The document describes vocabulary related to parts of houses and apartments in Pashto and their English meanings. It includes common rooms like kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, as well as furniture and fixtures found in homes. Words are presented in a two-column table with the Pashto term, transliteration, and English translation.

1. Does it have a view

2. Vocabulary
No Word Pashto M English meaning
1 House ،‫کور‬‫ټاټوبی‬ Building one family live in
2 Apartment ‫اپارتمان‬ A set of rooms for living in
3 Floor ،‫چت‬‫یام‬ The flat surface of a room
4 Dining room ‫دخوراک‬‫کوټه‬ a room where meals are eaten
5 Kitchen ‫خانه‬ ‫اشپز‬ A room where food is cooked
6 Laundry room ‫مینځلو‬ ‫دکالو‬‫خونه‬ room where cloths are washed
7 Living room ‫کوټه‬ ‫اوسیدو‬ ‫د‬ Room where you one live
8 Stairs ‫زینه‬ steps
9 Garage ‫ګاراج‬ Place where cars are kept

3. No Word Pashto M English meaning
10 Bedroom ‫د‬‫کوټه‬ ‫تخت‬ winch , pulley
11 Closet ،‫المارۍ‬‫کوچنۍ‬
‫کوټه‬
a cupboard or a small room
with a door
12 Bath room ‫تشناب‬ A room with a bath, toilet
13 Yard ‫حویلۍ‬ lawn
14 Elevator ‫لفټ‬ Lift
15 Lobby ‫انتظار‬‫خانه‬ entrance hall, Reception area
16 Hall ،‫سالون‬‫دهلیز‬ Big room at the entrance
17 Guess what ‫څه‬‫کوی‬ ‫فکر‬ I have interesting news
18 Beautiful ‫ښکلی‬ Very good-looking
19 View ‫منظره‬ The scene you see from…

4. Listen and practice
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5.  Post-listening questions
1. What rooms are in houses in your country?
2. What rooms are in apartments?
3. What rooms are in your houses or
apartments?
P44 Conversation My new apartment
Listen and practice
Learning objectives: practice a conversation
about a new apartment see simple present
short answers in context.
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6. Note: Bring To do (do, does) verbs at the
beginning of a sentence in short answers in
simple present tense.
Do you live in an apartment?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
Does Chris live in a house?
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn’t
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Simple present short answers

7. P45 A Complete the conversation. Then
practice with a partner. The first one is done
as an example, the rest of the practice is
your homework.
Linda: Do you live in an apartment?
Chris: No, I………… . I……….. in a house.
B pair work Read the conversation in part A again.
Ask and answer these questions. For “no”
answer, give the correct information.
1. Does Chris live in an apartment?
No, he doesn’t. He lives in a house.

8. C Pair work Write five questions to ask your
partner about his or her home. Then ask and
answer the questions.
1. Do you live in a house?
2. What rooms are there in your house?
Listening It has just one room.
Listen to four people describe their homes.
Number the pictures from 1 to 4
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9. No Word P Meaning English meaning
1 armchair ‫چوکۍ‬ ‫ارام‬ a comfortable chair with arms
2 stove ‫بخارۍ‬ An equipment used for heating
3 curtains ‫پردې‬ cloth hang across window
4 pictures ،‫عکسونه‬‫تصویر‬ Drawing, painting, photograph
5 clock ‫دیوالي‬‫ساعت‬ Device for measuring time
6 bed ‫تخت‬ Furniture used for sleeping
7 table ‫میز‬ Bench, board, desk
8 Microwave oven ‫اله‬ ‫لپاره‬ ‫پخلی‬ ‫د‬ Device used for cooking food
9 refrigerator ‫یخچال‬ freezer
10 lamps ،‫څراغ‬‫ډیوه‬ Device for giving light
11 desk ‫دفتري‬‫میز‬ Board, bench, table
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10. No Word P Meaning E Meaning
1 Book case ‫المارۍ‬ ‫دکتابونو‬ Furniture with shelves to put books
on
2 Coffee table ‫دکاوی‬‫میز‬ ‫څکلو‬ Table used for serving coffee on
3 Dresser ‫سینګار‬‫میز‬ Furniture used to put dressing
objects in
4 Chairs ‫چوکۍ‬ A seat for one person
5 Mirror ‫اینه‬ Piece of glass with reflection
6 Sofa ‫کوچ‬ A long soft seat with arms
7 Rug ‫قالینه‬ A thick cloth used for covering floor
8 Television ‫تلویژون‬ TV
9 Kitchen ‫خانه‬ ‫اشپز‬ Room used for cooking food
10 Dining room ‫دخوراک‬‫خونه‬ room in which meals are eaten
11 Living room ‫داوسیدو‬‫خونه‬ Room used for relaxing
12 bedroom ‫خونه‬ ‫دخوب‬ Room used for sleeping in

