Living small

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Carla's tiny homeListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9Bigger or smaller?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find the comparativesGrammar exercise
11. 11ComparativesGrammar rule
12. 12Two apartmentsGrammar exercise
13. 13Say it right: comparativesSpeaking practice
14. 14Which home is better for you?Speaking practice
15. 15Let's discussDiscussion
16. 16Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: comparativesGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: my home and my dream homeDiscussion

Words

• tiny/ˈtaɪni/

  very small

• space/speɪs/

  an empty area that you can use (not much space)

• owner/ˈoʊnər/

  a person who owns something (a homeowner)

• cozy/ˈkoʊzi/

  small, warm and comfortable

• simple/ˈsɪmpl/

  easy, or plain, with nothing extra

• storage/ˈstɔːrɪdʒ/

  space where you keep things that you are not using

• environment/ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt/

  the natural world: air, water, land, plants and animals

• heat/hiːt/

  to make something warm or hot

• guest/ɡest/

  a person you invite to your home

• square foot/ˌskwer ˈfʊt/

  a way to measure the size of a room or a home in the US (plural: square feet; about 10 square feet = 1 square meter)

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about homes.

1. Do you live in a house or an apartment?
2. What is your favorite room in your home? Why?
3. What does your dream home look like?

Grammar rule

Comparatives

Comparing two things

Adjective	Comparative
short (one syllable): small, cheap, hard	smaller, cheaper, harder
short, ends in -e: nice, close	nicer, closer
short, one vowel + one consonant: big, hot	bigger, hotter
ends in -y: easy, happy	easier, happier
long: expensive, comfortable	more expensive, more comfortable
good, bad	better, worse

Use than before the second thing: A tiny home is cheaper than a normal house.

Use -er or more, never both: not more cheaper, not more better.