Exercise 20. Choose one of these pictures and describe it in detail using the construction there is/there are.
Listening
1.
Listen to an agent who shows two foreign students a flat. Look at the
Floor plan. Listen and write the name of each room in the correct
place on the Floor plan.
2.
Listen again and write the name of two items you hear mentioned for
each room.
3.
Work in groups of three. Two students will be the couple renting the
flat, while the other student is the estate agent. The couple renting
the flat goes to speak to the estate agent about the problems they
are experiencing. (such as no hot water, no heating, the washing
machine does not work, etc). Role play your conversation to the
class.
Writing
1.
Describe one of the following: - your living-room; – your bedroom;
– your friend’s new flat; – your study; – our class-room; –
a famous writer’s house which is a museum now; – a room in the
picture you bring to class.