Language focus:

Using the simple present tense to express simple truth

e.g. We live in Flat A.

Using adjectives to make comparisons

e.g. It’s bigger than Alice's fiat. It's the biggest flat.

Pre-task preparation

1 Review: bedroom, bathroom, sitting-room and kitchen. Ask: Where do you sleep/have a bath/watch television/wash the dishes? to elicit: In the bedroom/bathroom/sitting-room/kitchen

2 Play the recording: Look and learn. Students listen and repeat.

3 Give the students five minutes to study the three floor plans in Look and count. Ask them to count and fill in the number of rooms below each plan.

4 Ask: How many rooms does the big/bigger/biggest flat have? to elicit: Five/Six/Eight.

5 Have the students complete the three speech bubbles individually. Ask: Who lives in the big/bigger/biggest flat? to elicit: Alice/Eddie/Ben and Kitty.

While-task procedure

Distribute a copy of Photocopiablepage 41 to each pair. Students are required to work in pairs and study the three floor plans. They write and guess which flat the man will buy.

Post-task activity

Workbook page 11

Consolidation

Grammar Practice Book 6A pages 20-21