I live in a house near the sea. It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small. There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there’s a living room where there’s a lovely old fireplace. There’s a garden in front of the house. The garden goes down to the beach and in spring and summer there are flowers everywhere.
I live alone with my dog, Boxer, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends often stay with me.
I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the fireplace in winter, but the best thing is the view from my bedroom window.
Part B.Write a similar description of your house or flat in about 180 words.
Paragraph 1:Where is it? Is it old or new? How many rooms are there? Is there a garden?
Paragraph 2: Whom do you live with?
Paragraph 3: Do you like it? Why? What is the best thing?
Role-play the following situations:
1. You are meeting your friend whom you haven’t seen for a long time. He tells you that he has received a new flat. You congratulate him on this occasion. He invites you to come and see his flat.
2. You are asking your friend about his flat: where this flat is situated, what the rent is, whether his flat has a balcony, how many rooms are in his flat, what conveniences are in his flat, whether he has a telephone; you unfortunately have no telephone.
3. While you are describing your flat, its space, the furniture and where it is, ask your friend to make a plan of it. Check it afterwards to see if the sketch is like your description.