BEG U3 S4 - Home-share experience

Unit 3 | Session 4

Home-share

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Asking and answering questions about a home-share

Agenda

1GET STARTED: I want a room in a home-
share!

2READING: Scanning and reading for main
ideas

3LISTENING: Asking about a home-share

4PREPARING TO SPEAK: Asking about a
home-share

5SPEAKING: Ask about a home-share

6PROGRESS CHECK

GET STARTED

What questions does she need to ask about the apartment?

1 … (the house)?

2 How many … are in the house?

3 How many … can live in the house?

4 … (terrace)?

5 … (pets)?

LISTENING TASK

Mr. Brown

Hello?

Amanda

Hi. My name is Amanda. I’m calling about the home-share.

Mr. Brown

Hi, Amanda. It’s a nice house.

Amanda

Great. 1__________ is it?

Mr. Brown

2__________ on Third Street.

Amanda

3__________ it big?

Mr. Brown

It 4__________ very big. It has five rooms.

Amanda

Oh. How many bedrooms 5__________ in the house?

Mr. Brown

Two bedrooms.

Amanda

OK. 6__________ __________ people live there?

Mr. Brown

One. She’s a student at New York University.

Amanda

Oh! I’m a student at New York University, too!

Complete the conversation. Then listen and check your answers.

Asking about a home-share

Read Ms. Brooks’s email to Amanda.
Which questions does she answer?

1 Where is the house?

2 How many rooms are in the house?

3 How many people live in the house?

4 What are their jobs?

5 How old are they?

WRITING TASK

1.

What’s the young woman’s name?

2.

What`s the e-mail about?

3.

Where does she study?

SPEAKING TASK

Imagine that you and your friends are organizing a trip for 28thof July. You want to rent an ABNB.
Role-play the activity by asking and answering these questions
(Student A: Tenant ; Student B: Guest )

2 Is it small? Is it big?

3 How many rooms are in the house?

4 How many bedrooms are in the house?

5 How many bathrooms are in the house?

6 Where are the supermarkets or banks?

7 What are the rules of the apartment?

A: Hello?

B: Hi. My name is ______ , I

´

m calling about the

home

-

share.

A: Hello _______ . It

´

s a nice house.

1 Where is it? (country or city?)

SPEAKING TASK TWO

Role-play the conversation with your own ideas.

A: Hello?

B: Hi. My name is Amanda. I’m calling about the

home-share.
A: Hi, Amanda. It’s a nice house.

B: Great. Where is it?

A: It’s on Third Street.

B: Is it big?

A: It isn’t very big. It has five rooms.

B: Oh. How many bedrooms are in the house?

A: Two bedrooms.

B: OK. How many people live there?

A: One. She’s a student at New York University.

PROGRESS CHECK

Now I can ...

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ask and answer questions about a home-share.