Objetivos:
Esta unidade tem por objetivo dar a conhecer o vocabulário relativo à casa.
HOUSE / CASA:
living room - sala de estar
dining room - sala de jantar
kitchen - cozinha
bedroom - quarto
bathroom - quarto de banho
basement - cave
garage - garagem
yard - pátio
garden - jardim
Living room: lamp (candeeiro), bookcase (estante de livros), sofa (sofá), table (mesa), rug (tapete), armchair (poltrona).
Bedroom: curtain (cortinado), picture (quadro), mirror (espelho), clock (relógio), bed (cama), dresser (aparador), wardrobe (guarda-roupa).
Kitchen: microwave oven (forno micro-ondas), refrigerator/ fridge (frigorífico), sink (lava-louça), counter (banca), cabinet (armário), stove (fogão), dishwasher (máquina de lavar-louça).
Bathroom: mirror (espelho), shower (duche), sink (lavatório), cabinet armário), toilet (sanita), bathtub (banheira).
Exercise 1
Write the correct room
a) Where do you usually cook meals? ______________________
b) Where do you usually get washed? _______________________
c) Where do you usually grow flowers and cut the grass? ____________________
d) Where do you usually eat dinner? __________________
e) Where do you usually sit on a sofa and watch TV? ________________
f) Where do you usually park the car? _____________________
g) Where do you usually sleep? ___________________
Exercise 2
Match the words with the pictures
Sofa
TV
Table
Bed
Mirror
Armchair
Chair
Desk
Fridge
Shower
Exercise 3
Read the following text:
The Smiths' House
Mr Smith's house has got four bedrooms, a living-room, a dining-room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a separate toilet. There is a toilet in the bathroom too. The bedrooms and the bathroom are upstairs, and the living-room, the dining-room, the kitchen and the toilet are downstairs.
The first bedroom is Mr and Mrs Smith's, the second one is John's, the third one is Mary's, and the fourth one is Anne's. Catherine's baby bed is in Anne's bedroom too.
When you enter Mr Smith's house, the room on your left is the living-room, and the room on your right is the dining-room. Where is the kitchen? It is behind the dining-room. And where is the toilet? It is straight on, in front of you. There is a garden behind the house, but it is not big. Is there a garden in front of the house too? Yes, there is, but it is very small.
When you go upstairs, Mr and Mrs Smith's bedroom is on your left. The bedroom on your right is John's, and the bathroom is between his bedroom and Mary's. Anne's bedroom is behind Mary's.
There is a big bed and two big wardrobes in Mr and Mrs Smith's bedroom, and there is a small bed and a wardrobe in John's room. John and Mary's beds are big and Anne's bed is small. The wardrobe in Mary's room is very big, and the wardrobe in John's room is small.
Anne's room has got blue walls, and there are white ships and green islands on them, because it is a child's bedroom. John's bedroom has got white walls, and Mary's has got grey walls. John has got pictures of horses on his walls, and Mary has got pictures of beautiful clothes.
And now circle the correct answer
The Smiths' House
1 Which of the following is correct?
Three of Mr Smith's bedrooms are upstairs, and one of them is
downstairs.
Mr Smith's four bedrooms are downstairs.
Mr Smith's four bedrooms are upstairs.
2 Choose the correct sentence
There is one toilet in Mr Smith's house. It is downstairs.
There are two toilets in Mr Smith's house. One of them is upstairs.
There is one toilet in Mr Smith's house. It is upstairs.
3 Choose the correct answer:
The living room is upstairs.
The living room is downstairs.
The dining room is upstairs.
4 Choose the correct answer:
There are two beds in Anne's bedroom.
There is one bed in Anne's bedroom.
There are three beds in Anne's bedroom.
5 Choose the correct answer:
The kitchen is between the living-room and the dining-room.
The dining-room is between the living-room and the kitchen.
The living-room is between the dining-room and the kitchen.
6 Choose the correct answer:
There is a small garden in front of the house, and there is a big one behind it.
There is a small garden in front of the house, and there is a small one behind it.
There is a big garden in front of the house, and there is a big one behind it.
7 Choose the correct answer:
The bathroom is between the first bedroom and the second one.
The bathroom is between the second bedroom and the third one.
The bathroom is between the third bedroom and the fourth one.
8 Choose the correct answer:
John's bedroom is behind Mary's.
Mary's bedroom is in front of John's.
Mary's bedroom is in front of Anne's.
9 Choose the correct answer:
Anne's room is on a green island.
Anne's room is in a white ship.
Anne's room is a child's bedroom.
10 Choose the correct answer:
There are pictures in all of the children's bedrooms
There are pictures in some of the children's bedrooms.
There aren't any pictures in the children's bedrooms.