Ex.26. Complete the sentences.

1. I’m fond of our flat because ___.

2. It’s very convenient to ___.

3. There are nine storeys in the house, that’s why it has ___.

4. The room looks very small because ___.

5. The best place for the TV set ___.

6. There are all modern conveniences in the flat, such as ___.

7. Our flat is not very large, there are ___.

8. Let’s place the sofa ___.

9. A chest-of-drawers is a piece of furniture to ___.

Ex.27. Agree or disagree with the following. Use:

- I don’t think so.

- I’m afraid you are mistaken (wrong).

- On the contrary.

- It’s not so.

- Right you are.

- That’s right. / Sure.

- You aren’t mistaken.

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1. It’s very convenient to live on the ground floor.

2. Now your friends live in the downtown.

3. It takes you two minutes to do your room.

4. You keep your books in the basement.

5. There are no amenities in your flat.

6. An electric cooker is much better than a gas cooker.

7. Your friend lives in a shed.

8. You keep bedding in a fridge.

9. Most people in our country have shared apartments.

10. A sky-scraper is very high.

11. Wardrobes are made of metal.

11. You have a sink and a bath-tub in your bedroom.

12. Houses are made of paper.

13. There are eight rooms in your flat.

14. We usually have meals in the dining-room.

15. When you come home you take off your coat and hat in the toilet.

16. We use frying-pans for cooking.

17. We never have meals in the kitchen.

18. Modern houses have no central heating.

19. When we leave home in the morning we switch on the light in all the rooms.

20. You wash up before meals.

21. When my shirt is dirty I press it with an iron.

22. We have wall units in the sitting room.

23. I fry meat in the wash basin.

24. My Dad drives in nails with a screw-driver.

Ex.28. What is wrong with the statements?

1. There is no running water in my apartment. I go into the bathroom, turn off the water tap and wash my hands and face.

2. I listen to the radio every morning though we don’t have radio at home.

3. We have no electricity in our house. In the evening I switch off the light and read a book.

4. The window in my room faces east. Looking through the window I see the sun set.

5. I have no TV set at home, Every evening I come home and watch TV programs.

6. Our house is of modern construction. There are all modern conveniences in it. But we have neither electricity nor running water in it.

7. There’s an electric cooker in our kitchen. I always use matches to turn it on if I want to make tea or coffee.

8. We’ve got a new vacuum-cleaner so far this month. If I want to wash my bedding, I can use it.

9. That house seems to be lived in. There are no curtains on the windows and I’ve never seen anyone go in or out.

10. It was a very nice round bedside table; when my friends came to see me I used to put a tray with cups of coffee and biscuits for them under it.

Ex. 29. Test your word power completing the following sentences.

Buying a house

1. When you want to buy a house you look for houses with a notice ___ a. estate-agent

2. You can buy a house through an ___ b. for sale

3. If you don't have enough money you can borrow it from a ___ c. bank or building society

4. Then you take a ___ d. interest

5. Of course you have to pay ___ e. mortgage

6. The money you have borrowed has to be ___ f. architect

7. The person who deals with the legal side of buying a house is a ___ g. solicitor

8. The man who designs the house is the ___ h. repaid

9. When you own a house you have to pay a local tax on property called ___ i. education, roads and other public

services

10. These taxes are used on ___ j. rates

Renting a house

1. If you live in a house which is not yours you have to pay ___ a. tenant

2. The man who receives the rent is your ___ b. rent

3. The person who rents the house is the ___ c. landlord

4. Council houses are houses built by the ___ d. lease

5. In a ___ apartment house the tenant pays rent to a landlord each month. e. rental

6. The tenant signs a ___ f. municipal council

Building a house

1. Wood prepared for building is called ___ a. boards

2. In Britain most houses are built of ___ b. loan

3. The man who builds the house is the ___ c. building company

4. If you build a house you can apply for a ___ d. builder / constructor

5. When there is a group of people concerned we speak of a ___ e. timber

6. The strips of wood used for the floors are ___ f. stone, birch

Ex.30. Play a guessing game. What article of furniture is being described?

Model: It's very convenient. It has a lot of drawers on the right and on the left. It doesn't take much room. I usually do my homework sitting at it. (a writing-table)

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