houses, furniture, describing a place
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LIVING PLACELoreta Vainauskiene, English teacher, Kruonis Gymnasium
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Types of houses and flats
• bungalow
• converted loft
• cottage
• detached house
• semi-detached house
• mansion
• manor
• penthouse
• skyscraper
• terraced house
• country house
• villa
• bedsit
• studio flat
• block of flats
• apartment house
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Bungalow
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Countryhouse
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Penthouse
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Converted loft
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Cottage
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Detached house
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Semi-detached house
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Terraced house (terrace-house)
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Block of flats/apartment house
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*Mansion *Manor
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Villa
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Hut – humpy - lūšnelė
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*Studio flat *Bedsit
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Floor/storey
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Neighbourhood
• dweller (city/town)
• resident• Inhabitant
• downtown• housing estate• settlement
• area
• district
• environment
• outskirts
• region
• suburb
• surroundings
• territory
• neighbourhood
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Read and translate
1. We live in good and healthy neighbourhood.
2. I didn‘t feel that the neighbourhood was a very safe environment for kids.
3. He was elected to represent his district.
4. It took me a few weeks to get used to my newsurroundings.
5. They would rather live in the suburbs than ina city centre.
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Read and translate
6. Her parents lived in a mansion on the outskirts of Manchester.
7. The Manchester site, Collyhurst, is a post-war housing estate on the north-east edge ofthe city centre.
8. She lives in a really beautiful apartment indowntown Miami.
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FURNITURE
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*armchair*swivel chair*rocking chair
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* cupboard *display cabinet
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Wardrobe/closet
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*Carpet *rug *cushion
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*bedside table/nightstand*dressing table
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dishwasher – sink - washbasin
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Chest of drawers
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Speaking:dialogue or roleplay?
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Speaking: dialogue
• agree: certainly, Yes, that’d be perfect, Good point, OK, let’s do that.
• disagree/partly agree: I see your point, but…, I don’t think they’re that important; I agree that would be ideal, but…
• ask the other person’s opinion: can we?, don't we?, Where would you like to live? How about other criteria?
• suggest an additional option: But I think one more thing is essential.
• confirm what has been agreed: So, we’ve decided that…
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DESCRIBINGPLACES
INTRODUCTION
• Give general information about the place or building:
• What is it?
• Who built it? When?
• Where is it?
• Why is it interesting?
• Why are you writing about it?
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MAIN PART (BODY)
Describe the place:
• What does it look like?
• What are the important features of it?
• What makes it special?
• What can you see there?
• What is the atmosphere of it?
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CONCLUSION
Conclude by summarizing the points and include a general comment or say how you feel:
• What is your general opinion of the place/building?
• How do you feel about the place/building?
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