Vocabulary describing your home
8A
Grammar Present Perfect with /brand since;
Home sweet home
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Vocabulary and Speaking Describing your home Work in pairs. Read these sentences. Which words/phrases in bold do you know? Check new words/phrases in p142.
1 My house or flat is quite sm all/large/ spacious. 2 It’s unusual/typical for the area. 3 It’s got air conditioning/central heating. 4 It’s got a balcony/a great view/ a garden. 5 It’s on a busy/quiet road. 6 It’s close to/a long way from a park. 7 It’s in a nice/fashionable part of town.
I live in a lighthouse on the west coast of Scotland. Before I moved here ’I lived in Glasgow for eight years, but I prefer living in a lighthouse. I’m a writer and I enjoy being on my own, so this place is perfect for me. 2I’ve lived here for six years and don’t ever want to leave. The best thing about living in a lighthouse is the view. You can see for miles in every direction, and the sunsets are fantastic. The worst thing is the weather - it can get very cold and windy in winter. But I’m very fit because I have to walk up and down stairs a lot!
ANGUS
8 It’s on the ground/third/top floor. m
a Choose five sentences from 1 that
describe your home. b Work in groups. Tell the other students
about your home. Do you like living there? Why?/Why not?
Reading, Listening and Speaking e
a Look at the photos. What is the best thing about each home, do you think? b E E 9 b 46 F*ead ar|d listen to Angus
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HELP WITH GRAMMAR P re s e n t P e rfe c t w ith
for
and
since
a Look at phrases 1 and 2 in Angus’s text. Then answer
questions a-c. a
Does Angus live in Glasgow now?
b Does Angus live in a lighthouse now? c Which are the verb forms in phrases 1 and 2? b Complete these rules with Present P erfect or Past Simple.
and Meg. What do they think is the best thing about their homes?
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that
c Read the texts again. Answer these questions.
We use the to talk about something started and finished in the past.
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We use the to talk about something started in the past andcontinues in the present.
that
1
Where is Angus’s lighthouse? 2 What does he do for a living? 3 Why is he very fit? 4 Where were Meg and Larry living when they first met? 5 Who worked in a restaurant, Meg or Larry? 6 Why does she think the motorhome is comfortable?
c How do we makepositive and negative sentences with the Present Perfect?
d
Look at phrases 3 and 4 in Meg’s text. Then fill in the gaps in the rules with fo r or since.
• We use
with a period of time (how long).
• We use
with a point in time (when something started).
e Check in
m
P143.
