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Unit6 review

Vocabulary

Idiomatic expressions with home and house

Vocabulary

Describing cities and towns

Vocabulary

Accommodation

Grammar

Reporting structures and reporting verbs

Grammar

Reported Statements

Grammar

Reported Questions

Grammar

Reply Questions

Reported statements

"I am hungry." She said She said she was hungry.

"I am sick." He said He said he was sick.

"I saw them leave." He said He said he had seen them leave.

Reply questions

"He is my lanlord." "Is he?"

"Katy and Leah will study abroad next year.""Will they?"

"Jack´s parents have bought a new flat." Have they?"

Idiomatic expressions with home and house

Get on like a house on fire

Be home and dry

Meaning: to establish a very good relationship with a person very quickly.

Meaning: to have achieved successfully something.

A home from home

Home truths

Meaning: to tell someone real and painfull truths

Meaning: feel at home in a different place.

Accommodation

Words and their meaning:

• Landlord/landlady(propietario): person who has a house for rent.
• Lodger(inquilino): person who rents a house.
• Terraced house(casa adosada): row of houses that share both walls.
• Semi-detached house(dúplex): two houses joined by a shared wall.
• Move in(mudarse): move to another house to live.

Reported questions

"Where are you going?" He asked He asked me where I was going.

"Why is he shouting?" He asked He asked me why he was shouting.

"What do you want?"She asked She asked me what I wanted.

Reporting structures and reporting verbs

• Verb + (that) + sentence in reported speech: admit, agree, confess.

• Verb + object + (that) + sentence in reported speech: inform, tell, remind.
• Verb + infinitive with to: agree, claim, demand.
• Verb + object + infinitive with to: ask, instruct, invite.
• Verb + gerund: regret, suggest,recommend.
• Verb + preposition + gerund: apologise for, confess to, insist on.
• Verb + question word/if/whether + sentence in reported speech: ask, want to know, wonder.
• Verb + object + preposition + gerund: accuse of, blame for, criticise for.
• Verb + (that) + object + (should) + infinitive without to: demand, insist, suggest.

Describing cities and towns

Words and their meanings:

• Bohemian(bohemio): city with unconventional style.
• Touristy(turístico): city visited by many people.
• Shabby(en mal estado): dirty city in poor conditions.
• Stylish(elegante): beautiful city.
• Thriving(prosperando): growing city.