Talk about your home, life and routine THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME 1.1
V verb + preposition
G present simple and present continuous
P consonant pairs
Adaptive Practice
LISTENING A SPEAK Work in groups. Discuss the questions. 1 Where do you live and who do you live with? 2 In your country, where do young people generally live – alone, with friends, with their parents? 3 At what age do people usually fly the nest in your country? Why? B 1.1 LISTEN FOR GIST Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. 1 What are Emma and Lucas mainly talking about? a Their current housemates. b Where to live after university. 2 What is the main problem they are discussing?
VOCABULARY Verb + preposition A
1.2 Complete the sentences from the conversation with the correct preposition. Then listen and check. 1 I’m thinking moving back to my parents’ place for a while. 2 I think I need to speak to them and talk moving back. 3 I’ve been looking shared houses, too. 4 I suppose I should talk them. 5 … more and more young people are living their parents these days. 6 I don’t really like the idea of having to rely my parents. Verb + preposition Some verbs can be used with different prepositions to mean different things. look at / look for • We’re looking at an apartment today. (going to see) • I’m looking for a new place to live. (trying to find) talk to / talk about
a Living with parents. b The cost of living.
freedom (n) being able to do what you want without limits relieved (adj) happy that something didn’t happen split (v) become two or more separate parts GLOSSARY C 1.1 LISTEN FOR DETAIL Listen again. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? 1 Lucas wants to move to a different town or city. T / F 2 Emma says a small room in a shared house is affordable. T / F 3 Lucas believes most people spend a large part of their salary on rent and bills. T / F 4 Lucas doesn’t want to live in a large, shared house anymore. T / F 5 Emma and Lucas decide to look for a place together for just the two of them. T / F 6 Emma is looking forward to moving back to her parents’ house. T / F D SPEAK Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1 Do you think Emma and Lucas are making the right decision? 2 What are the advantages and disadvantages of living alone, living in shared accommodation and living with your parents? 3 Is the cost of living a problem in your country? Is it easy to find a place to live in your town or city?
• You need to talk to your boss. (someone) • We often talk about music. (something)
B Choose the correct options.
Emma
Hi Emma, sorry to hear you’re having money problems. But we’re happy you feel you can talk 1 about / at / to us about it. We’d like to pay your rent for this month. You can pay us back when you have a bit more money. You said you’d like to look 2 with / for / to somewhere cheaper to live. In the meantime, how about coming back to live 3 at / for / with us for a while? It will give us all the chance to look 4 about / at / for your financial
situation a bit more. Give us a call and let’s talk 5 about / of / on it. Lots of love, Mum and Dad
8:05AM
C SPEAK Work in pairs. What do you think Emma should do?
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