(a freehold, a lease, a rent, an owner, a tenant, a board)

LESSON 9. The aim of the lesson is to discuss some ways of buying a house or a flat, to develop your language and communicative skills and to learn to extract necessary information from texts..

1. Pronunciation drill:

an estate agent, to purchase a house, landlord, landlady, to get a mortgage, downpayment, to rent a studio apartment, a tenant, a room to let, a newspaper ad, to pay an interest, full board, an apartment owner, interest rate, solicitor

2. Match the words & phrases (back translation):

to share an apartment with a mate bed & breakfast (B& B) a mortgage to be behind with one’s rent an annual rent a real estate agency the house is for sale downpayment to afford to buy something a furnished room

агентство по продаже недвижимости комната в наем с предоставлением завтрака запаздывать с платой за квартиру первоначальный взнос за квартиру меблированная комната кредит, полученный для покупки недвижимости годовая плата за квартиру снимать квартиру напополам дом продается позволить себе купить что-либо

3. Rhythm + logic: Work in pairs. Help your partner guess the thing (the words below will help you).

Follow the pattern: - What do we call…? – We call it…

q A contract by which the owner of land or a building, etc allows another person to use it for a special time, usually in return for payment

q A person who rents land or a building from a landlord

q The holding of land or a hose, etc in absolute ownership for life

q A payment made periodically for the use of land or living quarters

q Daily meals obtained in return for payment

q A person who owns smth as his property

(a freehold, a lease, a rent, an owner, a tenant, a board)

4. Pronunciation drill. Fill in the gaps and reproduce the text:

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