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Work with a partner. Discuss the following questions. • Where do you live? •
What are the good and bad things about where you live?
Put the factors below in order of importance when making a decision about where to live.
(1 = the most important thing, 5 = the least) 1 – 5 Factors 2 Listening Parking
Listen to a description of someone’s home and neighbourhood. Would you like to live here? Why/ Why not? Location Garden or balcony Notes Cost Size
Listen to the description again and make notes in the table. Positive things Negative things Changes wanted? 3 Pronunciation
Listen to your teacher read part of the description.
Underline the stressed words.
Compare your ideas with a partner.
I live in a two-bedroom flat in a lovely quiet neighbourhood just outside the city centre. The best thing about it is that it’s
in a great location, just off the main street, so I have really good access to public transport. I can catch a bus or a taxi easily most times of the day.
Tell a partner why these words are stressed. 4 Vocabulary
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Look at the text from the previous exercise. Match the words on the left with the ones on the right to make a
collocation from the text.
e.g. quiet neighbourhood 1 . great a. bars 2 . lovely b. access 3 . good c. streets 4 . new d. area 5 . narrow e. flat 6 . main f. location 7 . multicultural g. street 8 . spacious h. neighbourhood
Are other collocations possible? e.g. quiet neighbour noisy neighbour new neighbour lovely neighbour downstairs
neighbour great neighbour
What collocations aren’t possible?
e.g. spacious neighbour narrow neighbour
Can you come up with some more collocations to describe places using some of the words above? e.g. spacious room amazing location dirty streets 5 Language
Use the question words and topics and make questions about an area. You will use these questions to interview your classmates later. Possible questions:
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How many … are there?
Is there good access to …? Do you have …?
Suggestions of what to ask about: bus stops cinemas restaurants
How...? What...? shops Do/does...? Is/Are...? transportation entertainment Where...? Who...? other Have/has...? When...? Why...? 6 Speaking
In the table below, make notes about your neighbourhood.
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Using your questions from the previous exercise, interview two partners and decide whose neighbourhood you
would like to live in the most. Be ready to explain why later.
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