House

Life & living
Choose the correct word to make true sentences about yourself.
I live in on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. floor/in the city centre/in the suburbs/in a village.
The city centre
The suburbs
A village

Life & living
Choose the correct word to make true sentences about yourself.
My neighbourhood is quiet/noisy/crowded.
Quiet
Noisy
Crowded

Life & living
Choose the correct word to make true sentences about yourself.
There’s a(n) garage/attic/spare room/ basement in my house.
A garage
An attic
A spare room
A basement

Copy the word map in your notebook. In a minute add as many words as you can think of. Compare with your partner.
Study skills

Copy the word map in your notebook. In a minute add as many words as you can think of. Compare with your partner.
flat
villa
semi-detached

Copy the word map in your notebook. In a minute add as many words as you can think of. Compare with your partner.
living room
kitchen
bathroom
dining room
bedroom

Copy the word map in your notebook. In a minute add as many words as you can think of. Compare with your partner.
garage
patio
balcony
garden

Copy the word map in your notebook. In a minute add as many words as you can think of. Compare with your partner.
cooker
washing machine
microwave
fridge

Copy the word map in your notebook. In a minute add as many words as you can think of. Compare with your partner.
dining table
desk
bookcase
chairs
bed

dining table
desk
bookcase
chairs
bed
flat
villa
semi-detached
cooker
washing machine
microwave
fridge
living room
kitchen
bathroom
dining room
bedroom
garage
patio
balcony
garden
Use the words to describe your house to your partner.
I live in …
There are … rooms in it. etc
Answer

Read the title of the article and look at the pictures. What do you think living on a space station would be like?
I think living on a space station would be weird. There would be no gravity and so you would have to stop yourself and other things floating away.

Before reading learn new words.
airless
attic
basement
spare room
caravan
weird
dishwasher
stare
equipment
vacuum hose
detached
work out
busy schedule
press against
float
lack
gravity
escape
rowing machine
droplet
inhabitant
feature
strap
space station
безвоздушный
чердак
подвал
свободная комната
трейлер
странный
посудомоечная машина
пристально смотреть
оборудование
вакуумный шланг
отдельно стоящий
тренировать
плотный график
давить, надавливать
плавать по воздуху
недостаток
сила тяготения
избегать
гребной тренажер
капля
житель
особенность
прикреплять, привязывать
космическая станция

Before reading learn new words.
airless
attic
basement
spare room
caravan
weird
dishwasher
stare
equipment
vacuum hose
detached
work out
busy schedule
press against
float
lack
gravity
escape
rowing machine
droplet
inhabitant
feature
strap
space station
stare
lack
equipment
inhabitant
airless
dishwasher
weird
float
strap
work out
press against
droplet
caravan
basement
busy schedule
attic

Read to find out.
Extract A
Extract B
Extract C
Extract D
Extract E
Extract F
Extract G

Read the texts and match each text (A-G) with its heading (1-8). You can only use each heading once. There is one extra heading.
A little time to relax
The right training
Well-kept equipment
Far and fast
5. Comfortable nights
6. Good housekeeping
7. A tasty bite
8. A clean start to the day
Text
Heading
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
4
8
6
5
2
7
1
Extract A
Extract B
Extract C
Extract D
Extract E
Extract F
Extract G

Read again and match the headings to the paragraphs. There is one that you do not need to use. Think of an alternative heading for each paragraph.
A. Spare Time in Space
The Right Training
Good Housekeeping
D. Keeping Clean and Healthy
E. Time to Relax
F. Living Among the Stars
Text
Heading
A
B
C
D
E
F
5
X
3
2
4
1
Extract 1
Extract 2
Extract 3
Extract 4
Extract 5

Match the words/phrases in bold in the text to the meanings.
look at for a long time
touches
huge
hitting
fasten
exercising
inhabitants
shut out
shortage
going round
stare
presses against
giant
bumping into
strap
working out
residents
block out
lack
orbiting

Fill in: sleeping, zero, soft, space, pitch, lack, vacuum, airless, household, do.
………………………… space
………………………… station
………………………… of gravity
………………………… bag
………………………… gravity
………………………… hose
muscles go ………………………
………………………… chores
Football ……………………………
………………………… experiments
airless
space
lack
sleeping
zero
vacuum
soft
household
pitch
do
Complete the sentences. Make your own sentences about the astronauts on the ISS.

Fill in: make, do, mop, keep, wash, take, dust, hang out.
Household chores
1. ………………… my room tidy
2. ………………… the washing-up,
the ironing, chores
3. ………………… the beds, breakfast
4. ………………… the rubbish out,
the dog for a walk
5. ………………… the floor
6. ………………… the dishes, the
clothes
7. ………………… the washing
8. ………………… the furniture
keep
do
make
take
mop
wash
hang out
dust

Do you help at home? Use adverbs of frequency and the completed phrases to make sentences. Tell your partner how you feel about it.

Work in pairs. You are a journalist and your partner is one of the astronauts living on the space station. Prepare questions and interview your partner about life in space, then swap roles.
What’s it like living in zero gravity? How do you eat, for example?
Where do you sleep?
Do you have to do any chores in the station to keep it clean?
Do you have any free time? What do you do?

Write three things that impressed you from the text.

Would you like to live in space? Why/Why not? Discuss in pairs.
I would like to live in space. It would be fun to float around in zero gravity.
I wouldn’t want to live in space. Everything is difficult to do in zero gravity. Also there is too much cleaning to do on the station. I think it would be very tiring.
I don’t mind doing the chores and the view of Earth and the sun rising and setting every 45 minutes would be amazing.
I think I would miss living on Earth. It would get boring floating all the time.
Maybe, but then there would be so many things to do.

It’s the year 3050 and a group of teens who were born on a space station are coming to visit Earth. Write a leaflet giving instructions about how to eat, sleep, wash, exercise, do chores and spend free time in a place with gravity.

Workbook
Label each picture.
*detached house *caravan *block of flats *cottage
caravan
cottage
block of flats
detached house

Complete the grid. What’s the hidden word?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
household

Underline the correct item.