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Unit 3: Time For A Change

This document discusses housing preferences and evaluations of different types of houses and apartments. It provides a list of adjectives to describe housing and asks students which descriptions are positive or negative. Students are asked to listen to opinions about houses and apartments and say if they agree. The document then discusses the difference between evaluations and comparisons, providing examples of how to evaluate and compare housing using adjectives and nouns. Tips are provided on using "enough", "too", and comparison words like "as" and "than". Students are asked to write comparisons about houses from a video using described words. The document also practices pronunciation and uses "wish" to discuss present wishes related to living situations.

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Unit 3: Time For A Change

This document discusses housing preferences and evaluations of different types of houses and apartments. It provides a list of adjectives to describe housing and asks students which descriptions are positive or negative. Students are asked to listen to opinions about houses and apartments and say if they agree. The document then discusses the difference between evaluations and comparisons, providing examples of how to evaluate and compare housing using adjectives and nouns. Tips are provided on using "enough", "too", and comparison words like "as" and "than". Students are asked to write comparisons about houses from a video using described words. The document also practices pronunciation and uses "wish" to discuss present wishes related to living situations.

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Unit 3: Time for a change

Miss María Álvarez


What would your ideal house have?
Unit 3: Time for a change
Miss María Paz Álvarez
These words are used to describe houses
and apartments. Which are positive?
Which are negative?
Bright Dingy Private
Comfortable Expensive Quiet
Convenient Huge Safe
Cramped Inconvenient Shabby
Dangerous Modern Small
Dark Noisy Spacious
Which would you prefer?

Listen to different opinions about houses


and apartments.
Do you agree with the opinions?
What’s the difference between
evaluations and comparison?

Both are referred to judgement, but


comparisons evaluate one thing
against another.
Evaluations with adjectives

Apartments are(n’t) big enough for


families
Apartments are too small for pets
Evaluations with nouns

Aparments (don’t) have enough parking


spaces
Houses cost too much money
Tips for evaluations

 1. Enough goes after the adjective (Big + Enough)

 2. Enough goes before a noun (Enough + Windows)

 3. Too always goes before adjectives (Too+small)


Comparison with adjectives

Houses aren’t as convenient as


apartments
Houses are just as convenient as
apartments
Comparisons with nouns
COUNTABLE

Apartments have just as many rooms as


houses
Apartments don’t have as much privacy as
houses

UNCOUNTABLE
Tips for comparisons

 1. As + Adjective + As : Valdivia is as beautiful as


Viña del Mar
 2. As many + countable noun + as : Valdivia has as
many restaurants as Puerto Varas
 3. As much + uncountable noun + as : Valdivia has
as much nature as Pucón
Write comparisons about the
houses in the video

Use the following words:


Noisy Big
Bedrooms Expensive
Bathrooms Modern
Spacious Convenient
Private Parking spaces
Pronunciation practice
Wish

 Use wish + past tense to refer to present wishes

I live with my parents:

I wish I didn’t live with my parents.


I wish I had my own apartment.
I can’t sleep

I wish I could sleep more


I wish I could have more time
 My parents won’t stop worrying about me

I wish my parents would stop worrying about me


I wish my parents would be more relaxed
 Life is difficult

I wish life were easier


I wish life weren’t so difficult
Wish list

 What do you want to change:

1. Lifestyle
2. Job
3. My bedroom
4. My social life
5. My skills
6. My town
Listen again. How much is the rent for
each apartment? What is the
neighborhood like?

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