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Ex. 5. Give verbs corresponding to the nouns. Translate the verbs into Russian.

LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES

 

Ex. 1. Combine both parts into full sentences.

MODEL: Detached house: not joined to any other house.

- A detached house is a kind of house which is not joined to any other house.

semi-detached house: joined to one other house.

terraced house: joined to several houses to form a row.

cottage: a small house in the country or in a village.

bungalow: a house with only one store (no upstairs).

villa: a large house with big gardens or a rented house in a holiday resort.

bedsit: a bedroom and living-room all in one.

utility room: usually for washing machine, freezer, etc.

attic: a room in the roof space of a house.

basement: a room below ground level, has windows.

cellar: a room below ground level, no windows, used for storage.

 

Ex. 2. Where in a typical house would you look for the following things?

 

coat-rack washing machine

old empty boxes staircase

cupboard for dishes chute

refrigerator bedside table

wash-basin dresser

 

Ex. 3. Study the difference in usage of the following words.

 

HOUSE – HOME

 

house: a building made for people to live in.

- I want to rent a house.

home: the place or house where one lives; also one’s birthplace or native land; the family, domestic life.

- He left home at the age of seventeen. Men make houses, women make homes.

 

BUILDING - CONSTRUCTION

 

building: a house or other structure with a roof and walls.

- Houses, schools, factories are all buildings.

construction: the process of building or anything built.

- The new house is still under construction. The new building is a very solid construction.

 

BLIND - CURTAIN

 

blind: something to keep out light; a screen for windows.

- The two large windows were covered with the blinds always drawn down.

curtain: a sheet of cloth or other material hung up as a covering at a window or door.

- Please pull the curtains over (across) the window.

 

STOVE - OVEN - RANGE

 

stove: an enclosed fire used for cooking or heating.

- Put the potatoes on the stove in the kitchen. Heat the stove in my room.

oven: a box used for baking.

- Put the cake in the oven to bake.

range: a special fire-place used for cooking; usu. with an oven and iron top plate with openings for saucepans.

- We have a gas range with two burners.

 

CUPBOARD - SIDEBOARD - DRESSER - CABINET

 

cupboard: a piece of furniture with shelves and doors in front of them used for storing things.

- Put the dishes in the cupboard.

sideboard: a piece of furniture usu. with drawers and cupboards placed against the wall of a dining room.

- Have you got chairs and a sideboard to go with this set of fur­niture?

dresser (=sideboard): a piece of furniture with cupboards below and shelves above, and drawers in the middle, used for china, knives, forks, spoons, etc.

- There stood a big kitchen dresser filled with crockery and china of all sorts.



cabinet: a small box; a piece of furniture with glass windows, to con­tain objects of interest.

- She keeps her best dishes in that cabinet.

 

CARPET - MAT - RUG

 

carpet: a thick, heavy kind of cloth, usu. with patterns, used for covering floors and stairs.

- The carpets and wallpaper match well.

mat: a flat piece of straw (rubber, metal, etc.) used for covering a floor, wiping the shoes on.

- Wipe your feet on the mat.

rug: a floor-mat of thick material, esp. for one part of the room.

- There is a rug on the floor beside your bed. Is this a Persian rug?

 

YARD - COURT

 

yard: an enclosed or partly enclosed space near or round a house for various purposes, as a cattle-yard, school-yard, etc.

- Does this house have a yard for the children to play in?

court: a space with walls or buildings all round; a short, narrow street open only at one end.

- Our apartment does not face the street; it faces the court.

 

Ex. 4. Read aloud and give Russian equivalents of the following:

 

a) pillow-case, ceiling, refrigerator, chimney, staircase, drawing-, room, nursery, wardrobe, floor, iron, yard, orchard, storey, mirror, gas, easy-chair, wallpaper, drawer, wash-basin, pail, stairs, quilt, stove, kitchen garden, garage, desk, living-room, mustard-pot, arm­chair, table-cloth, lamp-shade, construction, saucepan, saltcellar, pepperbox, cupboard, sofa, bedding, looking-glass, foundation, floor-polisher, fence, basin, frying-pan, dish, kettle, jug, book­stand, water-closet, window-sill, running water, television-set, dressing-table, central heating, vacuum cleaner, sewing-machine, blan­ket cover, window-pane, rail

 

b) house of modern construction; well-furnished room; piece of furniture; to see the TV program; on the first floor; flat roof; modern conveniences; to spread a carpet; cup and saucer; to tidy (up) one's room; to turn on a tap; to use a washing-machine; to switch off the light; to look south; to lay the table; to wipe the dust with a duster; to make one's bed; to move into a new flat; to, paper the walls

 

Ex. 5. Give verbs corresponding to the nouns. Translate the verbs into Russian.


air, dust, heat, paper, light, carpet, paint, face, rent

 


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