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Neighbours from heli

1 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING

a Read the article about neighbours. Complete the list of problems with these verbs.

argue bark ery have move play talk watch

2 GRAMMAR present continuous

Love your neighbour?

Sometimes it~can be difficult!

You can choose your friends but you can’t choose your neighbours. The people who live upstairs, downstairs, and next door can have a very big influence on our lives - and it isn’t always positive! The typical problem that people have with their neighbours is that they make a lot of noise.

Match the sentences with flats 1-8,
He’s listening to musie.	□
The baby’s erying.	□
The/re having a party.	□
She’s playing the violin.	□
The dog’s barking.	□
They’re arguing.	□
He’s watching football.	□
They’re moving furniture.	□

b 6.8% Cover the sentences and listen. Whafs happening? Where?

c Complete the chart.

0 The baby⁵s erying.

She’s playing the violin.

They^łre having a party.

0 The baby_erying.

She__the violin.

They__a party.

m

the baby

In a European newspaper survey these were the top eight problems.

•    They-_ loudly.    •    They_TV late at night.

•    Their babies__•    They_furniture.

•    They-noisy parties. • They_a musical instrument

•    Their dogs--•    They_with their partner.

they

the violin? _ a party?

d v 6.9% Listen and repeat the sentences in the chart. Copy the rhythm.

e O p.132 Grammar Bank 6C. Read the rules and do the exercises.

b In groups of two or three, answer the ąuestions in the survey.

Do you have good neighbours?

Do you live in a house or a fiat?

What floor do you live on?

Where do you have neighbours? upstairs O downstairs Q next door □ Do you know your neighbours?

Are they fiiendly? Do they help you?

Do they make a lot of noise? What kind of noise?

Do you have any other problems with your neighbours?

f In pairs, point and ask and answer about the people in the flats.

Whafs he doing?

He's watching football. What are they doing?

g 6.10% Listen to the sounds. Write six sentences to say whafs happening.