Life at home

LESSONB LESSONC LESSON D

A Making a request Reading:
Unusual
home Household chores from
LESSON in,a Agreeing to a Homes World
Things request
Separabletwo around the
manymuch
before word phrasal
bHow verbs Writing:Dream
quantifiers home
nouns

Warm Up
A These are the homes of world leaders.Match the countriesand the pictures.Check your answers on page 44.

Brazil France B lceland Japan

D Rank the homes you would like to visit from 1 (really want to visit) to 4 (don't want to visit),
 A There's a lot of light.
1 Vocabulary Things in a home
A DLabel the pictures with the correctwords. Then
listen andcheck your answers.
bathtub bed coffee table refrigerator

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C. shower a. curtains

C. closet

b.

a. sink

b. toilet

bathroom d. bec
bedroom

b. cupboards

b. shelves

C. armcha

stove sofa

d. dishwasher
kitchen
living room d. be
BPAIR WORK Which of the things in Part A do you have
in your home? Tell your

2Language
partner.

in context Anew apartment

A OListen to the conversation. Beth has a new apartment. Which room does Lori like?

Lori Your newplace is nice. How Lori Ireally like your kitchen. Lori Look at all the windows in your

many roomsare there? Beth Thanks. There aren't many living room!
Beth There are four- a kitchen,a cupboards, and there isn't Beth Yeah, there's a lot of light in

room, a bathroom, and a

living much space, but that's OK. here. But... there's also a lot
I
bedroom. hardly ever cook. of noise!

B What aboutyou?What is important to you when you move into a new house or apartment?
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3 Grammar n How manymuch; quantifiers before
nquns
How many cupboards are there? azn lloAleAis How much light is there?
alot of
a lot of
There are some cupboards. There's Some light.
a few
a little
There aren't many cupboards. There isn't much light.
any
any

A Complete the questions with many or much.Answerthe questions about the home
Exercise Then practice with apartner.

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in 1.

How
K Ohe
1
isthere the kitchen?
2 Are there M00y
space

cupboards
in

in the kitchen?hce oteobt o cupbcoron he

chostathe iulha (oon
3 How the living room? h8e olen t irnn
chairs are there in

4 Are there shelves in the bathroom?TheC om y shell in the both

bedroom?hefe's O lbt ot Vant hebodO

5 How(nuch light is there in the

B PAIR WORK Ask and answer questions about the apartment in Exercise 2.Dw0! O Dche
rooms/ apartment cupboards/kitchen space /Kitchen toru aht bhec oyornent
windows/ living room noise/ apartment
light/ living room
A: How many roomsare there in the apartment?
B: There are four rooms.
Are there many cupboards in the kitchen?

Speaking My home
below. Then interview your partner.
PAIR WORK Add three questions

Find out three things that

are similar about your homes.

• Do you live in a house or apartment?

• How many rooms are there?

• Are there many closets in the bedroom?

• Is there much space in the bathroom?

A: Do you live in a house or

rapartment?
B:l live in a smallapartment.
house apartment
A:Me,to0.

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formore
practice.
 Canyou turn down the music
Interactions Requests
A What are your neighbors like? Do you like them?
the conversation.
BOListen totheconversation. her neighbor? Then practice
Why does Keisha call

arlas ars do
Helo A Ican it now.
eisha Hi s Keisha from downstairs. Are you Keisha Thark you. I have an exam tomorrow,
having a party? and l'm trying to study.
arlos Uh-huh. Are we being noisy? Carlos lunderstand.

eisha I'm afraid so.Can you turn down the Keisha

music, Thanks again.

Guzman Triso AlexiS

OListen to the expressions.Then practice the conversation again with the new expressions.

Making a request Agreeing to a request

Can you turn down the music, please? Sure.

Could youturn down the music, please? No problem.

Would you turn down the music, please? I'd behappy to.

Match the requests and the responses. Then practice with a partner

1 Can you turn down your TV, please2 a l'd be happy to. I'm going to
b work now,anyway.
2 Can you move your car, please? Sure. think
me.
I
it's for

3 Could you answer the phone, please? c No problem. Sorry

about the noise.
-d
4 Would you open the curtains, please? Sure.There
isn't much light in here.
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5 pronunciation Intonation in requests

A QListenand repeat.Notice
the faling
intonationin these requests.

Can you turn down the music,

please?
Can you move your car, please?
B PAIRWORK Practice the questions in
Exercise 1D again, Pay
attention to your intonation.

3 Listening
Friendly requests
A Listen to three
people calltheir
neighbors.Where does each
the correct answers. caller live? Circle

1 apartmenthouse 2
apartment(house 3 (apartment
BOListen again.What does each house

correctanswers.
caller want the
neighbor to do? Check () the

1 stop the party 2 get the cat

3 Ostop exercising
Dturn down the TV
Omove the car
Vturn down the music Dexercise earlier
buy some milk
O stop the party
4 Speaking Neighbor to neighbor
A Matchthe requests and the
problems.
1 Canyou move it,please?

2 Could you put it in the garbage can,

3 Could you come and get it.please?
please? 4 Would you keep it down,please?

Your neighbor's cat is at Your neighbor's guests are Your neighbor's car is in
your door. Your neighbor's
very noisy. your parking space. garbage
isn't in the garbage can.
BPAIR WORK Call your neighbor. ldentify yourself and explain the situation.
Make a request.Take turns.

A: Hello.
B: Hi. It's Mike from downstairs. Your at is atmy door:.Could you come and get it, please?
A: Sure.ld be happy to.

