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1. Now let’s watch a short film Homes in Britain. Now you have seen a film, a presentation and now let’s check what you have remembered about the English house.
Task 1 Work in teams. The winner team is that who will do this task quick and correct. Mark the following statements False (F) or True (T).
Traditional English houses have two floors.
The bedrooms and bathrooms are usually downstairs on the ground floor.
The kitchen and the hall are upstairs on the first floor.
The sitting room is usually the largest room in the house. English people have a fire-place in the sitting room.
Englishmen like to grow beautiful flowers in front of the houses.
Task 2 T: Now read the article about the English house and answer the following questions
A Typical English house
The British live in flats but a lot of people have their own houses. There are different kinds of homes in Britain: detached houses, semi-detached houses, block of flats, terraced houses, bungalows.
English people love old houses but they are very expensive.
What’s the typical English house?
The traditional English house has got two floors: the ground floor and the first floor. The sitting or living room, the dining room and the study are downstairs on the ground floor. The kitchen and the hall are downstairs too. There are two or three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.
The living room is usually the largest room in the house. There is always a sofa, some chairs and armchairs in it. There is often a carpet on the floor. It makes the room comfortable. There is usually a fireplace in the living room. The English often spend evenings in the armchairs near the fireplace. They read books, watch TV, listen to music or just sit around and talk.
English people also like gardening. So you can see gardens in front or in the back of the house. There is usually a big garden with lots of beautiful flowers and plants in front of the house - it’s often called “front yard”. There is also a small garden with a swimming pool in the backyard.
Near the house you can often see a garage.
The English love their houses and often say:
“East or West, home is best”,
“There is no place like home”,
“My home is my castle”.
T: Do you know these proverbs?
Task 3 Work in teams. Give the Russian equivalents.
“East or West, home is best”,
“There is no place like home”,
“My home is my castle”.
Task 4 Work in teams. Answer the questions. The team is the winner if it gets more correct answers.
Where do many English families live?
How many floors has the traditional English houses got?
What rooms are usually upstairs?
What rooms are usually downstairs?
What is the largest room in the traditional English house?
What do English people usually do in their sitting room?
What do English people think of their homes?
Task 5 A letter from the British boy/girl.
T: I have received an email from the British girl Her name is Mary. She writes a letter to her grandmother about their new house. But Mary has made some mistakes in her letter, there are pictures instead of words. . Help her granny read the letter.
Now help Mary’s granny read the letter. Complete the missing words. Work in teams. The team is the winner if it does this task quicker and correct.
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