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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 | 
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| 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 |
| MEANING RELATED MEANINGS | 3 Using a dictionary if necessary explain the differences between the following similar items. |
| a. an armchair and an upright chair b. a king-size bed, a double bed and a sofa-bed c. a coffee table, a dining table, a bedside table and a desk d. a fitted cupboard and a wardrobe e. a bookcase, a bookshelf and a mantelpiece f. a refrigerator, a freezer and an icebox g. a washbasin and a sink h. a washing machine and a dishwasher i. a cooker, an oven and a toaster j. a cushion and a pillow k. a sheet, a blanket and a duvet |
| WORD USE COLLOCATION |
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| 4 Match the adjectives with the pieces of furniture. Tick the boxes. What does each phrase mean? |
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. | 
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 mend repair fix
improve replace
change rebuild remove
paint clean
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| 8. Have you ever decorated a house or a room yourself? Would you like to? What are the advantages and disadvantages of Do-it-yourself (DIY)? Work with a partner to fill in the table. | Advantages | Disadvantages |
| not so expensive |
MEANING
SENSE RELATIONS.
9. Using a dictionary if necessary, make pairs of opposites using using the words in the box.
| bright gloomy well-maintained out-dated neglected ugly modern attractive |
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 | 
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| Preparing | Decorating |
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.
| walls | ceiling | floor | windows | lighting | doors | |
| Main room | ||||||
| Bedroom | ||||||
| Kitchen | ||||||
| Bathroom |
FOCUS WORDS
| armchair banisters bedside table blanket blind (n) bookcase bookshelf bright bunk-bed carpet ceiling central heating chest of drawers chimney coffee table cooker cupboard curtains cushion | desk dining dishwasher divan bed double bed dresser dressing table duvet fence fireplace fitted cupboard fix folding freezer gate hang hat-stand hedge ice-box improve | king-size bed landing letter-box mend modern neglected old-fashioned oven paint paint-brush pillow put on rebuild refrigerator remove replace roll (of paper) roof rug sandpaper scissors | sheet shutters sideboard single sink sofa sofa-bed sponge stairs step-ladder steps stool toaster upright chair wallpaper wardrobe wash-basin washing machine well-maintained |
FOCUS PHRASES
| armchair socialist /revolutionary etc- be curtains for (someone) go through the roof have something mended/repaired/painted | need painting/repairing sit on the fence smoke like a chimney. |
WORD CHECK
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