Look at the floorplan of the flat. With a partner, decide what furniture you would need to make it comfortable. List the items in the table below.

MEANING IN CONTEXT
2. Look at this picture of a second-hand furniture shop. Use the words in the box below to label the items in the picture. Then say which room(s) each piece of furniture would normally be used in.
sideboard chest of drawers dressing table stool dresser bunk-bed hat-stand divan bed

ACTIVATE

Complete the following with appropriate words and phrases.

a. Mary hung ______________ in the wardrobe.

b. On her bedside table, there were______________________ .

c. After the party, the sink was full of____________________ .

d. Before the meal George took______________________ out of the sideboard.

e. Although the sofa was quite hard, it was comfortable because there were some soft _______ on it.

f. Mary sat at her dressing table in order to___________________ .

g. There was a wide mantelpiece above the___________________ . On it, there were __________.

h. David went into the bathroom and washed his hands in the ____________ .

6. a Look at some fashionable items of furniture. What are they? Would you like to have any of them in your home? Why/why not?

b With a partner, work out a very 'fashionable' design for some other piece (s) of furniture. Draw your design, and produce some notes to describe it. Then put it on the classroom notice board.

MEANING

RELATED MEANINGS

7.

i Imagine you and a partner have just bought the house in the picture for a very low price. Now you want to improve it. Use the verbs below to plan what needs to be done.
mend repair fix improve replace change rebuild remove paint clean

MEANING

SENSE RELATIONS.

9. Using a dictionary if necessary, make pairs of opposites using using the words in the box.

10. Use appropriate words from the box to complete the following.

a. The Greens don't like their new house very much. It is ________ because there are so few windows, and it's quite small.

b. Although the car is four years old, it's __________. The owners have serviced and cleaned it regularly.

c. A: These flats that were built in the 1960s look terribly __________ and depressing from the outside, don't they?

d. B: Yes, but when they are redecorated like Marjorie's, they can be very ___________ inside.

e. The town looks lovely and______________ in the morning sunshine.

f. She finds her parents' attitudes very____________ . In fact, she says they are nineteenth century attitudes.

11. Write a description of the room you are working in now, for example as part of a letter to a friend. What condition is it in and what impression does it make on you? Why? Compare your description with a partner's. Then describe a room that you like very much.

12. Here ore some of the things you would probably need if you were decorating a room. Match the words on the left with the appropriate pictures on the right. Then decide whether you would use them for preparation or for decorating, and complete the table.

1. paint 2. paintbrush 3.roller 4.scissors 5.bucket 6.sponge 7.wall-paper 8.step-ladder 9.sandpaper

13.

a. Imagine you are moving into a small unfurnished flat with a partner. There is torn flowery wallpaper in the main room, . and dirty orange paint on the woodwork. The paint on the ceiling is peeling. How would you redecorate it? Discuss colours and styles and complete the table.

b. Now discuss what needs to be done, and who will do what. Use expressions like these:

The windows need cleaning. We’ll have to paint the ceiling white. We must have/get the door fixed.

FOCUS WORDS

FOCUS PHRASES

WORD CHECK

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1107