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We often use short answers when we answer have got questions.
A: Have you got a television? B: Yes, I have./No, I haven't.
Use have got to talk about our possessions and family/friends. Don't use have got in very formal English.
/Ve got a sports car. They've got two sisters.
The words (not) very, quite and really are modifiers. We put them in front of an adjective to make it stronger or weaker. Use very and really to make the adjective stronger. This car is very/really expensive!
Use quite or not very to make the adjective weaker.
This car is quite expensive. This car isn't very expensive.
Adjectives and places
Use adjectives to describe nouns. These adjectives describe places: a hot, dry desert a busy, noisy city a long, wide river a beautiful lake a high mountain a lovely beach a green forest a popular island We usually put adjectives in front of the noun. We often put a comma between two adjectives in front of a noun.
Key vocabulary
Types of home house apartment studio cottage town house
Rooms and parts of a house bathroom bedroom dining room garden garage hall living room roof terrace terrace
Furniture
armchair bed bookshelves chair coffee table cupboard desk dining chairs/table sofa table
Equipment and possessions answering machine bath CD player coffee machine cooker dishwasher DVD player fridge microwave MP3 player music system shower sink toilet vacuum cleaner video washing machine
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5 Review and praeti
1 Look at the floor plan and complete the dialogue with there is or there are.
Write questions and short answers. Simon/sports car? No,.
Has Simon got a sports car? No, he hasn't.
Rachel/laptop computer? Yes,___________.
they/big house? No,________.
your flat/garden? No,______.
Kelly/washing machine? Yes, Spain/king? Yes,.
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Complete the sentences with modifiers. You choose the modifier. English is auitc easy to learn.
1 My town/city is ________ beautiful.
2 People in my country are ________ friendly.
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3 My country is_______ popular with tourists.
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4 My diet is_______ healthy.
5 My home is
5 Match the words in the box to the places on the map (A-l).
a beach a city a d ese rt a forest an island a lake mountains a river the sea
Good morning. Can you give me some information about the apartment on Chandos Road? Yes, of course. It's a very nice, big apartment.
(1) There are three bedrooms....
(2) _____ a bathroom with each bedroom?
No. (3) _______. The main bedroom has got
a bathroom, and then (4) _____ one other bathroom in the apartment.
OK. Is the kitchen big?
Yes, it is, and it's got a lot of equipment.
What about the dining room?
Ah, well, (5) _______ a dining room. But
(6)_______ a large living room with a dining area.
I know there's a garden but (7)________ any
terraces? No, (8) _
I'm afraid.
__ a garage?
And finally, (9)___
Yes, (10)_______ a garage at the front of the
house.
Write negative sentences. We've got an apartment in London.
