Where Do You Live? Part 2

2023-03-24

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  • Imagine a teacher says the following to you during an English speaking test:
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  • Tell me about where you live. Can you describe your living space?
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  • Today's report will explore ways to answer such a question.
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  • We will talk about nouns, verbs, and prepositions that can help us give a detailed, clear answer - and earn a good score on the test!
  • 5
  • Let's start with some important terms and ideas.
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  • In an earlier Everyday Grammar report, we explored how you can talk about where you live in general terms.
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  • We learned about how to talk about a neighborhood or a part of a city.
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  • In today's report, we will explore how to talk about the exact place where you live.
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  • When we talk about where we live, a number of nouns, verbs, and prepositions become important.
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  • The nouns are limited in number.
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  • There are three important nouns we often use to talk about living spaces: house, apartment, and room. We will explore more about these nouns later.
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  • In terms of verbs, we often describe living places in two ways.
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  • We use verbs to show how we pay for the living space. Important verbs related to finances include own, rent, or share.
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  • So, we might say, "They own their house," or "she rents her apartment," or "we share an apartment."
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  • We also use verbs to describe the contents or objects of the living space.
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  • Important verbs related to objects or contents include have.
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  • So, for example, a person might say, "The apartment has three rooms."
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  • We can also talk about the exact objects in a room with have.
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  • For example, a person could say, "The bedroom has a bed, a fan, and a desk," or "The bathroom has a shower, a sink, and a toilet."
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  • Finally, we arrive at prepositions. These are short words that place nouns in space.
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  • When we talk about living spaces, the preposition "in" is probably the most important.
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  • We say, "I live in a house," or "I live in an apartment," for example.
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  • When we talk about objects or locations, we often say, "...in the kitchen..." or "...in the bathroom..." or "...in the bedroom..."
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  • So, a person might say, "The stove is in the kitchen," or "A sink is in the bathroom."
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  • So, we have three important ingredients for talking about our living spaces - nouns, verbs, and prepositions. How do we put all of them together?
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  • Let's start with something we heard at the beginning of our report:
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  • Tell me about where you live.
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  • You could respond to this by saying, for example:
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  • I live in a house.
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  • Or
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  • I live in an apartment.
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  • Or
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  • I rent a room in a house.
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  • Or
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  • I share an apartment.
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  • Or you might say:
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  • I own a house.
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  • Now consider how might you answer the following:
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  • Tell me about where you live. Can you describe your living space?
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  • You might say:
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  • I live in an apartment. The apartment has four rooms: two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a living room. I share a room with my sister.
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  • Or you might say:
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  • I rent a room in a house. The room has a bed, a desk, a closet, and a bookshelf.
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  • Today, we explored some ways to describe a living space.
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  • There are, of course, many other ways to do so. You might use other nouns, verbs, or prepositions.
  • 46
  • But as a starting point, the small set of nouns, verbs, and prepositions we talked about today can be very useful.
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  • Let's end this report with a homework assignment. Write to us about a living space. It can be either real or imaginary.
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  • Try to use some of the terms that we explored today - but be sure to use some new ones too!
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  • You can send your work to learningenglish@voanews.com .
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  • I'm John Russell.
  • 1
  • Imagine a teacher says the following to you during an English speaking test:
  • 2
  • Tell me about where you live. Can you describe your living space?
  • 3
  • Today's report will explore ways to answer such a question. We will talk about nouns, verbs, and prepositions that can help us give a detailed, clear answer - and earn a good score on the test!
  • 4
  • Let's start with some important terms and ideas.
  • 5
  • Nouns
  • 6
  • In an earlier Everyday Grammar report, we explored how you can talk about where you live in general terms. We learned about how to talk about a neighborhood or a part of a city.
  • 7
  • In today's report, we will explore how to talk about the exact place where you live.
  • 8
  • When we talk about where we live, a number of nouns, verbs, and prepositions become important.
  • 9
  • The nouns are limited in number. There are three important nouns we often use to talk about living spaces: house, apartment, and room. We will explore more about these nouns later.
  • 10
  • Verbs
  • 11
  • In terms of verbs, we often describe living places in two ways.
  • 12
  • We use verbs to show how we pay for the living space. Important verbs related to finances include own, rent, or share.
  • 13
  • So, we might say, "They own their house," or "she rents her apartment," or "we share an apartment."
  • 14
  • We also use verbs to describe the contents or objects of the living space. Important verbs related to objects or contents include have.
  • 15
  • So, for example, a person might say, "The apartment has three rooms."
  • 16
  • We can also talk about the exact objects in a room with have. For example, a person could say, "The bedroom has a bed, a fan, and a desk," or "The bathroom has a shower, a sink, and a toilet."
  • 17
  • Prepositions
  • 18
  • Finally, we arrive at prepositions. These are short words that place nouns in space.
  • 19
  • When we talk about living spaces, the preposition "in" is probably the most important.
  • 20
  • We say, "I live in a house," or "I live in an apartment," for example. When we talk about objects or locations, we often say, "...in the kitchen..." or "...in the bathroom..." or "...in the bedroom..."
  • 21
  • So, a person might say, "The stove is in the kitchen," or "A sink is in the bathroom."
  • 22
  • Putting it all together
  • 23
  • So, we have three important ingredients for talking about our living spaces - nouns, verbs, and prepositions. How do we put all of them together?
  • 24
  • Let's start with something we heard at the beginning of our report:
  • 25
  • Tell me about where you live.
  • 26
  • You could respond to this by saying, for example:
  • 27
  • I live in a house.
  • 28
  • Or
  • 29
  • I live in an apartment.
  • 30
  • Or
  • 31
  • I rent a room in a house.
  • 32
  • Or
  • 33
  • I share an apartment.
  • 34
  • Or you might say:
  • 35
  • I own a house.
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  • Expand
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  • Now consider how might you answer the following:
  • 38
  • Tell me about where you live. Can you describe your living space?
  • 39
  • You might say:
  • 40
  • I live in an apartment. The apartment has four rooms: two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a living room. I share a room with my sister.
  • 41
  • Or you might say:
  • 42
  • I rent a room in a house. The room has a bed, a desk, a closet, and a bookshelf.
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  • Closing thoughts
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  • Today, we explored some ways to describe a living space. There are, of course, many other ways to do so. You might use other nouns, verbs, or prepositions. But as a starting point, the small set of nouns, verbs, and prepositions we talked about today can be very useful.
  • 45
  • Let's end this report with a homework assignment. Write to us about a living space. It can be either real or imaginary. Try to use some of the terms that we explored today - but be sure to use some new ones too!
  • 46
  • You can send your work to learningenglish@voanews.com .
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  • I'm John Russell.
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  • *house itself is very general and can refer to anything from a very small, simple structure to something that is very large.
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  • _______________________________________________________________
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  • Words in This Story
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  • shower - n. a device that produces a spray of water for you to stand under and wash your body
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  • sink - n. a wide bowl that has a faucet for water and a drain at the bottom and is usually positioned in a counter or on a pedestal
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  • toilet - n. a large bowl attached to a pipe that is used for getting rid of bodily waste and then flushed with water