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5 There’s No Space! 1 of 2

A Before you watch

Look at the apartment floorplan. Label the rooms with the words in the box.

bathroom  bedroom  hall  kitchen  living room  terrace

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B While you watch

1 Read the summary and find five mistakes. Rewrite the summary correctly.
Simone has to move because her cat, McGoo, is too noisy. Charlie and April offer
to help her. April says two things are important: she doesn’t have a lot of time
and she wants to live downtown.

2 Who says each sentence – Simone, April, Charlie, or Maryann? Write S, A, C, or M.

1 This is so tiny! 5 This studio is perfect.
2 Very large, very spacious. 6 I can’t afford this.
3 This is great. 7 This looks really nice.
4 It’s beautiful. 8 New York’s too expensive.
3 Watch the video and complete the sentences.
Charlie: There of apartment ads here.
Simone: Is kitchen?
Charlie: a window?
April: There great view.
April: And terrace.
April: so much space.

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5 There’s No Space! 2 of 2

C After you watch

Imagine you have a new apartment.
Write an email to a friend describing it. Write about 60 words.

Hi,
My new apartment is great. There’s

Come and see me soon!

D Language points
Match phrases 1–8 with meanings a-h.
1 Are you OK? a Is that a joke?

2 Is there something wrong? b I don’t think so!

3 Get rid of c

4 Yeah, right. d What’s the problem?

5 Are you kidding? e What’s the problem?

6 Get out of here. f Be serious about this.

7 Give this a chance. g Leave this place.

8 In love h Throw out.

E Your viewpoint
Imagine you’re looking for an apartment. What’s important? Look at the list and add two more ideas.
Then number the ideas from 1 (very important) to 8 (not important).

not too expensive light a view

good neighborhood spacious big kitchen

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