11. Practice1: What is this?

13. P46: B Which rooms have the things in part
A? Complete the chart.
P46: C Group work What furniture do you
have? Tell your classmate.
“My living room has a sofa, a rug, and a
television.
Kitchen Table stove
Dining room Table
Living room
Bedroom

14.  There aren’t any chairs
Listen to the audio then do the model conversation
as bellow.
A: What is this?
B: It’s a stove.
A: What are these?
B: They are armchairs.

15. There is/ There are
We usually use there is/ there are to give
information about the things in a place.
We use there is with singular nouns and
there are with plural nouns.
Note: For uncountable nouns use there is.
1: There is sugar in the kitchen.
2: There are 20 chairs in the class.
3: There is no sofa in the bedroom.
4: There is no water in the refrigerator.
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16. P47: A write each sentence a different way. Then
practice with a partner.
1: I don’t have a table in the bedroom
There is no there’s no table in the bedroom.
B: Pair work Look at the picture of Linda’s
apartment. Say what she has and doesn’t have.
A: There’s a mirror in the bedroom.
B: But there aren’t any pictures in the bedroom.
C: Write five sentences about things you have or
don’t have in your classroom. Then compare
with a partner.
There ten desks in the classroom.
There aren’t computers.

17. A Listen and practice. Notice the pronunciation of
/θ/ and /ð/.
B: Pair work List other words with /θ/ and /ð/.
Then use them to write four funny sentences.
Read them aloud.
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on Thursdays, their mother and father think for
thirteen minutes.

18.  Listen to Chris and Linda talk in a furniture
store. What does Linda like? Check ( ) the
things.
Chairs a sofa a rug a table
a refrigerator a dresser a coffee table
curtains
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19. A write a description of your dream home.
What is your dream home like?
Where is it?
What rooms does it have?
What things are in the room?
Does it have a view?
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Cabin ‫لرګو‬ ‫د‬‫کور‬ a small, simple house made of wood
Penthouse ‫چتر‬ ،‫داالن‬ A luxurious apartment at top of hotel
Villa ‫ښاره‬ ‫له‬‫کور‬ ‫وتلی‬ A countryside or seaside house
houseboat ‫کشتۍ‬ ‫د‬‫کور‬ a boat people use as their home

20. P48: B Pair work Ask your partner about his or
her dream home.
A: Does it have a view?
B: Yes, it has a very nice view of the forest….
P49: Reading
Two Special Houses in the American Southwest
Scan the article. Where is Ms. Cisneros’s house?
Where is Ms. Nelson’s house?
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21. Scanning: when scanning, you look only for a
specific fact or piece of information without
reading everything.
A Read the article. What’s in each house? Complete
the chart.
Three chairs colorful paintings two beds on floor
Many books porch with a pink floor wood-burning stove
Sandra Cisneros’s house Lorraine Nelson’s house
1. There is porch with a pink floor 4. There is a……………………………… .
2. There are……………………………….. . 5. There are…………………………….. .
3. There are………………………………. . 6. There are…………………………….. .

22. B Group work Talk about these questions.
1. Imagine you are painting your house. What
colors do you use? Why?
2. Imagine you are visiting Arizona. Do you stay in
a hogan or in a hotel? Why?
Word P meaning E meaning
colorful ‫رنګین‬ Having a lot of different colors
Neighbors ‫ګاونډي‬ People who live near you
Too ‫ډیر‬‫زیات‬ Very, more than you want
Traditional ‫په‬‫ډول‬ ‫عنعنوی‬ The usual way a group of people do
things
Native American
tribes
‫امریکایان‬ ‫اصلی‬ Group of the first people living in
North and south America
Wood-burning
stove
‫لرګو‬‫منقل‬ ‫واال‬ A stove that uses wood to cook food
Visitors ،‫لیدونکي‬
‫کتونکی‬
People who visit your home