At Home listening Making plans eth talks to three friends on the telephone. isten and write the names in the order she talks to them. In this unit: The house Household activities Present ontinuous Present ontinuous / Present Simple Talking about current actions Describing a picture Word order: subjectverb Vocabulary The house isten and repeat. Find the items of furniture in the picture. bed chair cupboard table sofa lamp shelves carpet desk Jessica Matthew Adam isten again. Match the names of eth s friends in Exercise to the pictures below. Which picture isn t one of her friends? speaking Talking about current actions U seful Expressions: Ask and answer questions to find out where your partner does the things below. watch TV have dinner do homework listen to music Do you usually watch TV in your bedroom? Activities What other activities can you do at home? Make a list. isten and repeat. A: H i, Katie. Where are you? Remember! : I m at home in my bedroom. A: What are you doing? : I m watching TV. A: Really? Do you usually watch TV in your bedroom? 0 : No, I don t. ut my brothers are playing games in the living room. hange the words in bold in Exercise to make a new dialogue. Practise the dialogue with your partner. isten and repeat. Which two places aren t rooms in the house? bathroom dining room kitchen bedroom garden living room garage ook at the picture again. Where do you think each item goes? The shelves go in the bedroom or the living room. What furniture have you got in each room in your house? Tell your partner. In my bedroom, I ve got a bed, a cupboard ulture In many Japanese houses, it s in the cupboard during the day and on the floor at night. What is it? Solve the code to find out. a b d e f i n o s t u F G J Q S E H D S H ' Q D H E F J G Workbook, page
Unit reading A magazine article Grammar Present ontinuous Read the article about Jay Shafer s houses. Why does Jay live in this type of house? Affirmative I am playing You are playing He is playing She is playing It is playing We are playing You are playing They are playing Modern iving Magazine Tiny Houses Do you think your bedroom is small? Then look at one of Jay Shafer s houses. It s got a kitchen, a bathroom, a bedroom and a living room/dining room with a table and chairs, but it s only square metres. That s really small! Shafer and his company, Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, are part of the Small House Society. Right now, people in this society are building tiny houses all over the world. Why? ecause we are destroying the planet, and big houses are part of the problem. ig houses use more electricity, more water and more gas, and that is bad for the environment. The people in the Small House Society want to change things, and tiny houses are a good start. Negative I m not playing You aren t playing He isn t playing She isn t playing It isn t playing We aren t playing You aren t playing They aren t playing Time Expressions now right now at the moment Present ontinuous affirmative.. We (have) breakfast at the moment.. My parents (talk) to me right now. Jay Shafer from Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. Rachel... (study) now. She... (clean) her room. True or false? orrect the false sentences.. The size of the house.. The house hasn t got any furniture in it.. The name of Jay s company.. It has got one room.. The name of a society.. ig houses are bad for the planet.. Small houses use more electricity.. The boys... (chat) now. They... (play) football.. The people in the Small House Society are trying to help the environment. Answer the questions in Exercise. I am cleaning my bedroom now. (Present ontinuous) I clean my bedroom every day. (Present Simple) Grammar Appendix, Workbook, page 0 hoose the correct answer.. en is going / goes home at the moment.. We don t buy / aren t buying a bed now.. I often sit / am sitting in the garden.. Does Erin clean / Is Erin cleaning her bedroom on Tuesdays?. He doesn t sleep / isn t sleeping on the sofa every day.. Are they playing / Do they play in the living room right now?. your teacher (write) on the board now? Present ontinuous / Present Simple. The cat... (eat) at the moment. It... (sleep).. The girls... (have) lunch in the garden. They... (sit) in the kitchen. opy and complete the questions. Use the Present ontinuous.. your friends (learn) English right now? Which sentences above are true for you? reading (read) now.. Josh is... isn t watching (watch) He... TV. Grammar Appendix, Workbook, page 00. your friend (talk) to you at the moment?. The teacher (play) a game now. ook at the pictures and complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of the Present ontinuous. play - playing sit - sitting write - writing. a cat (sit) in your classroom now?. I (do) an English exercise at the moment. Watch Out! listening (listen) to music at the Are you..... moment? is studying (study) English now.. My class Find the following information in the text. opy and complete the sentences. Use the Interrogative Am I playing? Are you playing? Is he playing? Is she playing? Is it playing? Are we playing? Are you playing? Are they playing? Short Answers Yes, I am. / No, I m not. Yes, he is. / No, he isn t. Yes, we are. / No, we aren t. Workbook, page
Unit grammar build up Vocabulary Household activities QUIK REVISION: opy and complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present ontinuous. does (do) his homework in the. Dan always... dining room.. en and aura... (not work) in the garden on Sundays.. We... (not clean) the kitchen at the moment..... you... (listen) to music every day?.... Zoe... (sit) on the sofa now?. arol... (not use) the lamp right now. isten and repeat. Match the activities to the pictures. wash the dishes make the bed take out the rubbish cook dinner do the laundry sweep the floor feed the dog water the plants ook at the picture of the Wilson family. What are they doing right now? Write at least five sentences using the Present ontinuous. Which activities in Exercise do you do? When do you do them? reading A book review Amy Read Oliver s book review. Where do Will and his friend go? en Teen TImes ook Review by Oliver Sutton Dylan Tunnels Jacob ReadinG orner Are you reading a good book at the moment? Then write to Teen Times and tell us about it! Jack Mrs Wilson Mr Wilson ó. Amy is sleeping on the sofa right now. ook at the picture in Exercise for two minutes. Then in turns, tell your partner to close his or her book and answer your questions