Houses and Apartments

1. Evaluations and Comparisons In conjunction with Interchange, Level 2, Unit 3 ByProfBrianaSonger September 9, 2012 Houses and Apartments

2. Bright Beautiful Cheap Clean Comfortable Convenient Cramped Dangerous Dark Dingy Dirty Expensive Inexpensive Huge Inconvenient Modern Nice Noisy Outdated Private Public Quiet Safe/Secure Shabby Shared Small Spacious Tiny Ugly Uncomfortable Organize the adjectives into a t-chart OF positiveS(+), negativeS(-), AND THEN BY OPPOSITES

3. POSITIVE Bright Beautiful Clean/Nice Comfortable/Spacious Convenient Inexpensive/Cheap Huge Modern Private Quiet Safe/Secure NEGATIVE Dark/Dingy Ugly Dirty/Shabby Cramped Inconvenient Expensive Tiny Outdated Public/Shared Noisy Dangerous Housevocab chart (listed as opposites)

4. Where do youlivenow? • Whichwouldyouprefertolive? A house, apartment, studio, condo? • Whichisthe ideal place forfamiliestolive? UniversityStudents? Workingprofessionals? • City or country? • Beach, mountains, desert, forest? Whichwouldyouprefer?

5. My apartmentisvery _________and _________. My houseis ________but ___________. Vocabularyto describe living spaces

6. My houseis __________ and ______________. • My apartmentisvery _________________ becauseitisclosetothe bus stop and many restaurants.

7. My neighbor’s house is ________ and ________. My neighborhood is very ____________________.

8. My apartment is too __________. I wish I could move to a house. My house is not _______enough since it is located by many clubs.

9. SUBJECT+(is/are, isn’t/aren’t)+adjective+ enough: • The condo iscomfortable enough. • Houses arespaciousenough. • My house isn’t modern enough. • Cities aren’t safeenough. • The apartment isn’t bright enough. • The houses in that neighborhood aren’t quiet enough. Evaluations with adjectives using enough

10. SUBJECT + is/are, isn’t/aren’t + too + adjective. Noticethattheadjectiveisputlastwithtoo. • Cable plaza is too noisy on the weekends. • Downtown is toodangerous at night. • Kindergartenclassrooms are toonoisy. • Manizales isn’t too dangerous. • Bars aren’t toobright. Evaluations with adjectivesusing too

11. The house _____ modern _______ for Kate’s taste. Kim’s apartment ______ ______ dark because it is surrounded by tall buildings. My house ______ cheap ______ for first time buyers. Write evaluations using adjectives: 4. A husband, wife, baby, and a dog move to a one-bedroom, one bath apartment. 5. A retired man living in an apartment above a dance club. Let’s practice!!!!!

12. SUBJECT + has/have,doesn’t/don’t have +enough + noun. SUBJECT + verb + too much+ noun. • The house hasenoughbedrooms. • Country houses haveenough privacy. • The classroom doesn’t have enough desks. • Houses don’t have enough convenience since they are so far from the city. • Houses cost too much money. • Apartments don’t cost too much money. Evaluations with nouns using enough and too much

13. There is/are too much (noncount)/many (count)+ noun • There is too much furniture in my house. • There are too many cracks in my apartment. • That house doesn’t have too much space. • In my apartment, there aren’t too many bedrooms. Evaluations with nouns using enough and too

14. Manizales _____ _____ _____ bars. VEA _____ _____ __________space. Big cities_____ _____ ______security. There ______ ______ _____ parking near VEA. Houses in Manizales _____ cost ______ ______ money. Make an evaluation using a noun: 6. Spacious, quiet house built 50 years ago 7. Modern, relaxing apartment, but far from transportation and night life (for a university student) Let’s practice!! Write evaluations using enough and too much using nouns.

15. SUBJECT #1+ (IS/ISN’T/ARE/AREN’T)+ ASADJECTIVEAS SUBJECT #2. My condo (is) just as bigas yours. New York (is) as dangerousas Los Angeles. Tom’s house (isn’t) asmodernas Tammy’s house. The downtown cathedral (is) asbeautiful as the sunset in Chipre. Manizales (isn’t) as expensive as Bogota. Palermo apartments (are) just asnoisyas Milan apartments . The bedrooms in the apartment (aren’t ) as spaciousas the house’s bedrooms. Comparisons with adjectives using as…..as.

16. Houses _____ _____ cramped _____ apartments. Condos _____ _____ modern ______ apartments. Apartments are _____ ______ bright ______ houses. My bedroom is _____ _____ spacious as my roommate’s bedroom. Make comparisons using adjectives: 4. Houses in Manizales vs Bogota 5. Your house/apartment compared to a relative’s house/apartment. Let’s practice!!!!! Write comparisons with adjectives

17. SUBJECT#1+ (has/have) + just asmany/much NOUN asSUBJECT #2 . SUBJECT #1+ (doesn’t/don’t have) asmany/much NOUN as SUBJECT #2. Apartments (have) just as many bathrooms as some houses. Houses (have ) just as muchlight as apartments. An apartment (has) just as much comfort as a house. A condo (has) just as manybedrooms as a house. Manizales (doesn’t have) asmany parks as Medellin. City houses (don’t have) as muchprivacyas country houses. Cartagena (doesn’t have) asgood of weather as Manizales. Comparisons with nouns using as…..as

18. Apartments _______ ______ ______ ______ bills ______ houses. El Corral _____ ______ ______ expensive _____ Presto. Apartments in the city _______ _______ _______ ________ parking as houses in the suburbs. My kitchen ______ ______ ______ _______ appliances as my mother’s. Make a comparison using nouns: 5. The mall in El Cable and the mall in Fundadores Let’s practice!!!!!

19. We will now perform a role play where you will be an agent or a client calling about a house or apartment. First do some evaluations and comparisons with the two properties you were given. Read the sample role play. What do you need to listen for and/or say? Let’s begin! Role Play from www.bogglesworld.com ROLE PLAY TIME!!