Unit 10. Our houses in the future. Lesson 1. Getting started

Unit 10: Our houses in the future
Lesson 1: Getting started
* Warm up :
Where are they?

What are they doing

What is he drawing?
1. Listen and read
Nick: What are you doing, Phong?
Phong: I’m drawing my house.
Nick: Your house! That’s a UFO.
Phong: It looks like a UFO but it’s my house in the future.
Nick: Where will it be?
Phong: It’ll be in the mountains, surrounded by many tall old trees.
Nick: What will it be like?
Phong: It’ll be a large house. There will be twenty rooms in it.

Nick: Twenty rooms! Wow! Will it be nice?
Phong: Yes, and it will have solar energy.
Nick: Fantastic! Which room do you like best?
Phong: my bedroom, of course.
Nick: What appliances might you have?
Phong: I might have a wireless TV so I can watch TV programmes from space or a friendly robot to help me with my home.
Nick: Sounds great! And how much will…
A . Complete the table
UFO
In the mountains
many tall old trees
twenty
a wireless TV or a robot
B. Read the conversation again. Complete the sentences.
Phong’s house will be in the …………..
His house will be surrounded by …….............……. .
There will be ………… rooms in his house.
The house might have ……………… to watch TV programmes from space.
mountains
many tall old trees
twenty
wireless TV
a.
2. Match the words with the pictures. Then, ask your partner about them
1. UFO
2. houseboat
3. motorhome
4. skyscraper
5. palace
e.
d.
c.
b.
* Ask and answer about these houses
S1: What is this?
S2: It is a ………………………
motorhome
* Ask and answer about these houses
S1: What is this?
S2: It is a ………………………
* Ask and answer about these houses
S1: What is this?
S2: It is a ………………………
* Ask and answer about these houses
S1: What is this?
S2: It is a ………………………
* Ask and answer about these houses
S1: What is this?
S2: It is a ………………………
3a. Work with a partner. What adjectives can you think of to describe the houses in 2?
1. modern/happy
2. large/quick
3. funny/ strange
4. generous/ convenient
5. comfortable/ interesting
6. tall/ friendly
3b. Ask and answer questions about the pictures
Example:
A: which house do you like best?
B: I like the palace.
A: Why?
B: It’s big.
4. Read the phrases aloud. Tick the place where you want your future house to be located and write sentences
in the countryside
in the city
in the mountains
in space
on the ocean
on the moon
under the ground
by the sea
Eg: My future house will be in the mountains.
a.
* Consolidation:
e.
d.
c.
b.
CONSOLIDATION
modern, large, strange, convenient, comfortable, tall…
Some adjectives describe houses:
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