Lesson 5 (part 3). Towns and buildings.

 


7. Underline the most suitable word or phrase.

a) Laura was sitting beside the fire in a comfortable armchair/sofa.

b) We drove out of the village along a winding lane/path.

c) Steve redecorated his room with flowery posters/wallpaper.

d) Put the meat in the cooker/oven for two hours.

e) These plums are ripe. They need picking/picking up.

f) Peter was in the garden mowing the flowers/lawn.

g) We used to keep the coal downstairs in the cave/cellar.

h) Why don’t you put the car in the car park/parking.

i) Kate lives in a flat on the first floor/storey.

j) Put your wet socks on the central heating/radiator to dry.

k) Let’s take the runway/motorway, we’ll get there faster.

l) Go and get the lawnmower. The grass is/are very long.

m) I like the painting but I don’t like the frame/surrounding.

n) Mary has a lot of small ornaments on her window shelf/sill.

o) There’s someone at/on the door. Can you see who it is?

 

8. Match the words in the box with a suitable explanation (a-o).

Shutters              ceiling                  chimney              pillow                  kennel                 blind                     cushion

roof                       rubbish                               urban                   bunk                     duvet                   kerb                      litter                     rural

 

a)      Put this over you if you are cold in bed. …….duvet…….

b)      Put this behind your back if you are sitting uncomfortably…………………………….

c)       This describes city places……………………………

d)      These protect your windows outside and can be closed in bad weather……………………..

e)      This is paper dropped in the street …………………………..

f)       This is the top of the room …………………….

g)      This is a bed with others above it……………………….

h)      This describes country places………………………………

i)        This is the top of the house………………………….

j)        Put this under your head when you go to sleep…………………..

k)      Close this to keep the sunlight out of your room………………………………

l)        This is anything you throw away in the dustbin…………..

m)    This is home for your pet dog………………………….

n)      This is the stone edge of the pavement at the side of the road……………………..

o)      The smoke goes up this from the fireplace……………….

9. Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

                Moving in

The entrance to the flat was at the (1) ………..A…………of the house. Jane had to walk along a (2) …………….. across the lawn and past a (3) ……………………… full of gardening equipment. Inside the back door there was a flight of (4) ……………………………. and then another door on the (5) …………………. It was a (6) ………………………… flat with a bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom. There was not a lot of (7) ………………….. but certainly enough for a student like Jane. There was a/an (8) …………………. In the living room with an electric fire, and the kitchen had a small (9) ……………… and a fridge. The bathroom  did not have a bath, only a (10) ………………. and a basin, but Jane didn’t mind. She was thinking about other problems. There wasn’t washing (11) …………….., and there was no (12) ………………. heating. It was raining outside, and the flat felt damp and chilly. On the bed there were some (13) …………………… and a duvet, but no (14)…………………… It was lucky that Jane had brought a sleeping bag. As she was wondering what to do next, there was a knock (15) ……………………. the door.

1)      A side                   B inside                                C beginning                       D garden

2)      A road                  B way                                   C path                                  D stairs

3)      A room                 B shed                                  C cellar                                 D floor

4)      A ladder              B upstairs                            C rooms                              D stairs

5)      A roof                  B landing                             C balcony                            D bottom

6)      A multi-storey B semi-detached             C furnished                        D cottage

7)      A furniture         B rent                                   C neighbours                    D housing

8)      A oven                 B fireplace                          C cooker                             D cooking

9)      A cook                 B cookery                           C cooker                             D cooking

10)   A waterfall         B shower                            C splash                               D sink

11)   A machine          B up                                      C room                                D powder

12)   A central             B much                                C radiator                           D good

13)   A wrappings      B rugs                                   C carpets                            D blankets

14)   A whites             B sheets                              C spreads                           D cloths

15)   A for                     B behind                             C to                                       D at

 

Correct answers.

7. a) armchair            b) lane                 c) wallpaper       d) oven                               e) picking            f)lawn                  g) cellar                       h) car park          i) floor                  j) radiator           k) motorway                     l) is         m) frame            n) sill             o) at

8. a) duvet                 b) cushion          c) urban                              d) shutters         e) litter                f) ceiling                              g) bunk                             h) rural                 i) roof                   j) pillow               k) blind                l) rubbish            m) kennel           n) kirb

 9. 1.A           2.C         3. B        4. D        5. B        6.C         7.A         8. B        9. C        10.B       11. A      12.A       13.D       14. B      15.D


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