UNIT 7

Does it have a view

P44: DOES IT HAVE A VIEW Vocabulary

No Word Pashto M English meaning

1 House ټاټوبی کور، Building one family live in

2 Apartment اپارتمان A set of rooms for living in

3 Floor یام چت، The flat surface of a room

4 Dining room کوټه دخوراک a room where meals are eaten

5 Kitchen خانه اشپز A room where food is cooked

6 Laundry room

خونه مینځلو دکالو room where cloths are washed

7 Living room کوټه اوسیدو د Room where you one live

8 Stairs زینه steps

9 Garage ګاراج Place where cars are kept

No Word Pashto M English meaning

10 Bedroom کوټه تخت د winch , pulley

11 Closet کوچن المار،کوټه

a cupboard or a small room with a door

12 Bath room تشناب A room with a bath, toilet

13 Yard حویلۍ lawn

14 Elevator لفټ Lift

15 Lobby خانه انتظار entrance hall, Reception area

16 Hall دهلیز سالون، Big room at the entrance

17 Guess what کوی فکر څه I have interesting news

18 Beautiful ښکلی Very good-looking

19 View منظره The scene you see from…

P44: SNAPSHOT Listen and practice

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Post-listening questions1. What rooms are in houses in your

country?2. What rooms are in apartments?3. What rooms are in your houses or

apartments?

P44 Conversation My new apartment

Listen and practice Learning objectives: practice a

conversation about a new apartment see simple present short answers in context.

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P45 GRAMMAR FOCUS

Note: Bring To do (do, does) verbs at the beginning of a sentence in short answers in simple present tense.

Do you live in an apartment? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. Does Chris live in a house? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t

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Simple present short answers

P45 A Complete the conversation. Then practice with a partner. The first one is done as an example, the rest of the practice is your homework.

Linda: Do you live in an apartment?Chris: No, I………… . I……….. in a house.

B pair work Read the conversation in part A again. Ask and answer these questions. For “no” answer, give the correct information.

1. Does Chris live in an apartment?

No, he doesn’t. He lives in a house.

PAGE 45C Pair work Write five questions to ask

your partner about his or her home. Then ask and answer the questions.

1. Do you live in a house?2. What rooms are there in your house?

Listening It has just one room.

Listen to four people describe their homes. Number the pictures from 1 to 4

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P46: WORD POWER FURNITURE

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Word P Meaning English meaning

1 armchair چوکۍ ارام a comfortable chair with arms

2 stove بخارۍ An equipment used for heating

3 curtains پردې cloth hang across window

4 pictures تصویر عکسونه، Drawing, painting, photograph

5 clock ساعت دیوالي Device for measuring time

6 bed تخت Furniture used for sleeping

7 table میز Bench, board, desk

8 Microwave oven

اله لپاره پخلی د Device used for cooking food

9 refrigerator یخچال freezer

10 lamps ډیوه څراغ، Device for giving light

11 desk میز دفتري Board, bench, table

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No Word P Meaning E Meaning

1 Book case المارۍ دکتابونو Furniture with shelves to put books on

2 Coffee table میز څکلو دکاوی Table used for serving coffee on

3 Dresser میز سینګار Furniture used to put dressing objects in

4 Chairs چوکۍ A seat for one person

5 Mirror اینه Piece of glass with reflection

6 Sofa کوچ A long soft seat with arms

7 Rug قالینه A thick cloth used for covering floor

8 Television تلویژون TV

9 Kitchen خانه اشپز Room used for cooking food

10 Dining room خونه دخوراک room in which meals are eaten

11 Living room خونه داوسیدو Room used for relaxing

12 bedroom خونه دخوب Room used for sleeping in

Practice1: What is this?

P46: B Which rooms have the things in part A? Complete the chart.

P46: C Group work What furniture do you have? Tell your classmate.

“My living room has a sofa, a rug, and a television.

Kitchen Table stove

Dining room

Table

Living room

Bedroom

PAGE 46: CONVERSATION

There aren’t any chairsListen to the audio then do the model

conversation as bellow.

A: What is this?B: It’s a stove.A: What are these? B: They are armchairs.

P47: GRAMMAR FOCUS There is/ There are We usually use there is/ there are to

give information about the things in a place. We use there is with singular nouns and there are with plural nouns.

Note: For uncountable nouns use there is.

1: There is sugar in the kitchen.2: There are 20 chairs in the class.3: There is no sofa in the bedroom.4: There is no water in the refrigerator.

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P47: A write each sentence a different way. Then practice with a partner.

1: I don’t have a table in the bedroom There is no there’s no table in the bedroom.

B: Pair work Look at the picture of Linda’s apartment. Say what she has and doesn’t have.

A: There’s a mirror in the bedroom.B: But there aren’t any pictures in the bedroom.

C: Write five sentences about things you have or don’t have in your classroom. Then compare with a partner.

There ten desks in the classroom. There aren’t computers.

P48: PRONUNCIATION WORD WITH TH

A Listen and practice. Notice the pronunciation of /θ/ and /ð/.

B: Pair work List other words with /θ/ and /ð/. Then use them to write four funny sentences. Read them aloud.

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on Thursdays, their mother and father think for thirteen minutes.

P48: LISTENING FURNITURE IS EXPENSIVE

Listen to Chris and Linda talk in a furniture store. What does Linda like? Check ( ) the things.

Chairs a sofa a rug a

table a refrigerator a dresser a coffee

table curtains

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P48: MY DREAM HOME

A write a description of your dream home.

What is your dream home like?Where is it?What rooms does it have?What things are in the room?Does it have a view?

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Cabin کور لرګو د a small, simple house made of wood

Penthouse چتر داالن، A luxurious apartment at top of hotel

Villa کور وتلی ښاره له A countryside or seaside house

houseboat کور کشت ۍد a boat people use as their home

P48: B Pair work Ask your partner about his or her dream home.

A: Does it have a view?B: Yes, it has a very nice view of the

forest….

P49: Reading

Two Special Houses in the American Southwest

Scan the article. Where is Ms. Cisneros’s house? Where is Ms. Nelson’s house?

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Scanning: when scanning, you look only for a specific fact or piece of information without reading everything.

A Read the article. What’s in each house? Complete the chart.

Three chairs colorful paintings two beds on floor

Many books porch with a pink floor wood-burning stoveSandra Cisneros’s house Lorraine Nelson’s house

1. There is porch with a pink floor

4. There is a……………………………… .

2. There are……………………………….. .

5. There are…………………………….. .

3. There are………………………………. .

6. There are…………………………….. .

B Group work Talk about these questions.1. Imagine you are painting your house.

What colors do you use? Why? 2. Imagine you are visiting Arizona. Do you

stay in a hogan or in a hotel? Why?

Word P meaning E meaning

colorful رنګین Having a lot of different colors

Neighbors ګاونډي People who live near you

Too زیات ډیر Very, more than you want

Traditional پهعنعنویډول The usual way a group of people do things

Native American tribes

اصلی امریکایان

Group of the first people living in North and south America

Wood-burning stove

لرګوواالمنقل A stove that uses wood to cook food

Visitors لیدونکي، کتونکی

People who visit your home