Unit 10 grade 6: Our houses in the future – Skills 2
1. Listening
1.1. Task 1 Unit 10 grade 6
Listen to Nick and Linda talking about their dream home. Which house would each prefer? Write their names under the correct pictures. (Listen to Nick and Linda talk about their dream home. Which house do you each prefer? Write their names below the correct picture.)
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Guide to answer
Linda: Picture 3 (villa by the sea, with a swimming pool and a garden)
Nick: Picture 2 (apartment in the city)
Translated:
Linda: Picture 3 (beach villa, with pool and garden)
Nick: Picture 2 (apartment in the city)
Audio Scripts:
Nick: Can you tell me about your dream house, Linda?
Linda: Well, my dream home is a big villa near the coast with a great view of the sea. It has a swimming pool, and it has a garden too.
Nick: What kind of garden?
Linda: A flower garden, you know. And my dream house will be a quiet one. You see, no noise.
Nick: My dream house is completely different.
Linda: Really? What is it like?
Nick: It’s an apartment in the city. And it has a super cable TV so I can watch films from other planets.
Linda: Oh, that sounds great!
Nick: And I don’t need a yard or a garden. In front of the house, I want it to have a nice park view, and at the back, I want it to have a great city view.
Linda: That sounds interesting too. But I think it’ll be…
Translation
Nick: Can you tell me about your dream house, Linda?
Linda: Yes, my dream house is a large villa near the beach with a beautiful view of the sea. The house has a swimming pool, and also a garden.
Nick: What garden is that?
Linda: A flower garden. And his dream home will be a quiet home. You can understand that there is no noise.
Nick: My dream house is completely different.
Linda: Really? How is the house?
Nick: It’s an apartment in the city. And the house has cable TV so we can watch movies from other planets.
Linda: Oh, that’s great!
Nick: And I don’t need a yard or a garden. In front of the house I want to have a nice view of the park, and in the back, I want a great view of the city.
Linda: That sounds interesting too. But I think it will…
1.2. Task 2 Unit 10 grade 6
Listen to the conversation again. What is important to Nick? What is important to Linda? Tick (√) the columns. (Listen to the conversation again. What’s important to Nick? What’s important to Linda?)
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1. parkview
2. city view
3. sea view
4. swimming pool
5. garden
6. cable TV
7. quiet
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2. Writing
2.1. Task 3 Unit 10 grade 6
Work in pairs. Discuss the following ideas about your dream house. (Work in pairs. Discuss ideas about your dream house.)
1. What type of house it is (What kind of house is that?)
2. Where it is located (Where is the house located?)
3. What it looks like (What does the house look like?)
4. What surrounds it (What’s around the house?)
5. What appliances it has (What appliances are in the house?)
Guide to answer
1. My dream house is a villa in the countryside.
(My dream house is a villa in the countryside)
2. It is located in my hometown. (The house is located in his town)
3. It has a small garden for flowers and vegetables.
(The house has a small flower and vegetable garden)
4. It is surrounded by small flowers and grass
(The house is surrounded by small flowers and grass)
5. It has all essential equipments: fridge, TV, Computer, oven,…
(The house contains all necessary equipment such as: refrigerator, TV, computer, oven,…)
2.2. Task 4 Unit 10 grade 6
Now fill in the table about your dream house (Now fill in the table about your dream house.)
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2.3. Task 5 Unit 10 grade 6
Use the information in 2.2 to write about your dream house. (Use the information in section 2.2 to write about your dream home.)
Guide to answer
My dream house is a hi-tech house by the sea with many grains of sand and water surroundings. There will have 10 large rooms and it will plant many green trees, flowers and have a big swimming pool in the garden. In each room, it will have a super smart TV, a super-smart car. A super-smart TV will help me surf the Internet, send and receive my email, order food from the supermarket and contact my friends on other planets.
Translated:
His dream home is a high-tech beachfront house with lots of sand and surrounded by plenty of seawater. The house will have 10 large rooms and I will plant many trees, flowers around and especially there will be a large swimming pool in the garden. In each room, there will be a super smart TV, super smart car. Super smart TVs will help me surf the Internet, send and receive emails, order food from the supermarket, and communicate with friends on other planets.
3. Practice Task 1
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with given words
Question 1: Will/ robots/ clean/ house/ future?
A. Will robots to clean our house in the future?
B. Will robots cleaning our house in the future?
C. Will robots clean our house in the future?
D. Will robots be clean our house in the future?
Question 2: This/ wireless TV/ run/ solar energy.
A. This wireless TV runs on solar energy.
B. This wireless TV runs by solar energy.
C. This wireless TV runs on solar energy.
D. This wireless TV run by solar energy.
Question 3: My/ future/ house/ be/ mountain.
A. My future house is in the mountain.
B. My future house will be in the mountain.
C. My future house is in the mountain.
D. My future house was in the mountain.
Question 4: It/ comfortable/ have/ robot.
A. It’s comfortable to have a robot.
B. It’s comfortable having a robot.
C. It’s comfortable to have a robot.
D. It comfortable having a robot.
Question 5: What/ type of house/ you/ want/ have?
A. What type of house did you want to have?
B. What type of house does you want to have?
C. What type of house are you want to have?
D. What type of house do you want to have?
4. Practice Task 2
Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences
Question 6: too/ have/ The/ a/ smart TV/ house/ will.
A. The a house will have smart TV, too.
B. The smart TV will have a house, too.
C. The house will have a smart TV, too.
D. The house a smart TV will have, too.
Question 7: in front of/ will/ house/ the/ There/ swimming pool/ be/ a.
A. There in front of the house will be a swimming pool.
B. There will be a swimming pool in the front of the house.
C. There will be the house in front of swimming pool a.
D. There will be in front of a swimming pool the house.
Question 8: is/ devices/ The/ comfortable/ flat/ modern/ with.
A. The flat is comfortable with modern devices.
B. The flat is with modern devices comfortable.
C. The flat comfortable is with modern devices.
D. The flat is comfortable modern with devices.
Question 9: Living/ is/ on/ risky/ very/ Mars.
A. Living on is Mars is very risky.
B. Living very risky on Mars is.
C. Living on is very risky Mars.
D. Living on Mars is very risky.
Question 10: want/ people/ motorhome/ Thanks to/ anywhere/ they/ live/ can.
A. Thanks to people, motorhome can live anywhere they want.
B. Thanks to motorhome, people can want anywhere they live.
C. Thanks to motorhome, people can live anywhere they want.
D. Thanks to people, motorhome can want anywhere they live.
5. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, the children need to practice listening to Nick and Linda’s dream house, practice writing about their dream house based on the suggestions in the lesson, and memorize the following words:
- view (n): vision
- villa(n): villa
- coast (n): coast
- cable: cable
- dream home: dream house
- swimming pool: swimming pool
- noise (n): noise
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