House back garden balcony basin bookcase carpet chest of drawers cooker curtains path sofa vase picture cushions terrace

A courtyard basement hedge plants

Chimney a loft fireplace flowerbed roof terrace

Exercise 2. Pairwork. Write a questionnaire with six questions to find out as much as possible about your partner’s house or flat. Use the ideas in the box to help you.

House or flat? number of bedrooms? near or far from the city center?

Large living room? modern or old fashion furniture? satellite TV?

Broadband Internet? washing machine quiet area?

Which floor? safe neighbourhood?

Walking distance from? short drive from? a beautiful area?

GRAMMAR COMMENT

If+ past simple, would/wouldn’t +infinitive

The second conditional is used to talk about a present situation which is impossible: a hypothetical situation: to talk about future event that is unlikely to happen.

Compare:

I don’t have much money, so I can’t buy a bigger house (real situation).

If I had more money, I’d buy a bigger house (hypothetical/imaginary situation).

Use second conditionals beginning If I were you, I’d buy …..to give advice. Here you can’t use If I was you

You can also use would/wouldn’t infinitive (without an if clause) when you talk about imaginary situation.

My ideal holiday would be a week in the Bahamas.

I’d never buy a car as big as yours.

Complete the sentences.

1) If I …. a billion dollars, I …. an impressive detached house. (have, buy)

2) If I …live anywhere in the world, I ….in Australia. (can, live)

3) The kitchen …..bigger, if we …it white. (look, paint)

4) If I ….much money,I ……a bigger house located next to a beautiful beach.(have,buy)

5) The trains all (stop) … if it snowed heavily.

Exercise 3. [T.12] Listen to four people describing their dream house.

Exercise 4. Answer the questions.

1. Which speaker wouldn’t like to have other people living nearby?

2.Which speaker would like to live somewhere that was partly old and partly modern?

3. Which speaker wouldn’t spend much time inside their dream house?

4. Which speaker would like to have intelligent fridge which orders food from the supermarket by itself?

 

Exercise 5. Read the text below and translate it.

Change your house to change your life!

People often wonder how to make their house more cosy and comfortable. One of the best ideas is a fireplace. People like sitting at rainy days before the fireplace and drink coffee. Appropriate furniture also gives the effect of a real home. Modern sofas and armchairs with plenty of cushions create a feeling of comfort and relaxation. It is important to put your family or friend’s photo on the wall, and place souvenirs from trips abroad either on the windowsill or bookshelves.

My dream is to live in a big detached house surrounded by a big garden. My dream house should be located outside the city, in a very picturesque place on the outskirts of town where I can find true peace and happiness.

I've always been fascinated by rivers and the sound of the birds in the mornings. I'd feel positive and lively if I was woken up by the sound of doves perched on the branches of the trees. I imagine my dream house near a flowing river, built in the countryside.

 

Exercise 6. Answer questions according to the text:

1 Where would it be?

2 What kind of house or flat would it be?

3 What special features would it have?

4 What would it have inside?

5 What features would it have outside?

 

E xercise 7. Describing places where you live. Complete the dialogue.

1 Abigail: I have just bought a sports car, so I have to have somewhere safe to keep it. g __________

2 Jo and Lisa: We need a space to grow our own fruit and vegetables. And we couldn’t live without a space for the kids to play safely. b______g__________

3 Clara: We use it every day in the summer-it gets so hot here. And it’s a good exercise. s________p ______

4 Reg: We don’t have a garden but we use the space for all our pot plants. It gives us a lively view over the city, too. r_____t_________

5 Nancy: I put it on every morning and evening. It’s expensive, but I really feel the cold, so I couldn’t live without it. c________h_________

Exercise 8. Write an advertisement for a house or flat (give a telephone number for contact).

Is it for rent or sale?

What kind of house is it?

How much does it cost?

What special features has it got?

