Chapter 5 Home (Interactions 1 Listening and Speaking)
1. Chapter 5
Home
Listening and Speaking
Saad Eid Adehaimi
Lecturer of Linguistics
School of English Language
Qilwah College of Arts and Sciences
Albaha University
2. Previewing Vocabulary
Nouns:
Closet: a cupboard
fireplace: a place for fire
Landlord: the house owner
Studio: a very small house with one bedroom
Vacancy: unoccupied
Verbs:
Move : go to live in another place
Raised : make higher
Adjectives:
Furnished / unfurnished : with furniture or without
furniture –
stressed out: worried and nervous
Adverb: pretty
3. Exercise (2) P.
85
1. landlord
2. closet
3. studio
4. unfurnished
5. pretty
6. raised
7. vacancy
8. fireplace
9. move out
10. stressed out
4. Exercise (3)
P.85
1. Because her landlord raised her
rent.
2. Ming tells Beth that her building
has some vacancies.
5. Exercise 4
T 1. Ming’s building is close to campus.
F 2. Ming’s building has a parking
garage.
F 3. In Ming’s building a one- bedroom
apartment rented for $ 850 a month.
T 4. Beth needs an unfurnished
apartment.
6. Exercise 5
Beth: I’m so stressed out. My landlord just raised my rent. I think I’ll
have to move.
Ming: Really? You know, my building has some vacancies . It’s
pretty nice place, and it’s just ten minutes from campus.
Beth: Oh yeah? How much is the rent for a studio?
Ming: There are no studio apartments in our building. My neighbor
just moved out of a one- bedroom. He paid $850
a month, I think.
Beth: That’s not bad, tell me more.
Ming: Well, one bedrooms come with a bathroom, a kitchen, a
fireplace in the living room, pretty big closets, and uh – are you
looking for a furnished or unfurnished place/
Beth: unfurnished . I have all my own stuff. What about parking and
laundry?
7. Ming: There’s no garage. You have to park on the street .but there
is a laundry room downstairs.
Beth: hmmm. I think I am interested. Could you give me the
address?
Ming: Sure. It’s 1213 Rose Avenue . The manager’s name is Mr.
Azizi. Call him up or just stop by and talk to him.
Beth: Thanks . Ming. I’m going to do that tomorrow for sure.
9. Activity 7
Mr. Aziz, I have to talk to you. I have another problem.
Could you call me later? I’m busy now.
No, I need the plumber again. Could you call him right
now?
I have a lot of things to do. I’ll call him tomorrow morning,
okay?
No, I need him right now.
Are you having trouble with the toilet again?
Yes. Look, just give me the plumber’s phone number. I’ll
call him.
All right, all right. Just give me a minute and I’ll do it.
10. Activity 8
The –ed ending in past tense verbs
The –ed ending in past tense verbs is pronounced one
of three ways, depending on the sound that comes
before –ed.
/id/ after –d and –t
Examples: waited, invited, needed
/t/ after unvoiced sounds: -p, -k, -f, -s, -ch, -sh, -x
Examples: missed, watched, helped
/d/ after vowels and other voiced sounds: -b, -g, -j, -m,
-n, -l, -r, -th, -v, -z, -w
Examples: lived, showed, listened
16. Activity 3 p. 92
1. Which rooms is the manger showing
Beth?
Living Room, kitchen, bedroom and
bathroom
2. Is this a good apartment or not?
Not
3. What’s Beth’s decision?
Beth decides to go to the office and asks
more questions.
17. Activity 4 p.92
Rooms Visited Good Points Bad Points
Living room It has just painted
Lots of light
Here’s fireplace
It is not noisy outside
Beth does not like
green colour
No air conditioning
Kitchen •There are an electric stove and a
dishwasher.
•The refrigerator is big
The bedroom looks a
little small
Bedroom •There is a closet space
Bathroom •There are a shower and bathtub Leak of water
18. Activity 5 P. 92
Summarising Ideas
Homework (2 marks if needed)
19. Making requests: Formal
Formal: Could you please open the door?
Would you please open the door?
Can you please open the door?
Would you mind opening the door?
Yes: Certainly .
Of course
I would be happy to
I don’t mind
No: I am afraid I can’t
I am sorry. I can’t
Making and Answering Request
20. Making and Answering Request
Making requests: informal
informal: I’d like you to clean my car?
I need you to clean my car?
I want you to clean my car?
Yes: sure
okay
no problem
No: absolutely not
no way
23. Finding a roommate. P.95
Nabil:
He wants to save money- wants to share his apartment with someone. He is very
clean, quiet, and neat guy. He has a job and a cat.
Roberto:
He wants to move out of his parent’s home. He is looking for a cheap place to
rent. He is messy and plays for a baseball team. He has a part – time job and goes
to school part- time. He has a small dog.
Read about them and
decide if they will agree
to be roommates
24. Details notesHow often/
When to Do it
What to doItem to take
care of
a)
b) pick up from yard
1, mail
newspaper
Dog food will be
in a bag in
kitchen
a)
b)
c)
2. Dog
Uncle will take
garbage to street
a)3. garbage
Part (4) Activity (1) P. 96
Homecare Vacation Structure
Get mail
Every day Put them inside
the front door in a
bag
Feed the dog
Walk the dog
Give him water
Twice a day
Give a cup of
dry dog food
Put it in the back
yard Tuesday night
25. 4. Rose bushes
Clean up5. Swimming
pool and house
Water rose
bushes
Two or three
times a week
Not necessary
if it rains
Nothing OK to use
swimming pool
and TV
26. Activity 2 (p. 98)
1. The boxes of dishes should go on the kitchen
counter.
2.She wants on the TV on the right side of the
fireplace.
3. The boxes of books are next to the bed.
4. The towels will go by the bathroom door.
5. Beth wants the couch where she is standing.
6. She wants the bookcase in the bedroom.