Have you ever seen the US TV series Desperate Housewives?
Describe the area where the main characters live (or describe what you imagine ‘suburbia’ to be like).
Mortgage crisis sees suburbs slump
Level 1
Elementary
Suburbia
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Key words
2
Write in the missing vowels (
a e i o u
) to complete the key words from the text. The paragraph numbers
have been given to help you.
The money you pay back to the
bank for your house is your
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rtg
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. (title)
When banks
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they take away someone’s house property because they didn’t pay back the
money they borrowed to buy it. (subtitle)
People who live in an area are the
c
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mm
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n
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ty
. (para 1)
A
c
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l-d
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-s
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c
is a short street closed at one end so cars can’t drive through it. (para 2)
An
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n is a group of people with similar interests and aims.
A
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wn
is an area of grass, usually in a garden. (para 4)
People
who live in a house are the
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cc
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p
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nts
. (para 4)
Illegal writing sprayed or painted onto walls is called
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. (para 6)
A
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is a group of people who deal with a particular problem. (para 6)
An
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n is a gas that goes into the air. (para 9)
If you can
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rd
something, you have enough money to pay for it. (para 10)
Something that is
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is made for one particular person or purpose. (para 10)
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