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Lesson 6

Preparation

House

A house can be big or small.

It may be dark or bright inside.

Some houses are tidy, while some
others are messy.

Even if the house has a lot of furniture,
it is incomplete if it has little love.

Only with lots of love can a house
truly become a home.

Grammar

* Gradable antonyms are word pairs that are opposite in meaning and
demonstrate two opposite ends of a spectrum, but they can have

graduated differences.
► Hot vs. cold Keywords
► Long vs. short
► Thick vs. thin big / small / dark / bright /
tidy / messy
Questions

1. Do you agree with what the author has said?
2. How do you classify your house? Big or small?
3. Does love thrive in your home? How so?
4. How does your family deal with crisis?
5. How many family members live in your house?

Vocabulary &
Sample Answers Expressions

1. The writer makes sense. I agree completely. Opposite - conflicting; contradictory.
Gradated - contains various levels
2. My house is small. We are neither rich or grades.
nor poor. We are a middle class family.
3. Love thrives in our family. We take care of each other.

4. In a crisis, we put our heads together. We always
survive because we help each other.
5. My wife and I have 4 sons and 2 daughters, so t
here are eight of us at home.

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