Home Sweet Home

1.Watch these videos and learn how to talk about your house.

 

 

 

Learn VOCABULARY – AROUND THE HOUSE

 

 2. Let’s learn adjectives to describe places (a house or a room):

 

SPACIOUS                                        LOVELY

AIRY                                                 BADLY LIT

CRAMPED                                        DAMP

CLUTTERED                                    CHEERFUL

COSY                                                 TIDY/UNTIDY

BRIGHT                                             MESSY

ROOMY

LARGE (grande, vasto)                    COLOURFUL

TINY (minúsculo)                              PLEASANT (agradável)

NARROW (estreito)                          UNPLEASANT

COMFORTABLE                            QUIET/PEACEFUL (sossegado/

                                                            pouco movimentado)

UNCOMFORTABLE                        NOISY (barulhento)

COLD / WARM                                 BUSY (com muito movimento)

DARK                                                BORING (aborrecido)

 

3. You have to look up the words in green in the online dictionary WORD HIPPO.

 

a. For each word write down in your notebook:

 

1 synonym (What’s the other word for …)

 

1 opposite (What’s the opposite of …)

 

Portuguese translation (Translate)

 

b. Learn how to pronounce the word (PRONOUNCE WORDS).

 

c. Answer this QUIZ.

 

Take Our Quiz!

 

4. Now write about your HOUSE (at least 80 WORDS) :

         a. Give general information (ex. I live in a flat/detached house in a quiet/busy neighbourhood …)

          b. Refer to what you enjoy/ don’t enjoy doing when you’re at home and what you do with your family.

         c. Write about your favourite room ( general description, furniture, why you like it, what you do there)

d. Mention the HOUSE CHORES you usually do.

Before you start writing have a look at the texts on pages 70 and 72 in iTeen 7.  Think before you start writing, write on paper first, correct your text and then post it on the blog. Organize your text and be careful with GRAMMAR AND SPELLING! TRY TO USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE LEARNED!!!!!

5. NOW read all the texts carefully and CHOOSE the BEST one.

RITA IS THE WINNER OF OUR WRITING CONTEST!!! SHE HAD 15 VOTES (19 students voted)!!!

CONGRATULATIONS RITA!!! WELL DONE!!!

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45 thoughts on “Home Sweet Home

  1. I live in a tiny flat in a busy neighborhood. As we come to the front door, there is a bathroom, then, on the left there is my bedroom and my mother’s bedroom to. If we go through the hall we can see the kitchen and on the left side there is the living room.
    When I’m at home I enjoy to play some video games on my phone or watch some TV.
    I don’t enjoy doing house chores when I’m at home. I don’t do much with my family at home, we just talk.
    My favourite room is my bedroom because I spend most of my time there studying or playing video games. My bedroom has a bed, a wardrobe, a bedside table, and a bookshelf above my bed.

  2. Hi!! I live with my parents and my sister in a detached house in São João dos Montes, near the school.
    My house is big. The living room and the dining room are together. There are a big sofa, a big TV, a fireplace and my parrot Tobias. The kitchen has a nice balcony. My house also has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a study, an attic, a garage and a garden where I have a swimming pool and my dog Migalha.
    My house has all the floor in wood and it is very comfortable and cosy.
    My favourite room is my bedroom because that is where I have my piano and my playstation. My bedroom is comfortable and tidy.
    Bye!!!!

  3. I live with my family in a comfortable apartment block in a quiet village.
    When I’m at home, I enjoy watching TV or reading some books but I don’t enjoy staying at home alone, so I prefer to play some games or watching films with my family.
    My favorite place of the house is my bedroom because there I can listen to some music, read books, study, play games and draw. My room has got one bunk bed, because I share my bedroom with my younger sister, it has two secretaries with two lamps, a wardrobe and there is a rug.

