Unit 8: At home Lessons A and B P 75-79

Listen and draw I will describe a picture of a room in a house. Listen and draw what you hear.

Spring Cleaning P 76 1 A and B

Grammar Point: Whose Whose bathing suit is this? Whose jewellery is this? Whose clothes are these? Q: What kind of nouns are used in the sentences?

Grammar Point: Whose…? Whose…? = Who does this belong to? common pattern, but there are other patterns Whose is most commonly used before a noun Whose bag is it? Whose can also be used before a pronoun Whose is it? BE CAREFUL who’s = who is FORM Whose + singular/plural noun + be + pronoun? Whose bathing suit is this? Whose earrings are these?

Possessive pronouns and adjectives Q: Whose CD is this? (answer using possessive pronouns) It’s Mary’s CD. (It’s her CD.) It’s John and Sandra’s CD. It belongs to me. Q: Whose CDs are these? (answer using possessive adjectives) They’re Anthony’s CDs. (They’re his.) They belong to all of us. They’re my parents’ CDs. They’re my CDs.

Grammar Point: Possessive pronouns/adjectives a way to say who things belong to possessive pronouns are often used as complements (after the verb be) The bathing suit is mine. It’s mine. also used as subjects (possessive adjectives) Mine is red. Yours is blue. His is over there. most common possessive adjectives are mine, ours, yours

Possessive adjectives FORM Possessive adjectives subject + be + possessive adjective = noun It’s my bathing suit. They’re his shoes. Possessive pronouns subject + be + possessive pronoun It’s mine. They’re his.

Try it out! P 77 2A and B

Speaking naturally P77 content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) pronounced clearly because they contain information that the listener needs to know grammatical words (prepositions, pronouns, articles, possessive adjectives, the verb do for making questions) often reduced in speech

Try it out! P 77 3B Make conversations use the ideas below or your own ideas. Remember to reduce grammatical words.

Building vocabulary P 78 Brainstorm extra vocabulary 1A - Check the things you like then tell your partner why. 1B – Fill in the chart about your home then compare with a partner.

Grammar Point: Order of adjectives before a noun, the usual order of adjectives is opinion, size, color, shape, nationality, material She bought a beautiful big blue square Thai silk rug. usually in conversation, people rarely use more than 2 adjectives before a noun

Brainstorm adjectives She bought a beautiful big blue square Thai silk rug. opinion – awesome, fancy, size – tiny, small, shape – oval, rectangular, material – metal, plastic, cotton,

Listen and Draw Draw a floor plan of your favorite room. Describe your room to your partner. The partner who is listening should draw what they hear. Compare both of your drawings.