1. HOUSING 1. Home and its importance in people’s lives
2. Living in a town and village
3. My house
4. Ideal dwelling
5. Problems of young families with renting or
buying a flat

2. A good home must be made, not bought.
Comment on the following quotations.
A good home must be made, not bought.
Joyce Maynard
It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live.
Turkish proverb

3. Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:
HOUSING
Living in a town/city
Living in the country
Location, types of dwelling/
shelter
Exterior, interior
Types of rooms, furniture
Household appliances
Activities around the house
Description of the place where you live
Problems connected with
accommodation

4. What does home mean to you
What does home mean to you? Explain your reasons connected with the following hints.
FAMILY and RELATIVES
FRIENDS
SAFETY
SECURITY
SCHOOL / WORK

5. Talk about the pros and cons of living in a city.
Look at the pictures.
Talk about the pros and cons of living in a city. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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6. Look at the pictures. Talk about the pros and cons of living in the country.1. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9.

7. Look at the pictures and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each type of dwelling.1. 2. 3. 4.
blocks of flats
terraced houses
caravan
condominium 5. 6. 7. 8.
bungalow
houseboat
hut 9.
10.
11.
detached house
12.
mansion house
cottage
chalet
Which houses above are typical for Slovakia, Great Britain and the USA?
semi-detached house

8. What changes would you make there?
Look at the interior and exterior. Name the following places and describe them. What do people do there? 1. 2. 3. 4. 8. 5. 6. 7. 9.
What changes would you make there?

9. Which of them can’t you imagine your life without?
Name the household appliances in the pictures below. Which of them do you use and what for? 3. 4. 5. 2. 1. 9. 8.
10. 6. 7.
Which of them can’t you imagine your life without?
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10. What do you do around your house or flat?
Look at the pictures. What are the people doing around their houses and flats? 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 4.
What do you do around your house or flat?

11. Match the activities people do around the home with the pictures below.1. 2.
weeding the flowerbeds
fixing leaking pipes
mowing the lawn 3. 4.
trimming the hedge
sweeping fallen leaves 5.

12. sharing a room with siblings/parents renting/buying
Discuss the following issues connected with accommodation.
sharing a room with siblings/parents
renting/buying
taking out a mortgage
intolerant and nosy neighbours
homelessness
Which of them do you have experience with?
How do you solve the problems?

13. Where would you like to live in the future? Explain.
Choose an ideal place to live from the pictures below. Give reasons for your choice. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Where would you like to live in the future? Explain.

14. the exterior and interior nearby amenities
Describe the place where you live.
Include the following things:
the location
the type of dwelling
the exterior and interior
nearby amenities
relationships with neighbours
Are you satisfied with this place? Explain.
What would you change at your place and why?

15. You have inherited the house below. You can’t sell it or pull it down
You have inherited the house below. You can’t sell it or pull it down. How would you repair the inside and outside of the house? How much money do you think you would need for all necessary reconstruction? 2. 3. 1. 4. 5. 6.