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Unit 4 Homes in the UK Class

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Start thinking
1 Answer the questions.
1 What’s the population of your country?

2 Do most people live in houses or flats? Why?

3 What do you like most about your home?

Comprehension check
2 Watch the video. Choose the correct answers.
1 There are about … million people in the UK.
a6 b 16 c 60
2 The Royal Crescent is in …
a Bath. b Broughton. c Cambridge.
3 There is a large … at Broughton Castle.
a film studio b garden c hotel

3 Watch the video again. Correct the factual errors in the sentences.
1 There are over 35 million homes in the UK.

2 Lauren is making coffee in the kitchen.

3 Lauren and Brian are watching TV in the bedroom.

4 The terraced houses in the Royal Crescent are very cheap.

5 Broughton Castle is 500 years old.

6 Lord and Lady Saye and Sele work in Broughton Castle.

4 Complete the summary. Write a word or a number in each gap.

There are many different kinds of 1 in the UK. Some are old and some are more 2 ,
but all of them are different inside. 3 houses are usually quite small, but this is not true for the
buildings in the Royal Crescent. These houses are too large and expensive for people to buy, so today they are
offices, 4 and hotels. People often come to the 5 in front of the Royal Crescent to
play when the weather is good. A few people in the UK live in old stately homes, such as Broughton Castle.
Broughton Castle is 6 because it has often been on television.

5 Work in pairs. Answer the questions.

1 Where are the most expensive houses in your town or city?
2 Would you like to live on a boat? Why / why not?
3 Would you like to live in a castle? Why / why not?

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 Vocabulary
6 Complete the sentences with the words below.
antiques cottage furniture staff stately home view
1 The in the hotel were very friendly and helpful.
2 My grandparents live in an old in the country. It’s only got three rooms, but it’s very pretty.
3 Blenheim Palace is a famous near Oxford. It’s open to the public and gets many visitors every year.
4 My uncle has got an shop. He collects old and valuable things and then sells them for a lot
of money.
5 If you climb the stairs to the top of the tower, you get a wonderful of the village below.
6 When you rent a flat it sometimes hasn’t got any , so you have to buy things like tables and chairs.

7 Complete the sentences with the adjectives below.

interesting uncomfortable convenient peaceful beautiful unusual
1 There are many shops near our house, so it’s a very place to live.
2 One of the most places to live in the UK is on a boat. Not many people do that!
3 Living on a boat is probably a bit because there isn’t much space.
4 The park next to our school always has flowers in the spring.
5 Broughton Castle is very when there are no visitors.
6 Many stately homes are very places to visit because of all their history.

Extension
Work in groups. Present your perfect home to the class.
1 Where would you most like to live in the world? Research the location and find a home that you would like to
live in.
2 When you have finished, take it in turns to ask questions about each home in your group.
3 Choose one of the homes. Imagine that you are showing the class around the home. Find some photos of
the home that you can show to the class.
4 Make notes about the advantages of the home and each room. Use the expressions in the box to help you.
5 Present your perfect home to the class.

Useful expressions: Showing someone around

Hello. Come in.
Come this way.
This is the …
There’s a … in the …
I love this room because …
The best thing about it is …
Look at …
Let’s move on to the next room.

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