SPEAKING Housing: Negative Sentences, Yes/No Questions, Wh- Questions

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Ask me a yes/no question. Use you.
1. __________ lives in the suburbs here. 
2. __________ lived in a highrise* in her country. *高楼, torre de apartamentos
3. __________ has a washer and dryer in her home.
4. __________ can walk to school in 10 minutes.
5. __________ would like to move to a different city.
6. __________’s family owns their house.
7. __________’s family rents their place.
8. __________’s place here has a brick exterior.
9. __________’s place had a swimming pool in his country.

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Now write WH- questions about the underlined information.
1. Roland’s new house is located in Dolores Heights.
in Dolores Heights
2. He bought it 1-1/2 years ago. 1-1/2 years

3. It has 3 levels. 3

4. The living room is very big.

5. Roland can see the Bay Bridge from his living room window. the Bay Bridge

6. The J-Church stops three blocks from his house. three blocks

7. Roland doesn’t like to take it because he has to walk 3 blocks up a steep (陡 的, empinado, escarpado) hill. because...

Robert's Current Place in a Suburb of Boston

a.    In ²the U.S., ¹Robert lives in a ³medium-sized ⁴single-family house.

b.    It has ⁵one bedroom, and it is located in ⁶a suburb of Boston.

c.    The building is ⁷modern, and it has ⁸one floor.

d.    The exterior of the building is ⁹wood. 

e.    The building has ¹⁰a lawn and a garden.                                                    

f.    His family ¹¹ owns the place.

g.    The neighborhood is ¹²fairly safe.                                                                       

h.    Something he likes about the neighborhood is that ¹³it has a park with a playground, so his son can play there.

i.     Something he doesn’t like about the neighborhood is that ¹⁴it's near the airport, so it's noisy when planes fly overhead.                                              

Housing & Neighborhoods: Pluses & Minuses

What letters are missing in these words?

1.   the b_llpar_ the ballpark

2.   the litte_  the litter

3.   f_ggy foggy

4.   the _irpo_t  the airport

5.   prostit_ _es (妓女, проститу́тка, البغي)   prostitutes

6.   the fr_ _way 高速公路, autopista, Автострада,

           الطريق السريع  the freeway

7.   p_bli_ t_an_porta_ _ _ _  public transportation

8.   _unny  sunny

9.   _ark_ng parking

10. l_wns and _ardens  lawns and gardens

11. a g_ng (帮, pandillas, bandas, ша́йка, ба́нда, عصابة مدنية)  a gang

12. dr_gs  drugs (Examples: 大麻，可卡因，甲基苯丙胺, marihuana, cocaína, metanfetamina, марихуана, кокаин, метамфетамин)

13. a  f_re   st_ti_n  a fire station

14. the  _raffic  the traffic

15. a  recre_tion*  c_nter a recreation center  *娱乐中心, esparcimiento, pasatiempo, о́тдых, развлече́ние   (a public place with a baseball/football field, playground, tennis courts, game rooms, and/or swimming pool for everyone to use and enjoy)

Neighborhoods. Are these things good (a plus), bad (a minus), or both?  Circle your opinion.

a plus  a minus   both  There's a fire station nearby.

a plus  a minus   both  It's close to AT&T Ballpark.

a plus  a minus   both  It has a view (景色, vista, вид ) of downtown San Francisco.                                   

a plus  a minus   both  It's foggy all the time.                                  

a plus  a minus   both  It's near my child's school.                               

a plus  a minus   both  It's near the airport.

a plus  a minus   both  It's near the freeway. 高速公路, autopista, Автострада, الطريق السريع

a plus  a minus   both  There's lots of traffic.     

a plus  a minus   both  It's not very close to public transportation.

a plus  a minus   both  It's not very safe.

a plus  a minus   both  It's sunny.

a plus  a minus   both  Parking is hard to find.

a plus  a minus   both  The houses are pretty.

a plus  a minus   both  Houses in the neighborhood have nice lawns and gardens.

a plus  a minus   both  There are gangs in the neighborhood. (帮, pandillas, ша́йка, ба́нда, عصابة مدنية)

a plus  a minus   both  There's litter* in the streets. *Paper and garbage people leave.

a plus  a minus   both  There are people selling drugs.

a plus  a minus   both  There are prostitutes in the street. (妓女, проститу́тка, البغي)

a plus  a minus   both  There's a recreation center in the area.

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