  4. my home

    My neighborhood is in the center of Alhandra and it is kind of quiet because there are many elderly around us. My home is a townhouse that was built by ourselves a short while ago. My house is very big and well lit and has three floors. On the ground floor, there are a garage, a bathroom and a big room. This room has a sofa, a big TV, bookshelves, numerous plants and a door that opens to the backyard. On the first floor, there are a living room and a dining room in the same space (where all the family watches movies, Netflix and spend time together). This floor has also a long corridor, a bathroom, my bedroom, my brother’s bedroom and a kitchen. The kitchen has a big window, which illuminates everything, and a door that goes to a terrace. Finally, on the second floor, there is my parents’ bedroom, another bathroom and many plants. I love my entire home. It is great!

    My favorite room in my house is my bedroom, because it is my own space where I sometimes spend time alone. My room isn’t very big but it has got everything I want and more. There is a bed, a big closet and a very large table. I like to draw, because it’s great fun.

  5. My house is a detached house in a quiet and peaceful place.
    My house has two floors. On the ground floor there’s the garage and on the first floor I have a spacious , airy kitchen that has some moisture but is always tidy.
    The living room is spacious and beautiful. My room is sometimes messy.
    My parents´room is spaciou beautiful airy, tidy and comfortable.
    My favourite room is the living room with sofás, a carpet, table and tv because i like watch tv and i play board games with my family.

  6. I live in Cotovios with my parents in a detached house.
    My home is big. There are four bedrooms, a living room,a kitchen,three bathrooms,a balcony, a garage and a garden.
    My faourite room is my bedroom.In my bedroom I have a computer, a bed, a desk, my guitar,my pictures and my clothes.
    I love my bedroom because it is mine, I love the walls because they are blue and white. In my bedroom I study, I play my guitar and I sleep.

  7. I live in a seven floor apartment building. I live in a lovely flat on the 5th floor. It has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a large kitchen, a study and a huge living room. My neighborhood is quiet and my neighbors are nice.
    I like to stay at home and watch Netflix with my brother. My family and I do movie night every Friday, we sit on the couch with our blankets to watch a movie while eating popcorn. I love it. Another thing we do as a family is game night and we play games like “Pictionary” and “Clue.”
    My favorite room is my parents’ bedroom because it has a cosy and comfortable bed.
    This room is a suite it has its own bathroom. It has pictures of me and my brother on the wall, a closet, and a chest of drawers, a standing wooden hanger. Next to the bed it has two bedside tables. I like to lay on their bed and watch Netflix.

  8. Hi,
    I live in an apartment in the village of Sobralinho.
    My favourite room is my bedroom and fortunalety I don´t share it.
    My bedroom is orange , my favorite color, and I have a bedside table on the right side of my bed and I have a new table lamp on my bedside table.
    I also have a desk with my computer and that’s where I do my homework.
    I really like my bedroom, because it´s very big, and it has a lot of storage capacity.

  9. Hello!
    I live with my mother, her boyfriend and my dog, Chiara, in a flat in Alhandra. It has a great view of the river. My house is tiny but comfortable. It has two bedrooms, one kitchen, one bathroom, one living room and a hall.
    My favorite room in the house is my bedroom because it’s comfortable and it’s the place where I spend most time. I have a desk to do my homework and a motorcycle poster in the wall. I like spending time in my room because I have some privacy and I get to play videogames there.

  10. I live in a white house with four floors. Behind my house I have a small yard.
    On the ground floor I have a room and a huge room. On the first floor there’s the kitchen that leads to the terrace. On the second floor there are two bathrooms and two bedrooms. On the third floor I have my romm and the balcony.My favourite room is my bedroom , becouse I can study there, sleep ,play and lsten to music in my bed .
    In my bedroom I have a bed , a desk , a wardrobe , a bookcase and a bedside table . I love my bedroom !

  11. Hello!
    I live in an apartment with my parents and my brother in a lively neighborhood . My upstairs neighbor is very noisy and boring because he makes too much noise.
    In my house I really enjoy watching TV in my living room and in my room I love listening to music. I don’t like doing house chores but I make my bed, clean the dust off, set the table ,vacuum the floor and sometimes I wash the dishes.
    My favourite room is the living room with a white and brown sofa, a brown carpet ,some furniture with decoration, a lamp and a TV. It’s my favourite room because sometimes I watch TV there and it’s here I stay with my friends.

