Lesson 12
Revise and check
(To improve listening skills; revise using this/that/these/those and houses vocabulary)
1. Warm-up. Lets recall some vocabulary
- amount of money you hope to pay for smth (pricerange)
- an apartment with bed, tables, chair (furnished)
- if you have no money to buy smth, it means...(youcan’taffordit)
- to enter an apartment to live there (movein)
- a person who owns an apartment (landlord)
- an old building (rundown)
- person who lives with you in the apartment and pays the part for it (roommate)
- an amount of money that you get back at the end of your time living there if the apartment is in good condition (deposit)
2. Look at this picture
Do you know this animation?
What does the word "bully" means?
What can you see on the picture? Are there any bugs? Are there any ants? Describe it
What do you know about ants?
Do you think it's a good animation? Interesting? Funny?
3. Watch the trailer and answer the questions
What's Lucas' problem? (he got smaller)
Why it happened to him? (because he hated ants)
Who lives in Lucas front yard? (ants, bugs)
4. Lets learn some new words to understand the next video better
Nest Poop Shag carpet Fan
Queen Alien Surfboard Volcano
3. Watch the video and say is these sentences are true or false:
- There are three ants and one human boy T
- Ants think the house is a fantastic nestT
- They pass under the doorT
- Lucas is happy that there is a shag carpetF
- It's easy to get to the kitchen F (difficult because of the shag carpet)
- There is a fan in the kitchen F (in the living room)
- Lucas visited Hawaii, Egypt and Canada (only Hawaii, there’s nothing said about Egypt, only about pyramids)
- Lucas thinks aliens built pyramids (his mom thinks so)
4. Watch again and fill in the gaps with this, that, these and those
a. __This______is a big nest.
b. What's __that______?It's just a door.
c. All your guests pass under _this_____ door?
d. Oh, _that______is too bad! Now we have to go home!
e. __This_____ is called hang-gliding.
f. Oh, sorry, was _that______the word?
g. __This______is Hawaii. We went there last summer.
i. _These_____ are the pyramids. Well, not the real pyramids...
j. Are __these______your nest mates?
k. Yeah, __that______'s my family.
l. Is __that______what humans do when they are sad?
m. When we ants are sad, we do __this______.
5. Look at the pictures and answer the questions using prepositions of place (in, on, under, behind etc)
e.g. Where is a shag carpet? It's on the floor
Where is a plant?
Where is a dresser?
Where is a lamp?
Where is a door?
Where are ants?
Where is a fan?
Where is a table?
Where are roses?
Where is a window?
5. Lets design your dream house
- What is your dream house (house, villa, flat, castle)?
- Where is your dream house (city, country)?
- How large is your dream house (small, large…)?
- How many floors are there in your dream house?
- How many rooms are there in your dream house?
- How many bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, bathrooms… are there in your dream house?
- Are there any animals in your dream house?
- Is there any swimming pool in your dream house?
- Is there any garden in your dream house?
Thank you for the lesson!
HT:
- Watch the video and write your answers to the questions:
1)a castle
2)a mansion
3)a cottage
4)a terraced house
5)a semi-detached house
6)a flat
7)a bungalow
8)a detached house
Fill in the gaps with the words, while watching the video:
1)This is the …Robinson’s……………………… house.
2)I like this room. It’s got a nice …fireplace……………………………..
3)Have a ……look…………………… round.
4)They watch television, play games or read the …paper…………………….
5)This is a very ……typical………………………… British ………kitchen………………………
6)Mrs. Robinson is making some ………tea………………..
7)This is the room for …special………………….. meals like birthdays.
8)She isn’t doing her ………homework……………………….
9)Some British people like having a ………shower…………………. but most ……prefer………………………….. a bath.
10)A lot of British people really like ………gardening…………………………………..
11)The British are very ……keen……………………… on pets.
12)About ……18………………….. per cent of ……British……………………. People live in flats.
13)Some people even live in ……caravans………………….. or in ……boats………………………………
Make the statements true or false.
1)Most British people live in flats and they don’t like living in houses.F
2)The British usually play games, watch television and have dinner in the living room.F (they don’t have dinner there)
3)British people don’t like pets.F
4)Some people live in caravans or even in boats.T
5)Kettles are very important in the kitchen.T
6)Some British people like having a shower but most British people like having a bath.T
7)All British live in unusual houses.F (only some of them)
8)The most important and famous palace is the Buckingham Palace.T
9)The author of this film lives in the Buckingham Palace.T
10)Twenty per cent of British people live in houses. F (18% live in flats)
- Write a short essay (100 - 150 words) about your dream house. Describe it.