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THIS UNIT INCLUDES:
Vocabulary
Types of houses and appliances in the house
Pronunciation
Stress in two-syllable words
Grammar
• Future simple
• Might for future possibility
Skills
• Reading about houses and appliances in the future
• Talking about different houses in the future
• Listening about dream houses
• Writing a paragraph about a dream house
Everyday English
Expressing surprise
👉GETTING STARTED
My future house
1. Listen and read. 🎧
Nick: What are you doing, Phong?
Phong: I'm painting a picture of my house.
Nick: Your house! That's a UFO.
Phong: It looks like a UFO but it's my house in the future.
Nick: Where will it be?
Phong: It'll be in the mountains.
Nick: What will it be like?
Phong: It'll be a large house. It'll have twenty rooms.
Nick: Twenty rooms!
Phong: Yes, and it'll have solar energy.
Nick: Fantastic! Which room will you like best?
Phong: My bedroom, of course.
Nick: What appliances might the house have?
Phong: My house might have some smart TVs and ten robots.
Nick: Sounds great! And how much will ...
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2. Read the conversation again. Find and write down the words or phrases that show:
Type of house: _____________________________
Location: _____________________________
Appliances in the house: _____________________________
3. Read the conversation again. Tick (✓) T (True) or F (False).
| T | F | |
| 1. Phong's house will be in the mountains. | ||
| 2. His house will be large. | ||
| 3. There'll be a lot of rooms in his house. | ||
| 4. He might have a smart TV and five robots. |
4. Order the words to make a phrase about a place. Each group has one extra word.
Example: ocean/in/on/the → in the ocean
1. sea / a / in / the
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2. on / in / the / city
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3. the / in / at /town
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4. the / on / in / mountains
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5. countryside / a / the /in
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6. Moon / in / the / on
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7. in / at / the / sky
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5. In groups, describe to your classmates what you can see outside the window of your future house. Your group tries to guess where your house is.
Example:
A: Outside my window I can see the beach and the water. Where's my house?
B: It's in the sea.
A: Correct!
