UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE – UERN

FACULDADE DE LETRAS E ARTES - FALA

DEPARTAMENTO DE LÍNGUAS ESTRANGEIRAS – DLE

Júlia Raquel
Jailton Ferreira de Souza Junior
Fihama Beatriz Batista da Silva
Orientados por Adriana Almeida Fernandes

UNIT 3
WALKING THROUGH A HOUSE

Level: Intermediate.
1- Take a look at the images below and repeat the
Target/audience: Teens.
words after the teacher. Pay attention to new words,
Unit goals: Learn and practice
and then discuss the places and things in and out the vocabulary related to a house.
house.

Inside the House

 Outside the house

2- Listen to Ashley talking about her house and answer the questions below.

a) Where is located Ashley’s house?

b) What is in her living room for the holidays?

c) What does she have in her laundry room?

d) Where is her bedroom and what color is it?

e) What does she have in the kitchen?

f) How many bathrooms does her house have?

Read the text to check your answers in the previous activity.

Ashley’s House

My name is Ashley and I live in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. Today I am
going to tell you a little bit about my house. I live in a row home in Baltimore it is very colorful
with different color paints on the walls: yellow, red and blue and white; i love it so much. We
have a living room that has a Christmas tree right now for the holidays. We have a nice
kitchen and three bathrooms. My bedroom is on second floor, it has blue paint on the walls
and I have a full size bed. I also have a closet and a desk and a chair to sit in. we have a
basement in our house as well that my roommate lives in, that is her bedroom. I have two
roommates and it is great. They are good friends of mine. In our living room we have two
couches, a table, bookshelf and a TV. In our kitchen, we have a table, a refrigerator and a
dishwasher and a lot of shelves and a stove to cook on. We also have another room for
musical instruments; I have a piano and a cello. Our laundry room has both a washing
machine and a drying machine we also have an ironing board to iron clothes when they need
to be straightened out.

3- In pairs, describe your own house to your partner. Say what you like and what
you don´t.

4- Homework: Write an email to your English teacher about what you do when you
are in your own house. In addition, describe the part of it that you like the most
then send the email. See the example and the steps below.

1- Ask your English teacher for

the email address;

2- Write a subject;

3- Write your email. You can use an

informal and internet language
such as “U r my bff” (You are my
best friend forever). Start with
dear or another respectful word.