Conversation Questions Home

1. Can you describe each room of your house? What equipment is there in the kitchen, living room and bedroom? 2. What is your favorite room in your house? Why? 3. What would you like to change in your house? Make a list of 7 important things you would change in it. 4. What things in your house could you easily live without? What is your favorite appliance, electronic device, or piece of furniture in your home? 5. What types of houses are there for people living in a country and a town?

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Dialogue: Talking about where you want to live

Phrases for your dialogues:

1. Suggest your idea:

- Why don’t we...         

- Shall we...

- Do you think we should...     + V

- Do you want to...

- Would you like to...

- Maybe the best thing would be to…

- I think the best thing might be to…

- I wonder if we should….

- How about...

- What about...                                          

- Do you feel like...               + Ving     

- What do you think of...

- Do you fancy...

- Let’s think about…

2. Prove your idea:

• … would be a good idea because ….

• One thing we should remember is that ….

• Personally, I suggest … because ….

• One advantage of … is that ….

• In my opinion, it would be best to choose … because ….

3. Agree or disagree:

Agree:

Yes, I completely agree with you.

You are right.

That’s a good point.

That’s just what I wanted to say.

It’s a great idea!

Disagree:

I agree up to a point, but ...

Well, I agree to a certain extent, but ... 

I don’t think we should…

I’m afraid I don’t agree.

I have to disagree with you. 

I’m not sure I agree, to be honest.

Here are some useful words and word combinations you can use:

wall, door, floor, carpet, ceiling, window, single bed, double bed, bedside table, wardrobe, carpet, chest of drawers, blanket, lamp, kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom, garden, dining room, balcony, cupboard, cooker, table, chair, cushion, armchair, video player, picture, vase, bookcase, sofa, TV, radio, mirror, shower.

Conversation Questions My future plans for living

1. Where would you like to live in the future?

2. How do you imagine the house of your dreams? Would you prefer to live in a house or a flat? Why?

3. What part of your country would you ideally like to live in?

- capital;

- big city;

- small town;

- seaside town;

- village;

- mountains.

4. Describe the interior of your ideal house – rooms, the furniture, and various appliances of the rooms? How would you decorate it inside?

5. Compare the house of your dreams with the house / flat that you now live in.

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My home is my castle

Read and translate this text and put three questions to it:

We live in a new house. Our apartment is on the third floor. It consists of four bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. A spacious balcony connects the kitchen with the bedroom of my parents and my own room.

Before we had moved in this apartment, we have carried out a big work here. We have installed new sanitary engineering and have laid out the walls in the bathroom with tiles. In addition, we have inserted new plastic windows. We have done our best to make the new apartment nice and comfortable. Every member of the family took part in it. First we discussed, as every room must look like. Then we bought up suitable wallpaper, carpets, curtains and pieces of furniture.

We like our apartment, and of course we try to keep it clean. Every week I tidy up my room. Then I must clean the floor everywhere. My sister has to wipe dust of tables, desks and shelves. Because our windows are produced from modern materials, it is simple for my grandmother to clean them. She also tidies up the balcony. The father beats dust from the carpets twice in the month. On Saturdays he washes the laundry in our washing machine, and then irons it. Our mother is occupied with the kitchen. I believe, it is quite difficult to accommodate all pots and plates, forks and spoons in right places, and to clean the stove. And the fridge is also sometimes washed.

We help our mother round the house. Every day after the dinner I wash up, and my sister cleans away. We also are responsible for foodstuff. That is twice a week the mother gives me a list, and I go to the food store to buy bread and butter, sausage and cheese, noodles and other products for our meals. My sister buys fruit and vegetable, as well as eggs and milk products in a market which is not far. We always help each other and keep the house together and with joy.