Adapted from First Impact

St. John’s & St. Mary’s Institute of Technology

Josephine Huang

Unit 3 Living Space

Complainingneighbor problemspossessive pronouns

Warm up

Work with a partner. Think of the best places in your area to live. Rank them and explain why.

Place Reason

1.____________________

2._____________________

3._____________________

Example

What makes a city or part of a city a good place to live?Nice homes, convenient shops and services, near work/ school, safety parks and entertainment.

Vocabulary

What’s up be worried about noise apartment recently late at night

cousin

out of hand

loud

slam

pushy

Cultural notes

In north America, many women prefer the term Ms. rather than Miss or Mrs. However, some women, especially those who are more traditional, still prefer Mrs./Miss.

Listening “ It’s really a problem…”

Nick and Mrs. Chen are neighbors. Mrs Chen has a problem.

Listening for key wordsListen. Check ( ) the words and phrases you hear.

worried about the noiseworried about your friendsfrom our apartmentfrom the neighborsevery nightlate at night

� It’s probably my cousins�It’s probably my friends�talk very loud �shut the door�ask them to leave�ask them to be more quiet

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Listening for meaning.

Listen again. What is Mrs. Chen complaining about?

The noise from Nick’s apartment.

What is Nick going to do?

Talk to his cousins right away.

Nick: Hey, Mrs. Chen!Mrs.C: Hello, Nick, Uh, Nick…could I talk to you for a minute?N: Sure. 1.___________________.C: I’m a little worried about the noise around hereN: Oh, really. Noise, you mean noise from our apartment?C: Yes, 2._______________________ recently.N: Really, oh, you mean this week?C: Yes, especially the past two or three nights. I hear people walking in the hall

What’s up

It’s become a problem

3. Late at night and they 3._____________________.N: Oh, I think it’s probably my cousins. They are visiting here for the first time and they come home late, and make noise and stuff. I guess they get a little 4._____________________sometimes.C: Oh, I see, they are just….N: They are just a little excited.C: I understand. It’s just that they talk very loud in they hallway and they 5.__________________ and well, you know, it’s very late.N: I’m really sorry, Mrs. Chen. I didn’t realize it’s a problem.

talk very loud and laugh

out of hand

slam the door

C: I wonder if you could just ask them to be more quiet at night. I don’t want to be too 6.______________.N: Oh, sure, Mrs. Chen. I’ll talk to them right away. I’m sorry.

pushy

Conversation Topic : neighbors

Their dogs barks late at night

they park their car in your parking space

they leave garbage outside

they don’t say hello to you

they watch what you are doing

• •They make a lot of noise•they don’t take care oftheir yard•they don’t return things they borrow•their pets make a mess•they argue a lot

Excuse me, I need totalk to you about

something.

Sure, What is that?

It’s about your dog.

My dog?

I hate to complain, but it barks late at night!

Oh, sorry about that--I’ll see

what I can do.

A:Where are you going on your vacation?B: I’m going to Hawaii!A: WOW! You always go to such interesting places!B: What are you going to DO there?A: I’m going to go swimming and lie on the beach!

Where are you going on your vacation?

Where are you going on your vacation?

A: Where are you going on ______?B: I’m going to _______!A: WOW! You always go to such _____ places!B : _______A: What are you going to do there?B:I’m going to go _________and ____ ____________!

Usage Notes

Possessive adjectives are Possessive adjectives are located in front of the item located in front of the item owned ( my room, your place).owned ( my room, your place).

Possessive nouns stand alonePossessive nouns stand alone (mine, yours, his, hers, theirs,ours)

Grammar Awareness a messy apartment

bicycle

Hiking boots

clothes

magazine

paints

Clothes next to the door

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Laura Melissa Tom

Noticing. Fill in the missing words. Then listen again and check.

Julie: IS the bicycle in the hall Melissa’s?Laura: No, that’s not _______________.It belongs to her boyfriend, Tom. He comes here a lot.Julie: And these hiking boots under the table? Are they his too?Laura: Yeah, they are ___________.Julie: How about these clothes on the couch? Are they Melissa’s or yours?Laura: Those are __________.

hers

his

hers

•.Noticing. Find the mistakes and correct them.

Julie: How about all these magazines on the table?Laura: Oh, some of them are ____________, but most of them are _____________.Julie: And the paints on the floor? I guess they are ___________.Laura: No. I keep _________ in my own room. Those are _____________.Julie: Whose?Laura: Tom, a painter. At least he thinks he is.Julie: How about those clothes next to the door?Laura: Oh, those are ________.Julie: You mean, ________ and Melissa’s?

mine

hers

yours

minehis

oursyours

Any questions?