🏡 It's Quiet, But… — Describing Your Home
The final task of the home unit! Today you will describe a home with adjectives and their opposites (quiet / noisy · safe / dangerous · comfortable / uncomfortable), ask questions about a home ("How's the new apartment?" · "Is the neighborhood safe?") and give good and bad points with but: "Our place is quiet, but my room is small."
How's The New Apartment?
Leo's family lives in the new apartment now (Lessons 44 and 45). Nora asks him about it at school.
🤔 What's good about your home? What's not so good?
🔄 Adjectives For Describing A Home
It's a good idea to learn adjectives with their opposites. Click a card to flip it!
The prefix un- changes a positive adjective into a negative one: comfortable → uncomfortable, safe → unsafe, tidy → untidy. But not always! The opposite of quiet is noisy (not "unquiet").
🔍 The Opposite Finder
Find the opposite of each adjective. Careful with un-! 8 words.
❓ Asking And Answering About A Home
Use what and how to ask about an apartment or a neighborhood. To answer, use be + adjective.
❓ Questions
- How's the new apartment? — It's great.
- What's your room like? — It's pretty big.
- Is the bathroom clean? — Yes, it is.
- Is the neighborhood dangerous? — No, it isn't. It's very safe.
- What about the rest of the apartment? — It's nice.
💬 More useful phrases
- Ask for more information: Tell me about it. — The neighborhood's very safe.
- Surprise ↗: A: I have a swimming pool. — B: You have a swimming pool?
- Living together: I share a bedroom with my brother.
🧩 Question Match
Here is the answer. What was the question? 8 answers.
⚖️ Good And Bad Points About A Home
Use positive and negative adjectives to describe your home. Use but to contrast a good point with a bad point. Notice the comma (,) before but.
👍 Our place is quiet. 👎 The neighborhood is dangerous sometimes.
➡️ Our place is quiet, but the neighborhood is dangerous sometimes.
👍 Our kitchen is modern and lovely. 👎 The dishwasher is noisy.
➡️ Our kitchen is modern and lovely, but the dishwasher is noisy.
📖 Two Homes, Two Points Of View
Yasmine: We live in a modern apartment in the city center. It's really clean, and the living room is bright and comfortable. It's close to my school, but the street is very noisy, and I share a bedroom with my sister.
Adam: My grandparents' house is old, but it's lovely. It has a big yard with olive trees, and the village is quiet and safe. The kitchen is small, but my grandma makes the best couscous in the world in it!
🔨 The But Builder
Choose a good point and a bad point. The builder joins them with , but — then listen!
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: Describing My Home
Describe your house or apartment in one or two paragraphs. Use what you learned in the whole unit: rooms, has / have, is painted, possessives (mine, my brother's), at least four adjectives, and two good points / bad points with but.
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Read your description out loud like a little video about your home. Then listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Describing Your Home
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!