This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is talking about homes, renting, and the housing crisis!
Finding somewhere to live is one of the basic tasks a person needs to do… but it is becoming increasingly difficult!
Let’s discuss your ideal homes, renting vs busying, the situation of housing in your country, and more.
Here are some conversation questions to get you talking!
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Conversation Questions:
- What is your ideal home?
- Would you rather live in the city or the countryside?
- What are the most important things to consider when choosing a place to live?
- Is it better to rent or buy a home? Why?
- Why do you think housing is so expensive in many cities?
- Should the government do more to help people afford housing?
- Do you think young people today have a harder time buying a home than in the past?
- Is homelessness a problem in your country? What could be done to help?
- Would you ever move to a different town (or another country) for cheaper housing?
- Make your own questions!
Vocabulary
- Ideal (Adjective): Perfect or most suitable for a particular purpose
- Rent (Verb/Noun): To pay money regularly to live in a place owned by someone else
- Afford (Verb): To have enough money to pay for something
- Mortgage (Noun): A loan used to buy a house, usually paid back over many years
- Property (Noun): A building or piece of land that someone owns
- Cost of Living (Noun): The amount of money needed to cover basic expenses like housing, food, and transportation
- Housing Crisis (Noun): A situation where people struggle to find affordable homes
- Urban (Adjective): Related to cities or towns
- Relocate (Verb): To move to a different place, often for work or financial reasons
Resources
Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, I have created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced responses, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
C1 (Advanced Level)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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