TOWNS AND BUILDINGS

1 Underline the most suitable word.

a) As you can see, the garden has two ornamental iron doors/gates and there is a stone path/pavement leading to the house.

b) This is the front entry/entrance, but there is another door at the edge/side of the house.

c) All the rooms have covered/fitted carpets.

d) All the cupboards/wardrobes in the kitchen and the bookshelves/library in the living room are included in the price.

e) There is a beautiful stone chimney/fireplace in the living room, and there are sinks/washbasins in all the bedrooms.

f) At the top of the stairs/steps there is a coloured/stained glass window.

g) The bathroom has a shower/washer and modern mixer pipes/taps.

h) At the top of the house there is a/an attic/cellar and the garden contains a

glasshouse/greenhouse and a garden hut/shed.

 i) There is a wooden fence/wall on one side of the garden, and a bush/hedge on the other.

 j) This is a fine single/detached house in a quiet neighbourhood/suburb.

2 Match the words in the box with a suitable explanation (a-l). Not all words given are possible.

a) Rectangular hole in the front door letterbox...

b) Long narrow rectangular piece of wood or metal fixed to the wall.

c) Short road between the street and a house or its garage

d) Use this if you want someone to open the front door

e) Put the dirty dishes in this

f) This system makes the house warm

g) A small carpet

h) More than one person can sit on this

i) An area at the top of some stairs

j) Wipe your feet on this before you enter the house

k) Pull these to cover the windows

1) Small seat without back or arms

3. Complete each sentence (a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10) so that the meaning of the word in italics is clear. Use each ending only once.

a) I would prefer to live in a cottage 6.

b) The shopping centre has a multi-storey car park

c) My grandmother bought a bungalow

d) Jenny lives in a small flat

e) This street is only for pedestrians

f) Helen and John live in a square

g) Peter has moved to a London suburb

h) This village is surrounded by lovely countryside

i) Sue's new house is unfurnished

j) My house is semi-detached

1 on the third floor of a modern block.

2 and he commutes to work in the centre.

3 with room for over 2000 vehicles.

4 but the rent is so high that she cannot afford much furniture.

5 which has a beautiful garden in the middle.

6 in a small village in the country.

7 and the neighbours often bang on the wall.

8 because she had difficulty climbing stairs.

           9 with fields, woods, streams and a small lake. 10 and cars and lorries are not allowed.

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 harbour.

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.

A) take in B) make up C) put out D) tie down

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) neighbourhood ... she live in. NEIGHBOUR

crowded, there was a (2) of parking places, and SHORT

the view from her (3) windows was of distant STAIRS

factory 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 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 FURNITURE

owned. 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!
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