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Ex. 10. Form sentences from the table.

 

A living-room A study A drawing-room A kitchen A dining-room A bedroom A bathroom A flat A nursery     is a room for bathing. a room for sleeping. a room for the special use of children. a room for general use during the day. a room used for cooking. a room used for studying. a room for receiving guests. a room for meals. a number of rooms on one floor of a house.
  A vacuum cleaner A washing machine A refrigerator A sewing-machine A sink   is a machine used for sewing. a machine used for washing. a basin under a water tap in a kitchen for washing dishes. a machine which cleans floors, carpets, etc. by drawing in air and dust together. a box in which the air is kept at a low temperature in order to preserve food.
A cellar A barn A basement A shed   is the lowest part of a building, a storey below the ground level. an underground room used for storing coal, wine, etc. a farm building for storing grain, hay and for cattle. a roofed shelter for storing things, keeping cattle in.
An attic A parlour A bathroom A hall A bedroom     is the entrance-passage of a house. a reception-room. a room in the top storey of a house. a room to sleep in. a room with a bath-tub in it.
A cupboard A wardrobe A chest-of-drawers A dresser A lampshade Wall paper     is a piece of furniture for keeping clothes. a piece of furniture for keeping crockery, provisions, etc. a kitchen sideboard with shelves. a set of drawers used for keeping clothes in. paper, usually with a colored design, for covering the walls of rooms. globe of glass, screen of silk, parchment, etc. placed round or over a lamp.
A pantry A fence A store-room   is a room in which household supplies are kept. a room in a house where food is kept. a barrier made of wooden or metal stakes or rails, or wire esp. one put round a field, garden, etc.
A hallstand A rack An oven A dress-hanger     is enclosed box-like space which is heated for cooking food. an arrangement with pegs for hanging things on. a thing on which dresses or suits hang. a rack in which an umbrella stand, a hat-rack and a looking-glass are combined.
A frying-pan   A decanter A tin / can A sieve   A cork-screw   is utensil with wire network or gauze for separating finer grains, etc. from coarse grains, etc. or solids from liquids. a tool for drawing corks from bottles. a shallow pan with a long handle used for frying. a vessel (usually a glass bottle with a stopper) into which wine is decanted before being brought to table. a tin-plated container for food, etc. especially one made so as to be air-tight.

 

Ex. 11. Complete the sentences.

 

1. A motor-car is kept in a ___. 2. Books are kept in a ___. 3. Dress­es and hats are kept in a ___. 4. Tea-things are kept in a ___. 5. Salt is kept in a ___. 6. Sugar is kept in a ___. 7. Pepper is kept in a ___. 8. Mustard is kept in a ___.

 

Ex. 12. Ask and answer.

A)

 

  When do we use a wash-basin? a sewing-machine? a washing-machine? a stove? a TV set? a loudspeaker? a kettle? a saucepan? a frying pan? a wash-tub? dinner-things? tea-things? a vacuum-cleaner? an axe? a spade? a screw-driver?

 

B)

 

  Which is more convenient to bathe in a bath-tub or in the river? to have the windows of your room look out on to the yard or the street? to have running hot water in the kitchen or in the bathroom? to have built-in closets or cupboards of the usual type? to have an ice-box or a cellar? to have a radio-set or a TV set? to use a vacuum-cleaner for cleaning up or to do the rooms without it? to use a washing-machine or to wash clothes without it? to cook meals in the kitchen or in the garage? to cook meals in the microwave oven or on the gas cooker?

C)

 

    What do you do if you want to air to dust to heat to sweep to paper to light to carpet to repair to re-decorate   your room? your house? your flat?

 

D)

 

    What do you have to do if you have no What would you do if you had no ice-box (a fridge)? chest-of-drawers? bed? computer? iron? nursery? sideboard? flat? running water? lift? central heating? washing-machine? kitchen-garden?

 

E)

What do we call pieces of furniture forming a set made of the same kind of wood and in the same style? a small carpet that is put beside the bed? a thin wall between two adjoining rooms, or dividing one room into two? a small chest in which medicine is kept in the house? a roofed and floored open space along the side or sides of a house, which is much used in summer? a platform at the top of a flight of stairs on to which doors open? a table on which toilet things stand? the metal or wooden bar which people grasp when going up or down a staircase? a room just below the roof of a house? a heated building usually of glass for growing vegetables in winter?

 

F)

 

What do we do when we want to air the room? the door bell is heard? we enter a dark room? we want to use an electric iron? we must tidy our room? we want to enter somebody’s room? we want to rent a room? we must stop an electric fan? we want to prevent the sunrays from penetrating into the room? we must open out our bed for the night?

 

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