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1. BIG
HOW PLACE IS
YOUR ? >>> How big is your place?
2. ?
LOCATED IS IT WHERE Where is it located?
3. IT
KIND HOME WHAT
? OF IS
What kind of home is it?
4. RENT
THE HOW IS ?
How is the rent?
5. THE
BUILDING IS STYLE
WHAT ? What style is the
building?
6. LIKE
NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHAT THE ? What is the neighborhood like?
7. EXTERIOR
? MATERIAL WHAT THE IS What material is the exterior?
8. THERE IS
ANYTHING / LIKE YOU DON’T LIKE OR / THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT ? Is there
anything/you like or don't like/about the neighborhood?
Julie, a student in Mr.
Trego's class, wrote several paragraphs about the place where she grew up. Mr. Trego's students read the story, and they
wrote a quiz about it. First read the questions. Then find the answers in the
text below. level5.podomatic.com 5-96f50829p1
1. Do you think Julie went up to the fifth
floor very often? Yes, I do.
2. Did Julie’s family own their place? No,
they didn't.
3. Did Julie’s apartment have an elevator? No, it
didn't.
4. Did
Julie have her own bedroom? No, she didn't. Her parents had one, and she
had to share hers (with somebody else).
5. How many bedrooms did Julie’s place have? Two.
6. Was there a bathroom in Julie’s apartment? No,
there wasn't. They had to share the
bathroom with their neighbors, so the bathroom was probably in the hall.
7. Do
you think the courtyard was so pretty before Julie’s family lived there? No, I don't. There weren't any flowers there
before Julie planted them.
8. Was it easy for Julie to shop for groceries?
Yes, it was. A produce market was
next-door.
9. If Julie needed to go to the doctor, would
it be difficult for her to get there? No,
it wouldn't. There was a doctor's office across the street.
10. Was Julie’s neighborhood very quiet? No, it wasn't. (Julie had to escape from all
the noise.)
11. What did Julie enjoy doing in her spare time?
She enjoyed reading and gardening.
12. Was the bathroom busy after Julie finished
washing up in the morning? Yes, it was.
12a. Was her building modern? No, it wasn't. It didn't have an elevator, and people in different
apartments had to share the bathroom.
Julie's Childhood Home Back in Belgium
I lived in Chaud-Fontaine, Belgium, before
I came to the U.S. When I was young, I
didn’t know it, but we were poor. Our apartment was three floors up, so we got
lots of exercise walking up and down the stairs. My parents had one of the bedrooms, so we all
had to share the other. I used to get up really early, so I could use the
bathroom before the neighbors did.
The building was located in a suburb of
Liège, Belgium. Across the street from
us, there was a doctor’s office, and next-door there was a vegetable
market.
In back of the building, there was a small
courtyard (庭 院, patio, внутренний двор). The landlord ( 男房东, casero, dueño,
домовладелец, хозяин)
let me plant some flowers back there.
In the summer, I loved to sit on the bench and read. It was nice to escape
(逃避…, 回避…, escaparse, evadir,
уклоняться) from all the noise.
I also liked living there because my best friend lived on the fifth
floor.
