- •Волгоградский государственный педагогический университет
- •Part II. Vocabulary notes
- •Syn to live a long way (from)
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Part III. A house or a flat? topic I: living in a house essential vocabulary
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Reading text a
- •Text exercises
- •Word combinations and phrases
- •Text exercises
- •Conversation practice
- •Topic II: living in a flat essential vocabulary nouns verbs
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Reading text a
- •Notes on the text
- •Text exercises
- •Text b MyFavourite Room
- •Text exercises
- •Conversation practice
- •Part IV. Writing text sharing a flat.
- •Exercises
- •Part V. Listening
- •Part VI. Grammar
- •B. Other Means of Expressing Future Actions in English (Другие способы выражения будущего времени а английском языке)
- •B. Degrees of comparison
- •Grammar patterns
- •Indefinite pronouns Неопределённые местоимения
- •D. Оборот there is/there are
- •Типы предложений с оборотом there is (are)
- •Part VIII. Speaking
Text exercises
Exercise 1. Study the following word-combinations and phrases given after the text and find them. Translate these sentences.
Exercise 2. Go through the text again and underline like this __________ what is factual description and like this _________ what is personal opinion. Sometimes the same sentence can be part fact and part opinion.
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Exercise 3. Box like this all the prepositions (and prepositional phrases) of place:
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at the bottom
Exercise 4. How many different rooms are mentioned? What do you do in each of them?
Exercise 5. Circle like this any words or expressions that you think are special to the description of a house:
Conversation practice
Exercise 1. Look at this picture and describe this house.
Exercise 2. Imagine you work for an agency which buys and sells houses and you are preparing the new brochure to send possible clients.
1. Which of the description a-f matches each picture 1-6.
A There are fantastic views from this one modern, one-bedroom, third-floor flat. The luxury block has a resident porter and private underground garage.
B For a larger family, or a gardening enthusiast, this detached house is ideal. It has five the bedrooms and is surrounded by a beautiful mature garden which also guarantees complete privacy.
C If you are looking for three good-sized bedrooms and an easy-to-maintain garden, this semi-detached house is perfect for you. This family modernised it and attached a garage.
D This delightful country cottage is the perfect place to escape from the stresses of city life at the weekends. The inside of the house looks different now, while the outside keeps its traditional appearance.
E Few homes in the centre of the town are as much comfortable as this well-kept Victorian terraced house. There is a small garden in front of the house and a sunny patio at the back.
F There are no stairs for to climb or clean in this suburban bungalow. It has a medium-sized garden and a garage but needs modernisation.
2. In each description underline the one or two words which give a name to the type of home described as in example A.
3. In each description there is a mistake – an extra word. Cross it out as in example A.
Exercise 3. Match the words in the box to the letters in the picture.
lawn porch flowerbed fence shed patio
pond hedge gate pavement cellar attic
roof chimney drainpipe TV aerial
A – H – O –
B – I – P –
C – J –
D – K –
E – L –
F – M –
G – N –
Topic II: living in a flat essential vocabulary nouns verbs
Conveniences: to move to a new flat
bath to furnish a room (a flat)
to take/ to have a bath to arrange furniture
electricity to answer the door bell
to switch on/off the light to ring the bell
central heating to have a house-warming party
heating system
to heat
telephone OTHER PARTS OF SPEECH
to answer the telephone in the middle of (in the centre of)
to speak on the telephone to the right (left) of
hot and cold water on the right (left)
gas
a gas-stove
a chute to carry rubbish down
ROOMS
a hall
a coat hook
a coat hanger
a hall mirror
a chest of drawers for shoes, etc
an umbrella stand
a living-room
wall units
a bookshelf
a cupboard
a television set (TV set)
a stereo system
an armchair
a chair
a curtain
a table
a carpet (to spread a carpet)
a sofa
a divan
a bedroom
a wardrobe
a pillow
a lamp (a hanging lamp, a reading (table) lamp, a standing lamp, a wall lamp, a lampshade)
a dressing table
a dressing-table mirror
a dining-room
a dining set
a dining table
a sideboard
a tablecloth (to spread the tablecloth)
a kitchen
a fridge
a cooker
a gas cooker
an electric cooker
an oven
a cooker hood
a sink
a dishwasher (= a washing machine)
a kitchen chair
a kitchen table
a bathroom
a bath
taps for cold and hot water
soap
a towel (to dry oneself on/with a towel)