Choose one of the words above that you know and explain which one you are thinking of
Without using any part of its name until your partner works out which one you are talking
About.
Useful language
You can find it…
It’s used for…
It’s (usually/ always) made of…
Plan Drawing
Sketch 3D model
Doodle Blueprint
Concierge Security guard
Builder Bricklayer
Surveyor Site manager
Landscape architect Plumber
Electrician Civil engineer
Interior designer Decorator
Carpenter Electrician
Safety inspector Roofer
Plasterer Architectural engineer
Ex. 6. Numbers practice for architects
Choose one of the numbers below and turn it into a question. Your partner should guess
The answer and then you should give them hints until they get it exactly right.
Useful language
No. It’s much much/ much (= a lot)/ quite a lot/ a bit (= a little)/ a tiny bit…
… bigger/ smaller/ higher/ lower/ longer/ more/ less/ earlier/ later (than that)
1. Buckingham Palace has seven hundred and seventy five rooms, including seventy
eight bathrooms.
2. There are one thousand five hundred and fourteen doors and seven hundred and sixty
windows in Buckingham Palace.
3. There are over forty thousand light bulbs in Buckingham Palace.
4. Buckingham Palace's garden covers forty acres.
5. There are more than three hundred and fifty clocks and watches in Buckingham
Palace. Two full-time members of staff keep them in good working order.
6. The Golden Gate Bridge is one point seven miles (two point seven three seven kilometres) long, ninety feet (twenty seven metres) wide, and weighs eight hundred and
eighty seven thousand tons.
7. Thirty eight painters and seventeen ironworkers work full time on the Golden Gate
Bridge.
8. Fifty five percent of the Japanese coastline is covered in concrete.
9. More than half a million homes were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan in ninety twenty three.
10. There are around one thousand two hundred and fifty police boxes in Tokyo.
11. The Oedo line in Tokyo cost one point four trillion yen to build (the most expensive underground line in the world).
12. The Great Pyramid in Egypt weighs six million six hundred and forty eight thousand
tons.
13. Over one hundred and eighty stars have their handprints or footprints in the concrete
of the pavement outside Mann's Chinese Theater in LA.
14. The Statue of Liberty weighs two hundred and twenty five tons.
15. There are one thousand seven hundred and ninety two steps to the top of the Eiffel
Tower.
16. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks one inch (two point five two centimetres)
every year (because the engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the
books that would occupy the building).
17. Concrete was invented more than two thousand years ago.
18. The largest stained-glass window in the world (at the Kennedy International Airport in
New York) is three hundred feet wide and twenty three feet high.
19. The Pentagon building has sixty eight thousand miles of telephone lines.
20. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is two thousand seven hundred and sixteen feet (eight hundred and twenty eight meters) tall and has a hundred and sixty storeys
21. The Bridge of Eggs in Lima, Peru, was made with mortar made with ten thousand
eggs (instead of water). It is over four hundred years old.
Ex. 7. Housing.
Renting an apartment or taking out a home mortgage loan to buy a house are major decisions in one's life. In other cases, students might live in dormitories on campus or even stay with a homestay family which can give them opportunities to interact with native speakers. Listen to the words below (http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-housing.htm) and consult a dictionary if you need a definition. Write a sample sentence for each word to learn how it is used in context. You can use the Internet to find such sentences or related information.
- apartment
- apartment manager
- carport
- condominium
- dormitory
- down payment
- duplex
- furnished / unfurnished
- gas / light / water bill
- housing
- landlord
- mortgage payment
- parking space
- rent
- roommate
- security deposit
- tenant
- townhouse
- utilities
- yard
Ex. 8. Now, complete the sentences below with the best answer:
1. You have to pay a __________________ when you rent an apartment, and this money is often used to cover any damages you cause.
A) down payment B) mortgage payment C) security deposit
2. Many international students live in a ________________ on campus when they study abroad. It often doesn't have its own kitchen, but it often is furnished with a bed and desk.
A) dormitory B) townhouse C) condominium
3. According to housing rules, __________________ are not allowed to smoke or have pets in their apartments.
A) apartment managers B) tenants C) landlords
Ex. 9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in an apartment or owning a house (e.g., cost, amount of privacy, etc.). Also, imagine that you are looking for a two-bedroom apartment in your area. Use the Internet to locate a place that meets your needs and provides the conveniences you want.
Online Listening Practice (from www.esl-lab.com, www.dailyesl.com, andwww.ezslang.com).
Grammar: Subjunctive Mood III
The verb in the if-clause is in the past perfect tense; the verb in the main clause is in the perfect conditional. The time is past and the condition cannot be fulfilled because the action in the if-clause didn’t happen: If I had known that you were coming I would have meet you at the airport. (But I didn’t know, so I didn’t come).
The continuous form of the perfect conditional may be used: At the time of the accident I was sitting in the back of the car, because Tom’s little boy was sitting beside him in front. If Tom’s boy had not been there I would have been sitting in front.
W e can use the past perfect continuous in the if-clause: I was learning a seat belt. If I hadn’t been wearing one I’d have been seriously injured.
Had can be placed first and the if omitted: I f you had obeyed orders this disaster would not have happened = Had you obeyed orders this disaster would not have happened.