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Onde você mora?
In Unit 4A, Fernanda describes her house. You practise:
. rooms, furniture and prepositions of place
. pronunciation of /h/ and /r/ and linking
. there is/are/was/were, some/any and countable/uncountable nouns
1 Guess .
Adivinhe.
1. the five rooms which Fernanda has in her house
2. seven items she's got in her living-room
If necessary, go to Vocabulary Builder 4 for rooms and furniture words.
2 Listen to Fernanda's description of her house. How many of your guesses were right?Escute a descrição da Fernanda de sua casa. Quantos de seus palpites estavam certos?
3 Cross out the wrong information. Listen again to check. Sublinhe a resposta errada. Escute novamente e confira.
1. Fernanda lives in her own house / a rented house.
2. She's lived there for almost / over a year.
3. It's got two / three bedrooms.
4. It was full of old furniture / empty when she moved there.
5. She's got one sofa / two sofas and one armchair / two armchairs.
6. There's a plant / there are some shelves behind the TV.
7. There are some photos of her family / her wedding.
8. She wants to stay there for about a year / until they have children.
4 Look at Fernanda's house. Read and complete the missing words. Listen and check.Olhe a casa da Fernanda. Leia e complete as palavras que faltam. Escute e confira.
I live in a small house with my h___________. We've lived here for n______ a year. It isn't o_______, we're renting it. It's got two s_______ bedrooms a l________ green kitchen, a n___ bathroom and a b__ living-room. We u_______ the other bedroom as a s____. There w_______ anything here when we moved in. There w____ no curtains, there w____ no furniture, there w____ even any l_______ bulbs - nothing at all! It was completely empty so we h____ to buy everything. It hasn't been e_________. Now, it's full of o____ things. We've got a sofa and an armchair in f____ of the TV and there a____ lots of books on the shelves. T______ a big plant in the c________ behind the TV. I love plants, they bring l____ into a house. On the wall a_______ the sofa t____ a_____ some photos of our wedding. It's our first h____ and we love it. When we h___ children we'd like to m________ to a flat. I think it's s_______. There's a lot of v________ here.
5 Pronunciation: /h/ and /r/. Listen and repeat the words.Pronúncia: /h/ and /r/. Escute e repita as palavras.
| /h/ | /r/ |
| house |
rent |
| husband |
room |
| here |
green |
| had |
front |
| behind |
bring |
| have |
children |
Remember that blue letters show the stress in the word.
6 Silent /r/. In many accents, you only pronounce the letter 'r' if there's a vowel sound after it. /R/ mudo. Em muitas pronúncias, você apenas pronuncia a letra "R" se houver um som vocálico depois dele.
a) Listen and repeat. Try not to pronounce the crossed out letters.
Escute e repita. Tente não pronunciar as letras marcadas.
Silent R
nea
othe
we
cu
fu
a
co
safe
ou
b) Listen and repeat the same words with a north American accent. Which pronunciation is more like your own?
Escute e repita as mesmas palavras com sotaque americano. Qual pronúncia é mais parecida com a sua?
7 /h/ or /r/? Listen and repeat. /h/ or /r/? Escute e repita.
1. with equal stress: rr - hh - rr - hh - rr - hh - rr
2. stressing the letter in bold: h - r - h - r - h - r - h - r (original idea from Adrian Underhill)
3. the tongue twisters three times quickly.
1) Rock n'roll rhythms running round Rio.
2) In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen (from the film My Fair Lady).
or Harry heard Hilda had a hundred happy husbands.
3. Her whole right hand really hurts.
Study Tip
. To help students understand English word stress, encourage them to play with their voices like in 1 and 2 above. They'll discover that they say the stressed sounds a bit louder because they need more air. They'll also probably say them at a higher pitch and for longer than the unstressed sounds.
. /h/ Ask your students to breathe in and then slowly breathe out and sigh. As they are sighing they should say house, her, happy, etc. The tongue doesn't touch the roof of the mouth.
. /r/ Show a picture of an angry dog! Ask students "What sound does the dog make?" RRRrrrrrrrrrr. Show a picture of a speeding car. Ask students "What sound does a car make?" Vrrrrrrrrrrrrm. In spite of the V at the beginning of the sound, it helps students get the idea.
