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Unit 25: Moving house
State verbs and action verbs

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Session 1

Have you ever had to live somewhere new? Have you ever moved in with new people? In this session you'll read about three people doing just that. Are they looking forward to it or not? Well, you can find out, and learn some new vocabulary, here.

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Activity 2

House sharing vocabulary

Learn the words

In Activity 1 you saw a lot of vocabulary about moving house and living with new people. Test what you know in this vocabulary quiz!

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To do

Choose the best words to complete these sentences about moving in somewhere. Will you be the housemate quiz master?

House moving vocabulary

6 Questions

Test your knowledge of this session's vocabulary. Choose the best word for each gap

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In this session we’ve seen a lot of verbs like move in, move out, get on and get up. But how can we work out the meaning of phrasal verbs? Find out in the next activity.

Session Vocabulary

  • living space
    a place where you can live

    move into (a place)
    start living somewhere new (this verb phrase is followed by the name of the place)

    move in
    start living somewhere new

    course mates
    people on the same course as you

    compromises
    an agreement between two people or groups in which each gives something up to solve a disagreement

    get on (with someone)
    (here) have a good relationship

    conflicts
    (here) problems or disagreements

    moving out
    stopping living somewhere

    lads
    an informal word for a group of male friends

    getting up
    getting out of bed and getting ready for the day

    set up
    (here) organise

    tidying up
    cleaning

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