Speaking and listening – Elementary to Intermediate LET’S TALK ABOUT HOUSES Conversation cards Where do you live? Do you live in a house or a flat (also: apartment)? How many rooms are there in your house? Name them. Describe your house or flat. (both inside and outside) What is there in your living room? Name as many things as you can. What do you do there? What is there in your kitchen? Name as many things as you can. What do you do there? What is there in your bedroom? Name as many things as you can. What time do you usually go to bed? What is there in your bathroom? Name as many things as you can. What do you do there? What is there in your garage? Name as many things as you can. What do you do there? What is there in your garden? Name as many things as you can. What do you do there? Do you prefer living in a house or flat? Explain why. Are you in favour of renting or buying a house? Explain why. Do you prefer living in the city or the country? Explain why. How much does an average house or flat cost where you live? Where do people get the money to buy one? Give some reasons why people can become homeless. Who does the housework in your family? What do they do? How many kinds of houses can you name? (e.g. house, flat, apartment, …) Make a list of important things to look for when buying (or renting) a house. (e.g. a garden, near a supermarket) How many times have you moved house? Did you enjoy it?

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Speaking and listening – Elementary to IntermediateLET’S TALK ABOUT HOUSES

Conversation cards

ANSWER KEY

Where do you live?Do you live in a house or a flat (also: apartment)?

How many rooms are there in your house?Name them.

Describe your house or flat.(both inside and outside)

What is there in your living room?Name as many things as you can. What do you do there?

What is there in your kitchen?Name as many things as you can.What do you do there?

What is there in your bedroom? Name as many things as you can.What time do you usually go to bed?

What is there in your bathroom?Name as many things as you can.What do you do there?

What is there in your garage?Name as many things as you can.What do you do there?

What is there in your garden?Name as many things as you can.What do you do there?

Do you prefer living in a house or flat?Explain why.

Are you in favour of renting or buying a house?Explain why.

Do you prefer living in the city or the country?Explain why.

How much does an average house or flat cost where you live?Where do people get the money to buy one?

Give some reasons why people can become homeless.

Who does the housework in your family?What do they do?

How many kinds of houses can you name? (e.g. house, flat, apartment, …)

Make a list of important things to look for when buying (or renting) a house.(e.g. a garden, near a supermarket)

How many times have you moved house?Did you enjoy it?

There is/There are

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Speaking and listening – Elementary to Intermediate

Living room: sofa, TV, armchair, coffee table, rug, table, chairs, computer, lamp, bookcase, cupboard, shelves, picture

Kitchen: cupboard, shelves, cooker/stove, pots & pans, microwave oven, sink, dishwasher, table, chairs

Bedroom: bed, wardrobe, nightstand(s), pillows, mattress, sheets, duvet/comforter, mirror, dressing table/vanity

Bathroom: toilet, bath, shower, washbasin, mirror, medicine cabinet

Garage: car, bicycle, motorbike, lawn mower, shelves, tools, garden hose

Garden: flowers, grass, trees, shrubs, swimming pool, garden furniture, swing, sandbox, flower beds,

Discuss pricesIntroduce: savings, inheritance, mortgage

Cleaning, cooking, washing, ironing, doing the dishes, setting the tables, taking out the rubbish/garbage

bungalow, detached house, semi-detached house, villa, palace, castle, mansion, farm, cottage, terraced house (also row house or town house), studio, houseboat, igloo, tent/wigwam, treehouse, condo (or condominium), cabin, stilt house, A-frame, hut, trailer

kitchen 8bathroom 3garden 2

cellar 10

living room 9dining room 4

study 11

bedroom 5hall 6attic 7garage 1

Match BrE (left) with AmE (right)1 Cellar C a apartment2 Lift D b yard3 Garden B c basement4 Flat A d elevator

Explain and discuss Home sweet home. Home is where the heart is. A man’s home is his castle. Until the cows come home. Charity begins at home. Bring home the bacon.