1) READING COMPREHENSION: "HOW GREEN IS YOUR HOUSE?"
2) TYPES OF HOUSES: VOCABULARY
3) SPEAKING ABOUT HOUSES AND HOMES:
Let's watch this VIDEO: "How to describe your home in English"
Prepare these questions to talk in pairs about "Housing and home"
Conversation Below there are some of the questions about the topic. Choose two or three you would like to talk about. The pictures are there to help you.
1. When you were a child, did you have to share a bedroom with your siblings? 2. Which are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small house / flat / apartment? And living in a big one? 3. What would your ideal house or apartment look like? 4. Do you have many decorations in your home or is it bare?
Partner A Talk about at least two of the questions bellow. The examiner may ask you more questions when you have finished. Do you like the place where you are living? Why or why not? Is there anything (any item in your house) you couldn´t live without? Give some reasons why some people become homeless.
Partner B Talk about at least two of the questions bellow. The examiner may ask you more questions when you have finished. Describe how you go about buying a house in your country. How difficult is it to get a mortgage and buy your own house? How long have you lived where you live now? Do you like keeping animals in your house?
Conversation Below there are some of the questions about the topic. Choose two or three you would like to talk about. The pictures are there to help you.
1. When you were a child, did you have to share a bedroom with your siblings? 2. Which are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small house / flat / apartment? And living in a big one? 3. What would your ideal house or apartment look like? 4. Do you have many decorations in your home or is it bare?
Partner A Talk about at least two of the questions bellow. The examiner may ask you more questions when you have finished. Do you like the place where you are living? Why or why not? Is there anything (any item in your house) you couldn´t live without? Give some reasons why some people become homeless.
Partner B Talk about at least two of the questions bellow. The examiner may ask you more questions when you have finished. Describe how you go about buying a house in your country. How difficult is it to get a mortgage and buy your own house? How long have you lived where you live now? Do you like keeping animals in your house?