C PAIR WORK Think of two more requests. Then call

your partner to make the requests. Take turns.

Ican
make and agree to
requests
 Talways hang up my clothes!
Vocabulary Household chores
A Label the pictures with the correct words. Then listenand

up thémagazines take out the garbage

clean out the Closet drop off the dry cleaning pick

put away the dishes wipe off the counter

clean up the yard hang up the clothes

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1
Ahe coe

5 6 le Othe 7 Hona UR
lothes
the 8
da
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deaaina

Which chores in PartA do you do? Tell your partner.

B PAIR WORK
also drop off the dry cleanina"
"lalwaysclean up the yard on theweekernd.
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2 Conversation
A GListen andpractice.
Let's clean it

up before
up!

a mess. Let's clean

it

Ken This place is

Mom and Dad get home.

put the dishes away and
Paul Good idea. Well, I can

wipe off the counter.

it out?
is full. Could you take
Ken And,the garbage

Paul Sure. No problem.

bedroom is a mess, too.
Ken And you know,your floor. Would
you
all over the
are
Your clothes
up, please?
pick them

Yeah, guess.
I
Paul the closet?
them up in
Ken And then hang to do?
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Grammar o Separable two-word phrasalverbs

Itake out the garbage. Could you hang up your clothes, please?
Itake the garbage
out. Could you hang your clothes up, please?

Itake it out Could you hang them up,

please?

Not: ttaketit Not: Eoutd you hang upthem,ptease?

A Rewrite t sentences. Then compare with a partner.

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1 Let's hup the dry cleaning. Let's hang the dry cleaning up.

2 Could u put away your clothes, please?

3 Howo en do you take out thegarbage?

4 lclear tmy closets once a year.

B Complet sentences with the correct verbs.Use either it or them. Then compare with a partner.

Velean drop off pick up take out

/ cleari p Vhang up put awayV wipe off

The living room is mess. Let's clean up before the party.

it
1 a

2 Why is yourcoat on the chair? Can you in the closet?

3 The garbage is full. Could you\Ote DU right away, please?

This closet is full of old clothes and books. Let's\e H OUt

4

5 The dishes are in the dishwasher. Would youUneaUDlfor me?

table isn't clean. Can you \ Pe o before dinner, please?

6 This

7 These books belong to the library. Could you .OhenOP for me?
you
8 Your magazines are all over the floor. Would

4 Speaking What a chore!

A PAIR WORK Interview your partner. Check () his or her answers.

How do you..? My partner

How often do you.. ? My partner often

4 clean out your closet

1 put away the dishes
5 hang up your clothes
2 clean up your bedroom
3take out the garbage

answers. Who does a lot of chores? Who doesn't?

your group about your
partner's
b GROUP WORK Tell

out the garbage every day."

dishes and takes
Daniel does a lot of chores. He puts away the

5Keep Go to page 134

talking!
for more practice.

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I can talk about household chores.
 What a home!
Reading o
A Look at the pictures. Describe each home.

Check (V)thebest title for the article. Aieis

B Read the article.

DCrazy Houses in the United States) Daily Life in a Strange House

Unusual Homesfrom Around the World How toBuild Your Dream Home

The Storybook House The Shoe House

Thishouse in the U.S. has a living room, two bathrooms,
and three bedrooms. There's evena shoe
kitchen,
a
buut ha20x, The owner had a few shoe stores. No one lives
incido theanow. but there are tours of the house.

The Crazy House The Upside-down House

People in Vietnam house the Crazy House because
call this In this house in Poland, the furniture hangs from the
it looks strange. Part of the house is a tree, and has ceiling! No one lives there, but it's a popular
it
tourist
unusual twists and turns. You can also see big animals on attraction. took the workers a long time to
build the
It
the outside. The house is a hotel and a tourist attraction, house. They often felt sick inside.

C Read the article again.Answer the questions.

1 How did the owners build the Storybook House? \e oJNes tult hose hy ho
How
2 many rooms are there in the Shoe House? o c(cn \wy
(ocm, oe KHhe
3 What can you see onthe outside of the Crazy House? ]a he hoch io Ste ba gm

be to.te octre
4 What is unusual about the inside of the Upside-dow House71
D PAIR WORK Which house would you like to stay in? Why?Tellyour partner.
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2 Listening Atour of Graceland

A Graceland was Elvis Presley's home in Memphis. Tennessee. Look at the pictures in Part B of four rooms in the
home. What do you see? What do you think the house is like?

B OListen to Sam and Haley take a tour of Graceland.Number the rooms from 1 to 4.

TV room kitchen

dining room living room

CO Listen again. What is each person's favorite room? Complete the sentences. Guzinon Trujuo
1 Sam's favorite room is the Alers
2 Haley's favoite room is the \Maa cog03 oti\ SneOu therootm
3Writing and speaking Dream Home
A Imagine your dream home.Answer the questions.
•Where is your dream home? What does it look like?

How many rooms does it have? • Is there anythingunusual about your home?

B Write a description of your dream home. Use the model and your answers from Part A to help you.

C PAIR WORK Share your writing. Ask and answer questions for more information.

My Dream Home
My dream home is on the beach in Hawai, IE's a very biq house. lt

has five bedrooms, five bathrooms,and a lot of light and space, There

One kitchen is inside

kitchens. the house. The other kitchen is
are two
the beach!
Outside because we have a lot of barbecues on

A:What color is thehouse?

B: It's white.

A:What is your favorite part of the house?

B:The swimming pool.

can
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