. /h/ Ask your students to breathe in and then slowly breathe out and sigh. As they are sighing they should say house, her, happy, etc. The tongue doesn't touch the roof of the mouth.
. /r/ Show a picture of an angry dog! Ask students "What sound does the dog make?" RRRrrrrrrrrrr. Show a picture of a speeding car. Ask students "What sound does a car make?" Vrrrrrrrrrrrrm. In spite of the V at the beginning of the sound, it helps students get the idea.
8 Complete the chart with verb be + a, some, any or no. Make true sentences about Fernanda's house. Use contractions. Listen and check.Complete o quadro com o verbo be + a, some, any or no. Faça sentenças verdadeiras sobre a casa da Fernanda. Use a forma de contração. Escute e confira.
There 's a lot of violence.
___ ___ tiny garden.
___ ___ separate toilet.
___ ___ shelves in the living-room.
___ ___ curtains in the bathroom.
___ ___ furniture when they moved in.
___ ___ light bulbs when they moved in.
___ ___ tiny garden.
___ ___ separate toilet.
___ ___ shelves in the living-room.
___ ___ curtains in the bathroom.
___ ___ furniture when they moved in.
___ ___ light bulbs when they moved in.
9 Answer the questions about the rules for some and any.
Responda as perguntas sobre as regras para some e any.
1. Do you use some and any with singular nouns?
2. Do you use some and any with uncountable nouns?
3. Do you use some in affirmative sentences?
4. Do you use any in negative sentences?
5. Do you use some in questions?
10 Write the questions for the information about Fernanda's house from #8. Reply with short answers. Listen and repeat.Escreva as perguntas para as informações sobre a casa da Fernanda do exercício 8. Responda com respostas curtas. Escute e repita.
Example: Is there a lot of violence? Yes, there is.
11 Pronunciation. Listen and check. Make sure you pronounce the linking /r/ after There_isn't and There_are(n't) and the final /t/ of n't before a vowel sound. Pronúncia. Escute e confira. Certifique-se de que você pronuncia a junção do /r/ após There_isn't e There_are(n't) e o T final do n't antes de um som vocálico.
12 Mark the nouns C (countable) or U (uncountable) or B (both).
Marque os substantivos C (contável) ou U (incontável) ou B (ambos).
air-conditioning (U) example bathroom bread central-heating cup curtains furniture information light light bulbs loaf material news paper plant posters safety sofa violence wallpaper water
(See Unit 4 VB for more practice with this vocabulary)
13 Make true sentences about your home.
Faça sentenças verdadeiras sobre sua casa.
1. There ____ ____ family photos on the walls.
2. There ____ ____ reference books in the living-room.
3. There ____ ____ shelf/shelves in the bathroom.
4. There ____ ____ furniture here when I moved in.
5. There ____ ____ expensive, new furniture.
6. There ____ ____ flowers in the kitchen last week.
7. There ____ ____ ______ when I moved in.
8. There ____ ____ _____ here last night.
14 Imagine you want to rent your home for Carnival for 10 days. A foreigner calls you to ask for details. Note your answers to his questions.
Imagine que você quer alugar sua casa no Carnaval por 10 dias. Um estrangeiro liga para você para perguntar os detalhes. Anote suas respostas para as perguntas dele.
Client: Er, how many bedrooms are there?
You: _________________________________
Client: What furniture is there in your bedroom?
You: _________________________________
Client: Is there a separate toilet and shower?
You: _________________________________
Client: Are there many shelves and cupboards?
You: _________________________________
Client: What about the kitchen? Does it have everything I need?
You: _________________________________
Client: And what furniture is there in the living room?
You: _________________________________
Client: Is there a CD player or a DVD?
You: _________________________________
Client: How much is 10 day's rent for Carnival?
You: _________________________________
Client: The other apartment I called was cheaper. Can you give me a discount if I pay in advance?
You: _________________________________
Client: OK. I'll let you know in 10 minutes. Thanks very much for your time and help.
You: _________________________________
15 Update your Portfolio. Record your part of the roleplay onto your Portfolio cassette.
Atualize seu Portfolio. Grave sua parte do diálogo na fita de seu Portfolio.
Time for a break!
à go to Unit 4 B