Unit 8: At home
Lessons A and B
P 75-79
Listen and draw
 I will describe a picture of a room in a house.
 Listen and draw what you hear.
Spring Cleaning P 76
1 A and B
Grammar Point: Whose
Whose bathing suit is this?
Whose jewellery is this?
Whose clothes are these?
Q: What kind of nouns are used in the
sentences?
Grammar Point: Whose…?
Whose…? = Who does this belong to?
 common pattern, but there are other patterns
 Whose is most commonly used before a noun
Whose bag is it?
 Whose can also be used before a pronoun
Whose is it?
BE CAREFUL who’s = who is
FORM
 Whose + singular/plural noun + be + pronoun?
Whose bathing suit is this?
Whose earrings are these?
Possessive pronouns and adjectives
Q: Whose CD is this? (answer using possessive
pronouns)
It’s Mary’s CD. (It’s her CD.)
It’s John and Sandra’s CD.
It belongs to me.
Q: Whose CDs are these? (answer using possessive
adjectives)
They’re Anthony’s CDs. (They’re his.)
They belong to all of us.
They’re my parents’ CDs.
They’re my CDs.
Grammar Point: Possessive
pronouns/adjectives
 a way to say who things belong to
 possessive pronouns are often used as
complements (after the verb be)
The bathing suit is mine. It’s mine.
 also used as subjects (possessive adjectives)
Mine is red. Yours is blue. His is over there.
 most common possessive adjectives are mine,
ours, yours
Possessive adjectives
FORM
Possessive adjectives
subject + be + possessive adjective = noun
It’s my bathing suit.
They’re his shoes.
Possessive pronouns
subject + be + possessive pronoun
It’s mine.
They’re his.
Try it out!
 P 77 2A and B
Speaking naturally P77
 content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives,
adverbs)

pronounced clearly because they contain
information that the listener needs to know
 grammatical words (prepositions, pronouns,
articles, possessive adjectives, the verb do
for making questions)

often reduced in speech
Try it out!
P 77 3B
Make conversations use the ideas below or
your own ideas. Remember to reduce
grammatical words.
Building vocabulary P 78
Brainstorm extra vocabulary
1A - Check the things you like then tell your
partner why.
1B – Fill in the chart about your home then
compare with a partner.
Grammar Point: Order of adjectives
 before a noun, the usual order of adjectives is
opinion, size, color, shape, nationality,
material
She bought a beautiful big blue square Thai
silk rug.
 usually in conversation, people rarely use
more than 2 adjectives before a noun
Brainstorm adjectives
She bought a beautiful big blue square Thai
silk rug.
 opinion – awesome, fancy,
 size – tiny, small,
 shape – oval, rectangular,
 material – metal, plastic, cotton,
Listen and Draw
 Draw a floor plan of your favorite room.
 Describe your room to your partner.
 The partner who is listening should draw what
they hear.
 Compare both of your drawings.