she (play) …

4. He/she (speak) …

5. He/she (watch)… on TV.

6. He/she (drink) … in the mornings.

7. He/she (like) … on a day-off.

8. He/she (have) …

2.3 Listen to John’s mother about her son’s life. Write positive and negative sentences with the words below. go out

1. play football

2. go to the cinema

3. listen to pop music

4. play computer games

5. watch TV

6. sit in his room

7. read books

2.4 Complete the text with the correct forms.

My brother Max is Russian, but he (have) an American wife, Nicole. Max and Nickie (live) in Toronto, in Canada, and they both (work) in a hospital. Max (teach) young doctors. Nickie (work) as a medical nurse. They (speak) English at work, but at home they usually (speak) Russian. They (have) a 21-year-old son, Andrew. He (study) languages at university. Andrew (play) the guitar and (have) lots of friends. I usually (go) to Toronto every summer, and we (have) great time together.

2.5 Make the sentences positive or negative .

1. We / play football at university 

2. I / speak German well 

3. They / have a lot of money 

4. My sister / study economics 

5. You / like dogs 

6. It / work well 

7. He / play the guitar in a band 

8. My dad and I / go fishing together 

9. My brother / have a car 

10. You / play volleyball professionally 

11. He / have an old car 

2.6 Complete the sentences with negative forms.

1. They are married, but they … children.

2. I speak English, but I … French.

3. She has a brother, but she … a sister.

4. We … in London, we live in Glasgow.

5. He has a TV, but he … it very often.

6. You are not a vegetarian, but you … meat?

7. The green light is on, but the coffee machine …

2.7 Some of these sentences are wrong. Can you correct them?

1. In Canada they speak English and German.

2. The river Amazon flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

3. In Britain people have dinner at 2 p.m.

4. Some students study Spanish at the University.

5. You don’t know who Barack Obama is.

6. Your English teacher comes from the USA.

7. We don’t wear a uniform in the university.

2.8 Write about you.

e.g. I eat meat. or I don’t eat meat.

• play basketball/volleyball/hockey/… well

• go fishing/shopping/swimming/…at weekends

• speak German/French/Japanese/…

• have a car/laptop/pet/…

• study languages/physics/technology/…

2.9 Listen to the questions and short answers to them. Give your answers to these questions.

- Listen to 12 more questions and give short answers.

- Practise asking and answering these questions with a partner.

2.10 Read Brittany’s story about her typical day at college and complete her answers to the questions below.

Hi! I’m Brittany, and I’m a freshman at Pitt (that’s short for the University of Pittsburgh). That means I’m in my first year here, and I just LOVE college life!

My days usually start around 8 or 9 a.m., when I wake up. I get dressed and go to class. After my morning class, I come back to my room and do the homework that I have for my afternoon classes, watch my favorite TV series, or take a nap. Naps are so, so wonderful. :)

After a few hours of these activities, I go to my afternoon classes. They are over at about 4:30 or 5 p.m. After that, I go back to my room and relax for a while until some of my friends take me down to the cafeteria to eat dinner. After that, there’s hanging out with them and playing the guitar (I’m not very good at it yet) and watching TV shows. Around 10 or 11 p.m.

we all go back to our rooms and begin working on our homework for the night. I take a shower and then I sleep.

College time really flies by. The first semester is almost over! I really can’t believe it. Do you guys have any more questions about day-to-day college life? Ask me please!

nap short sleep fly by go fast

1. Brittany, do you live in the USA? – Yes, I do.

2. Do you like your new life? –

3. Do you stay in the class all day? –

4. Do you sometimes sleep after classes? –

5. Do you watch TV in the middle of the day? –

6. Do you have classes after lunch? –

7. Do you usually have dinner in your room? –

8. Do you see your friends in the evenings? –

9. Do you play the guitar well? –

10. Do you do your homework in the evenings? –

11. Do you take a shower in the morning? –

Now write about Brittany’s life in college.

e.g. Brittany is a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. She loves her college life. She usually wakes up at …