Home-Swapping!

Doc. 1

the Holiday

Amanda: I’m interested in renting your house. Is it still available? Iris: I’m interested but the cottage is only available for home exchange. We switch houses, cars, everything. Where are you? Amanda: L.A. Iris: Wow, I’ve never been there but always wanted to go. I’m Iris, I’m very normal, healthy and single. I’m a non-smoker. Amanda: Hi, I’m Amanda. Your house looks idyllic. Just what I need. Iris: Really? What does your house look like? Amanda: My place is nice… A little bigger than yours.

Doc. 3

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Doc. 4

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From London to L.A.

From London to L.A.

Let’s swap our houses!

Let’s swap our houses!

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?

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+

Exercice 1 : 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

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holidays

Exercice 2 : 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 .

Exercice 3 : Let’s swap our houses!

1

Look at the website. What are the possible criteria?💬 Only show listings wanting to go to: only people wanting to go to your country.

×

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?