Curso: Economia y Gestão

Ano Académico: 1˚ ano

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa
Tema:My place
Objective: Describing places: The house

Describing peole ,,family,adjectives.

Comunicative functions:
- Describing the family
-Describing places ( house or apartment- rooms of the house). (Adjectives).
-Describing people
-Expressing existences ( The verb: There be).
Expressing location ( Prepositios of place)
Exercise 1: Observe the picture and make some comments on :
 what you can see,
 what it is like,
 what the outdoors facilities are.

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Activities to develop
Parts of the house Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen Dinning-room
Living room closet wash basin cooker dish/plate
Sofa bed mirror refrigerator fork
Arm chairs wardrobe toilet sink knife
Coffee table chest of drawers shower dish rask spoon
Ceiling fan dressing table bathtub waste bin teacup
Wall unit bedside table towel rank oven coffee mug
TV set bedside lamp soap dish cabinet dinning-room chair
Bookcase mirror hamper worktop napkin
Lamps crib toilet paper food processor table closet
Love seat headboard toilet mixing bowl serving bowl
Carpet pillow medicine cabinet broiler tray
Drapers pillowcase toothbrush shelf hutch
Candle light switch toothbrush holder blender
Throw pillow outlet bath mat toster
Matress showerhead
Faucet

Exercise 1: Complete these description:

a) The bathroom that´s where you take a bath or a ___________________________

b) The bedroom, that´s where you____________________________________

c) The living room that´s where you_______________________________________

d) The kitchen, that´s where you________________________________________

Grammar Focus
Prepositions
At / on /in / out far
Behind / in front of across
Opposite across from
Above/ below upstairs
Over/ under downstairs
Beside/ next to in the middle of
Near/ close to

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 Exercise: Look at this picture and write the correct numbers in each box:

Door —— Window —— Wall —— Chimney —— Roof ——

Attic —— Balcony —— Garage —— Gate —— Garden ——

Exercise 3: Read the text below and write True ( T ) or False ( F ) .Justify the
wrong sentences.

1- Nigel and Sarah work in a hospital._______

2- They have got two children. ________.

3- Their kitchen and living – room are together. _______

4- Sarah has got space for everything. _______

5- They keep the pots and pans on the cooker. ________

6- They have got a big fridge. _______

7- The Stephens haven´t got a microwave. _______

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Exercise 3: Project work (independent work in groups).

Title: The place I live and study in.

Objective: Describe the place I live and/ or study in.

Step 1: Preparation stage

1- Form groups of 10 students each.

2- Select the topics among the following:
Theme 1: Your university.

Refer to: personal information - occupation- types of educational institutions- your study
place- your career-other careers- subjects you study- what the university is like ( adjectives)-
university facilities /places or services ( quantity & location of them )- university personnel
(description of them )- your school items ( quantity and location of them).
Theme 2 : The house.
Refer to:your personal information, different types of houses in the city, towns and
country, description of the house ( what the house is like) ADJECTIVES, different rooms
inside the house and facilities outside the house.
Theme 3:The living room.
Refer to: your personal information description of the room ( what the room is like)
ADJECTIVES, existence of furniture accessories, electric appliances and the location of each
of them.
Theme 4 : The bedroom.
Refer to: your personal information , description of the room ( what the room is like)
ADJECTIVES, existence of furniture, accessories and electric appliances and the location of
each of them.
Theme 5: The kid´s room.
Refer to: your personal information, description of the room ( what the room is like)
ADJECTIVES, existence of furniture , accessories, toys , games and electric appliances for
kids and the location of each of them.
Theme 6- The bathroom
Refer to: your personal information, description of the room ( what the room is like)
ADJECTIVES, existence of furniture , accessories , electric appliances and the location of
each of them.

