LINGUAMATIC 2.

STUDENTS WORKSHEETS
MODULES: 1.3
GROUP: 22.1
ACCIN:9113.001
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MODULE 1.3
Listening: 1- Harrys house
2- Innes house
3- Terrys house
Pronunciation: Voiceless Consonants
Readings: Past continuous
Videos: Unusual hotels

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Module 1.3 Listening

Harrys house
Listen and answer the following questions.
1.

Does Harry live on the east coast or on the west coast of Spain?

2.

How far is Moraira from Alicante airport?

3.

How far is Moraira from Valencia airport?

4.

How many flats are there in the villa?

5.

Who lives in the flat above Harry?

Listen again and answer the following questions.

1.

Approximately how far is Valencia from Alicante?

2.

Which flat has a naya, Harrys or his daughters?

3.

Which flat has more that one bathroom?

4.

What do you think open-planned means? (an open-planned kitchen)

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Module 1.3 Listening

Harrys house
Listen again and complete the transcription.
We live in a villa on an _________________________ in the east coast of
Spain. A place called Moraira. The _________________ of Moraira is
approximately one hundred and fifteen kilometres from Alicante airport. On
the other side approximately a hundred and twenty-five kilometres is
Valencia airport.
Our villa is _________________________ of two separate flats. On the
_______________________ floor flat, we have two bedrooms with one
bathroom and
an open-planned kitchen. A dining-room, ___________________________
area which is known, in Spain, as a 'naya'.
Our daughter lives in the flat __________________________ which is
composed of a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, two bedrooms and two
bathrooms.

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Innes house
Listen to the recording and answer the following true or false
questions.
1. Innes lives in the centre of London.
-true
-false
2. The house is small.
-true
-false
3. There are four bedrooms.
-true
-false
4. The bathroom is upstairs on the first floor.
-true
-false
5. The lounge and the dining room are comfortable and sunny.
-true
-false

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Module 1.3 Listening

Innes house
In the following transcription there are ten words that are wrong. Find them
and say the correct word.
I live in a flat that once was a brewery where erm.. beer was made . Er.. its no longer
made there but lots are drunk and.. erm yeah so lucky today Im sober so I can tell you
about my car.
Er.. we live in a city called Orset, erm.. about thirty miles north of London, in the county of
Essex in England. Erm.. the house is quite small because it was built about two hundred
and sixty years ago when people were smaller then, so I understand. Unfortunately, Im six
foot three, and I often bang my head, and ermyeah, really the door frame should be
made larger, or I should move, one of the two...erm.. Weve yet to decide what to do. Im
just gonna have to live with bumps on my head at the moment.
The bathrooms ..erm are three in number. Unfortunately the bathroom is on the ground
floor. When I was a child, the bedroom was always on the first floor, so when I first moved
there, it got a little bit confusing when I wanted to go to the toilet in the middle of the
night. But, these things you have to live with, also with bumps on your head. So now Im
very careful when I wake up at night.
We have three bedrooms upstairs, bathroom, as I say, downstairs,erm a lounge and a
living room both small, but ..erm.. convenient and sunny. When it doeswhen the sun is
out in England. Unfortunately a lot of the time its grey, so the rooms are grey, but it would
be nice if its sunny..
flat, car, city, thirty, north, sixty, bathrooms, bedroom, living room, convenient.

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Module 1.3 Listening

Terrys house
Listen and answer to the questions:
1. How many bedrooms are there?
2. Do Terry and his wife have a swimming pool?

3. How many years have they been living in Spain?

4. Do they like living in Spain?
5. Have they got any animals?
Now, a bit more difficult questions. Listen again and answer:

1. Is the villa very big?

2. Does Terry live upstairs or downstairs?
3. Who looks after the garden?
4. When did Terry and his wife arrive in Spain?
5. Why did he tell his wife to 'shut up'?

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Module 1.3 Listening

Terrys house
Now listen again and write the missing words in the transcription

My name is Terry, I live in Spain. I'm an_____________from England

he..he..he! Shut up, you're_____________ me off!
Er er I live in er.. er.. a large villa, er.. with large_____________. We occupy the
upper part of the villa.
We have two bedrooms,_______________, naya, one bathroom and one ensuite. Er.. the walls are very thick. It's hot, it contains the heat,
and____________the cold.
Erm.. the garden is________________ by my wife, Stephanie. Erm.. we have a
swimming pool.
We've been living in Spain for about five years. We like it very much.
We don't have any animals.

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Module 1.3 Phonetics

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Module 1.3 Reading

Past continuous
Grammar: past continuous.

We use the past continuous to describe actions in progress at a particular

time in the past.
Where were you working in October last year?
I was working at a school in Cambridge.
Was she feeling ill ? Yes, she was. / No, she wasnt.
We use the past simple for actions that interrupt the actions in the past
continuous.

I was having breakfast when my phone rang.

Complete the text. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
A few days ago, I (1) _____________________________ (wait) for the bus with my
younger brother. We (2) __________________________________ (go) home after an
afternoon at the shops. A very large woman with a big shopping bag (3)
________________________________ (stand) in front of us. After a few minutes, the
Bus (4) _________________________________________ (arrive). The woman (5)
______________________________ (get) on the bus when she (6)
_________________________________ (turn) round. Can you help me with your
bag? she (7) ____________________________________ (ask) us. Yes, of course,
(8)_______________________________________ (say) my brother. Are you going to
have a baby?
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Past continuous
Now work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what you were doing at the
times below.

Fifteen minutes ago.

One hour ago.
At six oclock this morning.
At ten oclock last night.
At three oclock last Saturday.
At this time last week.
I was sleeping
at six oclock.

I was watching TV
at ten oclock.

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Module 1.3 Video

Unusual hotels
Watch the programme and write V (Venetian Hotel), C (Holiday Caves) or I
(Ice Hotel) next to the sentences.
a. You can still watch TV here.
b. Its in Las Vegas in the Nevada Dessert.
c. Its open from January until April.
d. It doesnt have heating or air conditioning.
e. Its got the largest rooms of any hotel in the world.
f.
Its in Quebec, Canada.
g. Its got a replica of the Grand Canal on the second floor.
h. Its near Granada in the heart of Spain.
i.
Outside you can go skiing, snow mobiling, and dog sledding.
Decide if these sentences are true or false. Watch the programme again and
check your answers.
a. The original Doges Palace is in Venice.
b. The Venetian Hotel has over 6,500 rooms.
c. The Venetian Hotel has one swimming pool.
d. If you want to eat, then you have to leave the Venetian hotel.
e. 25% of the population of Guadix live in caves.
f.
People have lived in these caves for 1,600 years.
g. There are 19 holiday caves.
h. The Ice Hotel is very warm.
i.
The Ice Hotel rooms are made of snow and ice.
j.
It doesnt take a long time to build the hotel.
k. The Ice Hotel rooms have a fireplace.
l.
There is an ice disco and an ice cinema at the Ice Hotel.

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Module 1.3 Video

Unusual hotels
Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
a.
b.
c.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of these hotels?

Where would you choose to stay? Why?
What is the most unusual building or hotel youve visited?

Look at the photo of another unusual hotel below and describe it using there is /
are and there are some

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