  12. Hi!
    I live in a block of flats in a quiet neighborhood.
    I really enjoy playing on my tablet and I don’t like cleaning the dishes.
    In my house there are two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a pantry, a marquee and a hall.
    My favorite room is my bedroom there is a bunk bed that I share with my brother, a white table, a wardrobe, three chests of drawers, two chairs one with wheels and black, a bank of wood and a white heater. I like it so much because that is were I play on my tablet.
    Bye!

  13. Hello!
    I live with my parents in a flat in Alhandra.
    I’m going to talk about my favourite room in my house.
    It is my bedroom, there are a bed, a tv set,wardrobe, a desk, a computer, a bookcase.
    My desk is in front of the window .
    I love my bedroom becouse I study there, I sleep, I play video games, I listen to music and I talk with my best friends.
    I really enjoy reading and playing music in my bedroom.
    At the weekend I clean my bedroom.

  14. Hello !
    My name is Martim and I live with my parents and my sister in a detached house.
    I love my house and my favourite room is my bedroom . In my bedroom I have a bed ,a bedside table, a wardrobe, a desk, a chest ot drawers and a big rug in the floor.
    I love my bed because I listen music there, I play computer games and I talk on my phone with my best friends. I also use my room to concentrate on reading books and studying.

  15. I live in Alhandra in a building near the river.The street where I live is very quiet and almost never leaves the outside.
    When I’m at home, I like to stay without a sofa, watch movies or else I go to my room to paint and draw, I don’t really like to fix a house.
    At the weekend my family and I go for a walk or we stay at home, and I play with my sister.
    My favorite space is my room. My room is very large, very cozy and has lots of light. My favorite part of it is my desk because I can draw there. I like my room very much because I spend most of my time there doing things I like.

    1. I live in Alhandra in a building near the river.The street where I live is very quiet and almost never leaves the outside???.
      When I’m at home, I like to spend time on the sofa watching movies or else I go to my room to paint and draw, I don’t really like to fix??? a house.
      At the weekend my family and I go for a walk or we stay at home, and I play with my sister.
      My favorite space is my bedroom. My bedroom is very large, very cozy and has lots of light. My favorite part of it is my desk because I can draw there. I like my bedroom very much because I spend most of my time there doing things I like.

  16. I live in Alhandra, my house is tidy and cosy. I like the place where my house is located. My house has a terrace where my brother and I can run and play football.
    In my house my favourite room is the living room because I spend most of my days there. In my living room I study and do my homework.

  17. hi!
    My house is not located in an isolated neighborhood, but the neigborhood is very quiet and not very busy.
    I really like listening to music and dancing around the house at the same time. Being very sincere There’s nothing that I don’t like to do at home because in our house we feel comfortable and that makes you like everything you do at home.
    What I usually do with my family is watching movies, talking, playing and going for a walk.
    My room has a pink, green and white bedside table. Next to it there’s my very comfortable bed and that is where I usually do most things. Near my bed I have a glass table with a mirror and several compartments where I store my earrings, necklaces and other accessories.
    In front, I have a furniture with perfumes on top and there are drawers where I store clothes next to it I have a mini couch and next to the couch I have my office where I study.
    bye!

  18. Hi!
    I live with my parents, my sister and my dog.
    My house is an apartment with four rooms, four bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room.
    My favourite room is my bedroom because it is the place where I spend more time studying and playing computer games.

    1. Hi Inês! Your text is too short! Refer to what you enjoy/ don’t enjoy doing when you’re at home and what you do with your family. Write about your favourite room in detail( general description, furniture, why you like it, what you do there). While describing your home and favourite room use the vocabulary you have learned in class and the words above.

  19. I live in an apartment. I live with my family on the third floor in Sobralinho. My neighborhood is very quiet.
    My favorite place in the house is the living room, because I play computer games there, watch TV and do my homework.
    My living room is big and the furniture is modern and the colors are black and brown.
    In the morning the sunlight comes through the windows and the house stays warm all day.
    I like my house very much.