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 Theme 7 : The kitchen.
Refer to: description of the room ( what the room is like) ADJECTIVES, existence of
furniture , utensils , electric appliances and the location of each of them.
Theme 8 : The dining room.
Refer to: your personal information, description of the room ( what the room is like)
ADJECTIVES, existence of furniture, utensils ,electric appliances and the location of each
of them.
Theme 9 : The basement or attick.
Refer to: your personal information, description of the room ( what the room is like)
ADJECTIVES, existence of furniture and electric appliances and the location of each of
them.
Theme 10 : The family.
Refer to: your personal information, your family, family members and personal
information of some of the members .
Theme 11 : The person you admire the most : description of his / her physical
appearance and character.
Refer to : your personal information, general characteristics of the person , description
of the body parts, clothes, shoes, accessories and bags

Step 2:
 Look for the picture according to the theme.
 Find out the vocabulary you need to describe the place or the person.
 Learn the new vocabulary.
 Study the following Grammar focus, please.
 Plural of nouns: Add –S or –ES to form the plural of nouns.
The plural –S is pronounced in three different ways: /S/, / Z/, /IZ/.
 The verb : have got-(ter).
e.g: I – you- we- they have got a bag / two bags.
She - he - it has got a book / four books.
 Adjectives are used to describe something or someone.
What is the (place) like?
e.g: The University is comfortable / uncomfortable.
I study at a big and new polytechnic institute.
The teachers are intelligent, kind and well-prepared.

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  Prepositions of place are used to express the position or location of something
or someone: at- in- on- next to- near the- far from- in front of- across from- behind-
on the left – on the right- in the middle of- on the second floor/ basement, etc.
e.g: My book is on the table.
The teacher is in front of the students.
The board is behind the teacher.
The library is on the second floor.
The student´s car park/ parking lot is across from the college.

 Prepare your speech.

Techniques for a good presentation

 Organize your oral presentation in advance. ( Use pictures, posters, a computer a
power point, etc)
 Identify the main points.
 Practice delivering the talk over and over again.
 Don‘t read all the time.
 Get your colleagues to give you constructive and critical feedback.
 Make your written work ( a composition containing more than 60 words) , to be
handed in .

Step 3: Presentation stage.

ANATOMY OF A PRESENTATION

Greetings

Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Chairman…/Mr.____/Mrs.____

I‘d like first of all to thank the organizers of this…

Opening remarks

The title of my presentation is…

I‘d like to talk about…

My topic today is…

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 Today I‘m going to tell you about…

The plan

I have divided my talk into four…

The first point I‗m going to make concerns…

My first point concerns…

The first part of my talk is…

My second point concerns…

My third point is about…

In the fourth part I deal with…

Finally, I‘d like to talk a little about…

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Opening the main section

Let me begin (start) by suggesting…

(…) by drawing your attention to…

I‘d like to start (begin) by…

Moving to a new point

Let me now turn to...

Moving on to the question of…

If we now look at…

Let‘s now look at the question of…

Can we now turn to…?

Elaborating a point

I‘d like to look at this in a bit more detail.

Let me elaborate on this point.

Let‘s look at this problem in a bit more detail.

Postponing

I‘ll be returning to this point later.

I‘ll be coming back to…

As I‘ll show later…

Later I‘ll come back to…

Referring back

Getting back to the question of…

As I said earlier…

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 As I mentioned earlier

As we saw earlier…

As you will remember…

Highlighting

The interesting thing about…is… significant/ important / remarcable

The thing to remember is…

What you have to remember is…

Personal opinion
 I think…./ I suppose…./ I am not so sure that …/ I personally think…./To my
mind…./ In my opinion…./ In my experience … / / ( don´t) agree with …/ I (
somehow, partially )agree… / I am afraid I am not convince …
 In general …/ Generally speaking …/ what I mean is … / What I am trying to
say is …/ that´s why …./ That is the reason… / that´s interesting, but I think…. / That
may be true, however,…. /

Indicators

Ok…, right…, right then…, good…, now…, well…, well now…

Summarizing

The main points that I have made are…

In conclusion I‘d like to say…

 Just before concluding I‘d like to say…

Summing up then…

 To sum up…

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