Lesson 5. (Part 2). Towns and buildings.
4.
Complete each sentence with the words home,
house or a word formed from one of these words.
a) The old couple decided to live in an old
people’s ….home…
b) Jane can’t stand washing and ironing and
other …………………….
c) Graham bought a terraced ………………….. in a
quiet city street.
d) Many ………………… people sleep on the streets of
London.
e) Jack was unable to look after his children
so he employed a …………………….
f) I come from Newcastle. It’s my ……………… town,
you could say.
g) Paul used to live on the river on a ………………..
boat.
h) When I went to boarding school I felt very
…………………. sick at first.
i) Our first home was on the …………………….. estate
on Oakwood Hill.
j) Pour yourself a drink and make yourself at
………………………
5.
Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
a) The view from the skyscraper ……D…….. over
New York harbor.
A) shows up B)
sees about C) stands up D) looks out
b) The old houses opposite are going to be
…………………
A) broken down B)
knocked down C) put down D) taken down
c)………..! You’re about to push the wheelbarrow
over my foot!
A) hang up B)
stop off C) get away D) look out
d) Please ………………… the rubbish because the
dustman is coming tomorrow.
e) Please come and unblock our drains! I’m
………………. you!
A) doing without B) counting on C)
seeing to D) waiting
for
f) I can’t put these plants in pots. I’ve ………….
earth.
A) run out of
B) put up with C) given up D) come up with
g) We ………. through the window by climbing up a
ladder.
A) fell out B)
got in C)
ended up D) set off
h) I’ve been planting trees all day and I’m
………………………
A) worn out B)
taken in C) run down D) grown up
6. Use
the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in
the space in the same line.
A house
in the country
When Ann decided to move house, it was mainly
because
she was tired of the (1) …neighborhood…she lived in. It was NEIGBOUR
crowded, there was a (2)……………….. of parking
places, and SHORT
the view from her (3) ……………… windows was of
distant factory STAIRS
chimneys. Luckily she arranged the (4)……………………. SELL
of her house very easily, and with a small (5)
………………… from LEND
the bank, was able to buy a house in the
country. It was an old
farm building, which had been (6) ………. and
turned into a BUILD
a modern house. After loading all her
belongings in a van, Ann
managed to get them into the new house
(7)…………………….. DAMAGE
She (8) ………………….. most of the rooms with what
she already owned. FURNITURE
Even her curtains were the right (9) …………………………..
for the LONG
windows and she only had to buy a new (10)
…………….. for COOK
the kitchen. It seemed too good to be true.
Surely something
would go wrong!
Correct
answers.
4. a) home b)housework c) house d) homeless e) housekeeper f)
home g) house h) home i) housing j)
home
5. a) D b)
B c) D d) C e) B f) A g)
B h) A
6. (1) neighbourhood (2)
shortage (3) upstairs
(4) sale (5) loan (6)
re-built (7) undamaged (8) furnished (9) length (10)
cooker
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