1. Where does the idea of home exchange come from? Paris, Los Angeles or Switzerland.
2. Does it help people to travel, buy a house or build one?
3. Which are the most attractive cities? Paris and New York, London and Liverpool or Berlin and Tokyo.

Meet Iris and Amanda

1

Look at the document and fill in with the correct answer.


a) The document is (a movie poster / an ad / a web page).
b) What kind of movie is it? It’s probably (a horror movie / a love story / a cartoon).
c) Iris and Amanda are (women / boys / dogs).

2

Use a dictionary to match the words to their definitions.

3

Read the chat: Amanda and Iris don’t give the same pieces of information. Tick the cells you can fill in and then, complete them.

4

Click on the words to define “swap”.

×

exchange

expensive

×

free

×

visit

buy

×

share

×

switch

give

×

holidays

From London to L.A.

1

Listen to the audio. Find who lives where. Iris or Amanda?

2

Listen again and list the rooms in each house.

Iris

Room

1. L R
2. K
3. B (with a B)
4. + G

How many?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Amanda

Room

1. B
2. B
3. K
4. V R
5. G
6. + S P

How many?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 

3

Pick out the positive adjectives you hear.

×

calm

fantastic

×

comfortable

×

cute

×

cosy

beautiful

×

luxurious

great

modern

×

big

large

4

Prepare a description of your house for a home-swapping website.
💡 Tip: Use there is / there are.

My house is in  (place).
There is .
There are .

Let’s swap our houses!

1

Look at the website. What are the possible criteria? 

×

Number of people.

×

Origin.

×

Number of bedrooms.

Number of bathrooms.

×

Starting / Finishing dates.

×

Destination.

×

Children can come.

Garden.

×

Pets can come.

2

Prepare your presentation of the listing given by your teacher.

3

Listen to the audio and answer the questions.


a) What are the three criteria for this family?
▪ Number of people: 
▪ Country: 
▪ Pets: 

b) Where do they want to go? Why? 


c) Which house fits the family’s criteria? 

Dire « Il y a... »

Observe : There are six bedrooms. There is a kitchen. There isn’t a shower.

Réfléchis :
a) Repère l’auxiliaire BE dans les phrases ci-dessus.
b) Combien y-a-t-il de chambres ? Une seule (singulier) ou plusieurs (pluriel). 
c) Combien y-a-t-il de cuisines ? Une seule (singulier) ou plusieurs (pluriel).

Conclus : Pour dire « Il y a », j’utilise there + singulier et there + pluriel.

Mission 1

1

For the first mission, I must...

list all the things I love.

prepare a home-swap listing.

2

Choose your level:

A1

A2

A1+