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CHAPTER 8 REVIEW

Drill - past tense- passive- conditional forms

1. on condition take an apartment- on condition it is clean

repaintednot too expensive

On what condition?

2. How long does it take to find somewhere to live?a while - a long whilea short whilea little while

a couple (of) - a couple of daysseveral - several weekswhole - a whole month- or so - a month or so

plenty - plenty of timemoney

to do

the rest - some apartments furnished - the rest unfurnishedcheap expensivefor sale to let

for rent

3. THEME ADVERSTISEMENTS IN A NEWSPAPER

4. THEME WHAT SORT OF PLACE DO STUDENTS LIVE IN?

- live at the university

- rent a furnished roomseveral roomssublet - sublet an apartment

not allowed toshare - share with a friend

the rentcost of utilities

studio apartment (Am.) - studio apartment- bed-sitting room (Br.) - bed-sitting room

in another family´s housewith his/her own family

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5. ROLE PLAY STUDENT LOOKING FOR A ROOM- asking friends

phoning in answer to an ad

talking with the landladywhole month´s rent in advancebathroombreakfast includedallowed to use the kitchen

have friends indo some laundry

6. THEME AND ROLE PLAY: A WEEKEND AT A FRIEND´S HOUSE IN THECOUNTRY

- when?how long?

- getting there- looking around the house

modern kitchengarden

grass - flowers, trees, grassgrow fruit, vegetableshelping in the garden

cutting grass- how to spend the evening

7. ROLE PLAY MAN AND WIFE IN HOTEL - DECIDING TO GET AN APARTMENT- waiting to move into an apartment- talking about which part of the city

what kind of apartment they can affordhow to find one

- take one at $... a month on condition that utilities are

includedit´s near the subwayit doesn´t need painting

8. shop downtownneighborhood in the neighborhood

neighborhood storesshops are near the house

in/convenient open late : shops are convenientinconvenient

buy carpetsfurniturehousehold appliances

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- choice a wide choiceno choice at all

ask about pricequality qualitybright possible colors - brightpale pale/light

dark

pay cashuse a credit card

- down payment down payment- get the article at once

installments pay installments- monthly

sign a contract

not enough to pay todaydeposit - make a deposit

leave the goods at the shoppay the rest later

- use a credit card

charge account - have a charge accountcharge or cash

9. REVIEWwould rather would rather pay cash nowwould rather have ... have paid cash last time

would rather + pronoun They´d rather we paid cash now+ verb had paid cash last time

- use a credit cardgive a checkchoose another color

10. ROLE PLAY SHOPPING IN A DEPARTMENT STORE BEFORE MOVINGINTO A NEW APARTMENT

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