Do you live in a house or a flat also: apartment?. How many rooms are there in your house?. Do you prefer living in a house or flat?. Are you in favour of renting or buying a house?. How
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Speaking and listening – Elementary to Intermediate
Conversation cards
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Where do you live?
Do you live in a house or a flat
(also: apartment)?
How many rooms are there in your house?
Name them
Describe your house or flat
(both inside and outside)
What is there in your living
room?
Name as many things as you can
What do you do there?
What is there in your kitchen? Name as many things as you can What do you do there?
What is there in your bedroom?
Name as many things as you can
What time do you usually go to bed?
What is there in your bathroom?
Name as many things as you can
What do you do there?
What is there in your garage? Name as many things as you can What do you do there?
What is there in your garden?
Name as many things as you can
What do you do there?
Do you prefer living in a house or
flat?
Explain why
Are you in favour of renting or buying a house?
Explain why
Do you prefer living in the city
or the country?
Explain why
How much does an average house
or flat cost where you live?
Where do people get the money
to buy one?
Give some reasons why people can become homeless
Who does the housework in your family?
What do they do?
How many kinds of houses can
you name? (e.g house, flat,
apartment, …)
Make a list of important things
to look for when buying (or renting) a house
(e.g a garden, near a supermarket)
How many times have you moved house?
Did you enjoy it?
kitchen
bathroom
garden
cellar
living room
dining room
study
bedroom
hall
attic
garage
Match BrE (left) with AmE (right)
Explain and discuss
Home sweet home
Home is where the heart is
A man’s home is his castle
Until the cows come home
Charity begins at home
Bring home the bacon
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ANSWER KEY
There is/There are
Living room: sofa, TV, armchair,
coffee table, rug, table, chairs,
computer, lamp, bookcase,
cupboard, shelves, picture
Kitchen: cupboard, shelves,
cooker/stove, pots & pans, microwave oven, sink, dishwasher, table, chairs
Bedroom: bed, wardrobe,
nightstand(s), pillows, mattress, sheets, duvet/comforter, mirror, dressing table/vanity
Bathroom: toilet, bath, shower,
washbasin, mirror, medicine
cabinet
Garage: car, bicycle, motorbike,
lawn mower, shelves, tools, garden hose
Garden: flowers, grass, trees,
shrubs, swimming pool, garden furniture, swing, sandbox, flower beds,
Discuss prices
Introduce: savings, inheritance,
mortgage
Cleaning, cooking, washing, ironing, doing the dishes, setting 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
living room 9
dining room 4
Match BrE (left) with AmE (right)
Explain and discuss
Home sweet home
Home is where the heart is
A man’s home is his castle
Until the cows come home
Charity begins at home
Bring home the bacon