Let’s talk about HOUSES

Conversation cards

Where do you live? Describe your house or flat. How many rooms are there in
Do you live in a house or a flat (both inside and outside) your house?
(also: apartment)? Name them.

What is there in your living What is there in your bedroom? What is there in your kitchen?
room? Name as many things as you can. Name as many things as you can.
Name as many things as you can. What time do you usually go to What do you do there?
What do you do there? bed?

What is there in your bathroom? What is there in your garden? What is there in your garage?
Name as many things as you can. Name as many things as you can. Name as many things as you can.
What do you do there? What do you do there? What do you do there?

Do you prefer living in a house or Do you prefer living in the city Are you in favour of renting or
flat? or the country? buying a house?
Explain why. Explain why. Explain why.

How much does an average house Who does the housework in your Give some reasons why people
or flat cost where you live? family? can become homeless.
Where do people get the money What do they do?
to buy one?

How many kinds of houses can How many times have you moved Make a list of important things
you name? (e.g. house, flat, house? to look for when buying (or
apartment, …) Did you enjoy it? renting) a house.
(e.g. a garden, near a supermarket)

1 2
3 Match BrE (left) with AmE (right)
4
1 cellar a apartment
2 lift b yard
kitchen   3 garden c basement
5 4 flat d elevator
bathroom   6
garden  
cellar  
living room   Explain and discuss
dining room  
7 8  Home sweet home.
study    Home is where the heart is.
bedroom    A man’s home is his castle.
hall   11  Until the cows come home.
attic   9 10  Charity begins at home.
garage  
 Bring home the bacon.
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There is/There are

Living room: sofa, TV, armchair, Bedroom: bed, wardrobe, Kitchen: cupboard, shelves,
coffee table, rug, table, chairs, nightstand(s), pillows, mattress, cooker/stove, pots & pans,
computer, lamp, bookcase, sheets, duvet/comforter, microwave oven, sink,
cupboard, shelves, picture mirror, dressing table/vanity dishwasher, table, chairs

Bathroom: toilet, bath, shower, Garden: flowers, grass, trees, Garage: car, bicycle, motorbike,
washbasin, mirror, medicine shrubs, swimming pool, garden lawn mower, shelves, tools,
cabinet furniture, swing, sandbox, flower garden hose
beds,

Discuss prices Cleaning, cooking, washing,

Introduce: savings, inheritance, ironing, doing the dishes, setting
mortgage the tables, taking out the
rubbish/garbage

bungalow, detached house, semi-

detached house, villa, palace,
castle, mansion, farm, cottage,
terraced house (also row house
or town house), studio,
houseboat, igloo, tent/wigwam,
treehouse, condo (or
condominium), cabin, stilt house,
A-frame, hut, trailer
Match BrE (left) with AmE (right)
1 Cellar C a apartment
kitchen  8 2 Lift D b yard
bathroom  3 3 Garden B c basement
garden  2 4 Flat A d elevator
cellar  10
living room  9
dining room  4
Explain and discuss
study  11
 Home sweet home.
bedroom  5  Home is where the heart is.
hall  6  A man’s home is his castle.
attic  7  Until the cows come home.
garage  1  Charity begins at home.
 Bring home the bacon.