    1. Hi Tiago! You wrote a sweet text but you have to give us more details about the furniture you have in your living room (example: There’s a bookcase next to the window … I watch films there with my family. We talk and sometimes play board games…) and your home in general, what you enjoy/don’t enjoy doing at home.

  20. Hello!
    My name is Diogo and I live with my parents in a detached house.
    My house is big, there are a Kitchen, a living room, a dining room, four bedrooms, a study, three bathrooms and an attic.
    My favourite room is the study because I study there, I read books, I listen to music and in my free time I play computer games. Sometimes I talk with my best friends. I love my study.

  21. 4.
    a. I live in a building and this neighborhood is very quiet.
    b.I like what I do at home, I have fun with my family and I watch TV and I also stay on the computer.
    c.I like my bedroom more. My room has a wardrobe also a desk with a lamp. And it has two beds.

  22. 4.
    a) I live in Alhandra on a farm, in a cozy, warm and spacious house.
    b) I like to watch TV but not to see the news because there is always more news. I also like to talk to my family in the living room.
    c) I really like being in my room.
    My room has two beds, brown furniture, chairs, a bedside table, a drawer, a coat stand, several pictures, a tv, two lamps one on the ceiling and another one with a foot, two wardrobes.

  23. Hi!
    I live in a detached house ,my favorite room is the bedroom.I like watching TV and playing on my tablet.
    My favorite part of the room is the bed and my couch.
    My room does not have a tv but there’s a bedside table.
    My couch is pink.
    Bye!

  24. I live in a detached house in a quiet neighbourhood.
    When I’m at home, I enjoy playing in the computer or watch TV. With my family, I play some board games and I watch TV too with them.
    My favourite room is my study because I play with my brothers in the computer or have a nice time just playing with no technologies.
    I have a sofa, two bookcases, where my family keeps books and toys, a lot of chairs and a desk. On the desk I have two computers, where I play, a calendar, a lamp and I keep there my flute too.
    Actually, I am in my study right now!

  25. I live in a detached house in a quiet village.
    At home I like to talk, watch TV and play games with my family.
    My favourite room is my bedroom.
    I share my bedroom with my sister.
    There are two beds and two bedside tables.
    On the left of my sister´s bed there is a chest of drawers. There are perfumes, necklaces, bracelets and earrings on our chest of drawers.
    On the right of my bed there are two small bookcases. There are books and CDs in the bookcases.

  26. Hello!
    I live in a flat in a quiet neighbourhood.
    My favourite room is the living room.
    In my living room there are two sofas, a carpet, two lamps, a bookshelf, five speakers, two TVs, a table, four chairs, two pillows, a desk, two heaters and my playstation4.
    In the living room I like playing Playstation, computer and watching TV.
    When I stay home with my family, we usually watch TV.
    When I stay home with my family, I don´t always like doing the same thing.
    Bye!

  27. Hi!
    I live in a detached house in a quiet neighbourhood with my parents and my sisters.My house has three floors, a garden and a garage.
    When I am with my family,I like to watch TV, go shopping and play playstation but I don’t like doing my homework with my parents.
    My favourite room is the attic. There is a television, a playstation, a computer,a sofa and a pouf. what I do in the attic is play playstation, watch TV, play computer, listen to music and rest.

  28. Hello!
    I live in an apartment block in a quiet neighbourhod.
    I enjoy playing computer, watching TV, and talking with my family.
    My favourite room is my bedroom because I do my favourite things there. There I have a bed, a wardrobe, a TV, a chair, two bedside tables, two lamps and the walls are light blue.
    Bye!

  29. Hi!
    I live in an apartment block in a quiet neighbourhood!
    I enjoy watching TV, playing tablet or reading a book in my living room and playing computer games in my bedroom.
    My favourite room is the living room with two sofas, a carpet, a stereo, a lamp and a TV set.
    I like watching TV and playing on my tablet.
    I like this room because I go there when I want to have fun.
    Bye!

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