Check yourself

1. Choose the right variant. A tube or passage that takes smoke from a fire up through a building and out through the roof.

a) basement

b) terrace

c) chimney

d) loft

2. Choose the right variant. We’d have a dog, if we ________a garden.

a) have

b) had

c) would have

d) had had

3. Give synonym of the following word “cosy”.

a) famous

b) comfortable

c) interesting

d) sunny

4. Choose the right variant.I________ married if I were you.

a) didn’t get

b) wouldn’t got

c) wouldn’t gets

d) wouldn’t get

Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
detached house [di'tatʃt haus]	особняк	жеке үй
cosy ['kəuzi]	уютный	жайлы
hedge [hedʒ]	живая изгородь	табиғи шарбақ
flowerbed [flauərbed]	клумба	гүлбағы, гүлзар
chandelier [ʃændə'liə]	люстра	шамшырақ
spacious [speiʃəs]	просторный	ауасы кен
terraced house [terəst haus]	одинаковые дома стоящие в одном ряде	бір қатарда тұрған ұқсас үйлер
chimney [ˈtʃɪmnɪ]	дымовая труба	үйдің мұржасы
chest of drawers [tʃɛst ɒv drɔːrs]	комод	комод (киім-кешек салуға арналған; тартпалы аласа шкаф)
neighbourhood [ˈneɪbəhud]	район	аймақ, аудан

 

LIW № 17		Learn by heart the poem “A Gift of Friendship” by Sasha (p.165)
LIW № 18		Make up a video presentation “My dream house”.

 

Elephant.

The class teacher asks students to name an animal that begins with an “E”. One boy says, “Elephant.”

Then the teacher asks for an animal that begins with a “T”. The same boy says, “Two elephants.”

The teacher sends the boy out of the class for bad behaviour. After that she asks for an animal beginning with “M”.

The boy shouts from the other side of the wall: “Maybe an elephant!”

References

Main

1.Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate Students Book. Oxford 2010.

2.Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate Workbook. Oxford 2010.

Additional

3. Tim Falla and Paul A Davis “Solutions”. Intermediate Students Book. Oxford.2008.

4. Amanda Maris.Outcomes.Inremediate Workbook. Heinle. Cengage Learning.2010.

 

HAND OUT № 13(73)

Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits: 2

Intermediate level Practical lesson

Lexical theme: Relationships

Grammar: Usually and used to

Teacher: Assistant professor Moldabayeva Magira Kitobayevna

FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT FRIENDSHIP

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Aristotle

Do you know any other quotes about love and friendship?

 

Exercise 1. [ T.13] Listen to three people talking about friendship. What are they talking about?

 

Exercise 2. Answer the questions.

a) Is it possible to see your really good friend very often? b) How long has Tim’s brother known his old friend? c) Are men’s friendships less intense? d) Do you agree that men keep their friends longer than women? e) What is the quickest way to lose friendship?

 

Exercise 3. Before you read match the words with the definitions.

1. legend capable of dealing with danger

2. brave an old story about famous people and events in the past

3. devastate a substance used for killing or harming people

4. poison to make someone feel very sad and upset

Love stories

Kyz-Zhybek and Tolegen

Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century.The love story of Tolegen, the brave warrior, and the beauty Zhibek ends tragically because of inter-family strife. Tolegen is deceitfully murdered by Bekejan (the batyr) with poisoned arrow. Zhibek commited suicide after learning about the death of Tolegen.

Victoria and Albert

In 1837 the 18-year-old Princess Victoria became the Queen of England. Three years later she married Albert, her first cousin from Germany, who was also 21. She was a cheerful girl and he was an honest, intelligent man, and throughout their marriage they were deeply in love.Albert died 40 years before Victoria. She devastated by the loss of her beloved prince.

Tristan and Isolde

There are many versions of this myth but all agree on the essential details of this story of star crossed lovers. Tristan was a knight sent to bring Isolde to his king, who she was supposed to marry. But before they reached the king’s court, Tristan and Isolde fell in love. The lovers had an affair but in the end separated.

Exercise 4. Answer the questions. Which love story:

1. involves two people from different countries?
2. involves a woman who found her husband’s advice very valuable?
3. involves both people dying around the same time?
4. concerns fictional characters?
5. didn’t end in marriage?

 

GRAMMAR COMMENT

Usually and used to [1]

For present habits use usually or normally +present simple

For past habits use used to/didn’t use to+infinitive. Used to doesn’t exist in the present tense.