about the picture. Use the Present ontinuous. Is Amy watching TV? ook Review ard Name of book:.... Are you doing homework right now? Writers:... I n your notebook, write five questions to ask a friend about his or her activities. Use the Present Simple and the Present ontinuous. Main character:.... Do you watch TV in the afternoons? Workbook, page Age of main character:... Other characters:... Answer your partner s questions from Exercise. Will urrows is a -year-old boy with white hair. He lives with his strange family in a small house in Highfield, ondon. Will s mother watches TV all day, and his -year-old sister Rebecca washes the dishes, does the laundry and cooks dinner. Will s father looks for old things in tunnels under the ground and Will helps him. ut one day, Will s father goes into a tunnel and doesn t come home. Will and his friend hester decide to look for Will s father. One afternoon, they re walking in a tunnel and suddenly, they see a street with houses. People aren t walking in the street but the streetlamps are on. What is this place? Read the book and find out! opy and complete the ook Review ard for Oliver. Review by:... No, she isn t. She s sleeping on the sofa. by Roderick Gordon and rian Williams My Rating (Excellent) Answer the questions.. What does Will s mother usually do?. Who cooks food for the family?. What does Will do with his father?. Why are Will and hester walking in a tunnel?. What do they find in the tunnel? Remember! Family What family words appear in the text? What other family words do you remember? Make a list. Workbook, page
Unit Writing A picture description listening Talking about activities iam is talking to his mother about his brothers and sisters activities. isten to the telephone conversation. How many household activities do they mention? MODE isten again. What activities are the children doing? Match A to to make correct sentences. A The Harrison family is at home. Everybody is working. onnor and his father are cooking dinner in the kitchen. onnor s mother is feeding the dog. Adam a. is doing the laundry. in the living room and his brother Josh is making. Emily b. is sweeping the floor. the bed in his bedroom. onnor s grandfather and. en c. is chatting with friends. sister Mia are in the garage. They re doing the. iam d. is playing football. laundry.. ucy e. is making the beds.. hloe f. is watering the plants. pronunciation Read the Writing Help. Then copy the first three sentences in the text in Exercise into your notebook. Write the subject of each sentence in blue. Write the verb in red.. He s washing the dishes. They re watering the plants.. We re playing in the garden.. I m feeding the dog. Activity Place onnor and his father cooking dinner kitchen Word order: subject / verb Geography I n English, the subject of a sentence comes before the verb. Who lives in these famous homes? Match the homes to the people. I am washing the dishes. John is sweeping the floor. speaking Describing a picture.... Writing Guide, Workbook, page ook at the arlton family below and choose a person. Where is the person and what is he or she doing? Tell your partner. an your partner say the name of the person? Naomi Abby Person / People WRITING HEP isten and repeat. Pay attention to the -ing endings.. She s making the beds. Read Rachel s description of the picture below. Then copy and complete the chart. rite the words in the correct order to W make sentences.. Jack / doing / the laundry / is / now A. we / every day / the plants / water rian The Prime Minister of ritain The Queen of England The President of the USA The Pope uckingham Palace. he / dinner / cooking / right now / isn t. in the afternoon / doesn t / feed / Eric / the dog The White House TASK Mother Grandfather Father Sam Mandy efore you write: omplete a chart about at least five of Grandmother the people in the picture in Exercise, page. Now write: se the writing model in Exercise U He s in the kitchen. He s washing the dishes. Father. and the information in your chart to write a description of the picture in Exercise. Writing Task, Workbook, page Write a picture description. The Vatican 0 Downing Street D Workbook, page
Geography ook at the pictures of these interesting houses around the world. Where do you think they are? Read the text and find out. Houses Around the World This man is standing near his house in Africa. People and animals live in the house. The animals live in one room and the people live in a different room. Unit language build up People and animals also live together in these unusual houses in Indonesia. Grammar Vocabulary The house Furniture bed carpet chair cupboard desk lamp shelves sofa table Present ontinuous Household activities Rooms bathroom bedroom dining room garage garden kitchen living room Dictation cook dinner do the laundry feed the dog make the bed sweep the floor take out the rubbish wash the dishes water the plants Use: To talk about things happening now I + am + eating. _ He + is + sweeping + the floor. She + isn t + working. They + aren t + making + the beds.? Is + he + watching + TV? Are + you + listening? Workbook, page Present ontinuous / Present Simple I + am + making + the bed + right now. He + makes + the bed + every morning. Extra Practice My Portfolio ook at the plan below. Then My Portfolio, Workbook, pag rkbook, page heck your Progress, Wo Vocabulary uilder, page Website Activities e complete a plan about your house. Rooms in my house: living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, one bathroom Furniture in my bedroom: bed, desk, chair, cupboard, lamp hildren are playing near this house in Mongolia. It is a yurt a portable home. The people in the yurt work with sheep and horses and they often move from place to place. The hipaya people in olivia live in the Andes wash the dishes, feed the dog Answer the questions. Things I don t do in my house:. Which house is in the mountains? cook dinner. Where do animals and people live together?. Why do the people in Mongolia live in a portable home?. How do the hipaya people make their houses? 0 Things I do in my house: Mountains. They make their small houses from blocks of earth. Your Turn What interesting types of houses are there in your country? Why are they interesting? an you describe them? e s u o h My Tell your partner about your house. Use the information in your plan. In my house, we ve got a living room, a... In my bedroom, I ve got a bed, a... I often wash the dishes at home. I never cook dinner.