1 Reading
a Jessica wants to sell her apartment. Read her advertisement on the Internet and tick (✓) the pictures that she talks about.
Apartment for sale
Hi, I’m Jessica and I need to sell my apartment because I have a new job in another city.
The apartment is about seven miles from the city centre, but there’s a metro station ten minutes’ walk away. There are six rooms in the apartment. There’s a big living room with a balcony. You can see a lovely park across the street. In the bathroom, there’s a small bath and a shower. The kitchen has a sink, a cooker and a lot of cupboards. There are three bedrooms — one is very big, the other two are quite small. I don’t need the curtains and wardrobes, so I can sell them with the apartment. The neighbourhood is busy in the day, but at night it is quiet and the neighbours don’t make a lot of noise.
If you want to see the apartment, click on the reply button and I will email you back.
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Posted 1 week ago
b Read the advertisement again. Are the sentences true or false?
1 The apartment is near the centre of the city.
2 The metro station is near Jessica’s apartment.
3 You can’t see anything nice from the windows.
4 Jessica wants to sell some furniture with the apartment.
5 It’s difficult to sleep at night in Jessica’s neighbourhood.
Answer
a sink, cooker, cupboard, curtains, wardrobe
b True: 2, 4; False: 1, 3, 5
2 Writing Skills – Linking ideas with and, but and so
Underline the best words to complete the sentences.
1 Jeff hasn’t got a lot of furniture and / but / so his apartment’s not very big and / but / so it’s not a problem.
2 I live near the city centre so / but / and I don’t need to use the metro — I can walk.
3 Simon’s house is next to the river so / and / but there’s a small park behind it as well.
4 We have a really big TV in our living room so / and / but it doesn’t work and / so / but we usually watch programmes on the Internet.
5 My neighbours have got eight children but / and / so it’s always very noisy.
6 There’s a great market near my house so / but / and it’s easy to get fresh fruit and vegetables.
Answer
2 so 3 and 4 but, so 5 so 6 so
3 Writing
Imagine you want to sell your house or apartment. Write an advertisement to put on the Internet. Remember to:
• say why you want to sell your apartment
• say where it is in the city or town
• say how many rooms it’s got and what they are
• say what furniture you also want to sell
• talk about the neighbours
• use adjectives (e.g. big, modern, quiet …)
• include any other important information about your home
• use and, but and so when you can.
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