Do you know how to talk about your house and home in English? Let’s work on it together!
1.) What is your favourite room in your home? Describe it.
2.) In your opinion, what is the difference between a house and a home?
3.) What do you like and dislike most about where you live?
4.) Where would you live if you could live anywhere?
WARM UPS
BEGINNER
Name Ten – Warm up activity
HIGH BEGINNER/ADVANCED
What’s the word? – Quick compound noun activity
Media Blackout – A disappearing text game
Choose one! Which one do you want most, and why?
1.) pool, home gym, or garden?
2.) big kitchen with new appliances or big living room with a fire place?
3.) library, home theatre, or music room?
4.) sauna or hot tub?
5.) modern or a traditional style of décor from any country?
6.) remote or in a city centre?
VOCABULARY
BEGINNER
Furniture Vocabulary – Flashcards
Drag and Drop Vocabulary Game – Learn and practice rooms and furniture vocabulary.
Common Expressions
1.) Home is where the heart is.
2.) Home is where you hang your hat.
3.) to get your house in order
4.) to be in the dog house
5.) to get along like a house on fire
6.) Make yourself at home!
INTERMEDIATE
GRAMMAR
BEGINNER
Prepositions of Place – Review the chart and practice
There is/are – Explanation
There is/are – Simple Present/rooms and furniture vocabulary
There is/are – Present Simple and Past Simple quiz
HIGH BEGINNER
Present Perfect with signal words quiz
BEGINNER/ADVANCED
Order of Adjectives Game – Describe the household objects by putting the adjectives in order
Question Words Activity – Add the correct question word to each question.
Make, Do, Have, Take Quiz – Add the correct delexical verb.
CONVERSATION AND SPEAKING
BEGINNER
House and Home Beginner Conversation – Speaking practice with questions, prepositions of place, and there is/are
House and Home Conversation Questions –
General questions
House and Home Game – Can you memorize the details of this house and answer the questions?
BEGINNER/ADVANCED
Draw it! – Students describe rooms or houses in detail, while others try to draw what they hear.
Tiny houses – Look at the options, and take some tours. Which tiny house would you like to live in most? Why?
Earthship Biotecture Houses – Visit some of the homes and look around the site. What makes their houses different from what you are used to? What would be the advantages and disadvantages be of living in an ‘earthship’?
READING AND LISTENING
BEGINNER
Home Improvements – DailyESL
California Houses in Danger – News in Levels
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
REAL ESTATE
Conversation Questions
1.) Where is the most expensive real estate in the world?
2.) What is the cheapest and least desirable real estate in the world?
3.) What are the risks associated with investing in property?
4.) What are the benefits of buying property?
5.) Is there a time when it’s better to rent than to own?
Reading
Investment Real Estate: Meaning, benefits, risk – Investopedia
What’s next?
