Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Home Sweet Home

In Ethiopia, I lived in apartment.  Now I am living in a house. My home in Ethiopia had three rooms. Now my home has six rooms. What I liked about my home in Ethiopia was the nice neighborhood. What I like about my home in this country is the garden. We paid about $55 each month for housing in Ethiopia .Now we pay about $1,199 each month for housing. The rent in Ethiopia included these utilities: electricity, water and garbage. The rent in this country includes these utilities: water and garbage. If I could change one thing about my home in this country, I would move to my own apartment. If I had enough money, I would move to another house because my son would be more comfortable.
Yeshihareg

Home Sweet Home

In Russia, I lived in a house. Now I am living in an apartment. My home in Russia had three rooms. Now my home has two rooms. What I liked about my home in Russia was the kitchen. What I like about my apartment is everything. We paid about $100 each month for housing in my native country. Now we pay about $135 each month for housing. The rent in my native country included these utilities: garbage, water, gas, telephone and insurance. The rent here includes these utilities: Internet, telephone and rent. If I could change one thing about my home in this country, I would have more rooms in my apartment. If I had enough money, I would move to another house, because I want a bigger place.
Margarita

Home Sweet Home

In Congo, I lived in a house. Now, I am living in a house. My home in my native country had four rooms. Now, my home has four rooms too. What I liked about my home in my native country was that there was a big yard and big garden. We paid nothing each month for housing in my native country. Now we pay about $1,700 each month for housing. The rent in my native country included these utilities: electricity, water and telephone. The rent here includes these utilities: electricity, water and telephone. If I could change one thing about my home in this country, I would have a swimming pool for my family. If I had enough money, I wouldn’t move to another house because my children are comfortable.

Godelive

Home Sweet Home

In Belarus, I lived in an apartment. Now, I am living in an apartment. My home in Belarus had two rooms. What I liked about my home in my native country was the balcony. What I like about my home in this country is there are big windows. We paid about $135 each month for housing in my native country. Now, we pay about $150 each month for housing. The rent in my native country included these utilities: gas, water, electricity, Internet and telephone. The rent here includes these utilities: gas, water, electricity and Internet. If I could change one thing about my home in this country, I would want to have a balcony. If I had enough money, I would move to another house because I’d like to have my own house.
Aksana

Home Sweet Home



In Moldova, I lived in a house. Now, I am living in an apartment. My home in Moldova had 3 rooms.  Now, my apartment has 2 rooms. What I liked about my house in Moldova was my garden, because there were a lot of flowers. Now, in this country, I like having a swimming pool. In Moldova, I paid about $100 each month for housing. Now, I pay $850 each month for housing. The rent in my country included these utilities: electricity, telephone, water, garbage, Internet, and gas. The rent here includes these utilities: rent, electricity, and Internet.
If I could change one thing about my house in this country, I would have a bigger kitchen.  If I had enough money I would buy a new house, because I like living in a house.

Zinaida

Home Sweet Home

In Iraq, I lived in a house. Now I am living in an apartment. My home in Iraq had 4 rooms. Now my home has 1 room. What I liked about my home in Iraq was that there was a big garden. What I like about my apartment in this country is a pool. We paid about $20 each month for housing in my native country. Now I pay about $830 each month for my apartment. The rent in my native country included these utilities: electricity, telephone and water. The rent in this country includes these utilities: electricity, telephone and water. In this country, I would like to move to another house or apartment because my apartment is small.
Sufyan

Home Sweet Home

In El Salvador, I lived in a house.  Now I am living in a house, too. My home in my native country had four rooms. Now, my home has five rooms.  What I liked about my home in my native country was that there was a big backyard. What I like about my home in this country is that it is a good home with a nice backyard, a garden and four bedrooms. We paid about $200 each month for housing in my native country. Now we pay about $700 each month for housing. The rent in my country included these utilities: electricity, water, and telephone.  The rent here includes these utilities: electricity, gas and water. If I could change one thing about my home in this country, I would change the kitchen. If I had enough money, I would move to another house or apartment because I need a bigger house.

Jose

Home Sweet Home

In Moldova, I lived in an apartment. Now I am living in apartment, too. My home in Moldova had two rooms. Now my home has two rooms, too. What I liked about my home in Moldova was the kitchen. We paid about $75 each month for housing in Moldova. Now we pay about $850 each month for housing. The rent in Moldova includes these utilities: electricity, garbage, Internet, water and telephone. The rent here includes these utilities: electricity, rent and Internet. If I could change one thing about my home in this country, I would move to another house because my family needs more space.

Dmitri

Thursday, June 7, 2012

TESTING

End-of-quarter testing for all ESL students (morning and evening) will be on June 19, 2012. Please, let your teacher know if you will be absent on that day. No make-up tests.