F) Complete the text.

Carpets	stairs	bungalow	brick	top
ground floor	laminate	block of flats	chimney	cement
first floor	parquet	second	central heating

Unless you live in a __________or a __________ (one-storey house with or without an attic), British houses normally have two or three floors or stories. On the __________ you’re likely to find the living room, kitchen and dining room, while on the __________ you’ll probably find bedrooms and a bathroom.

On the __________ or __________ floor is the attic. On the roof of many houses you can still see a __________ and – even if the house now benefits from __________.

The floors of a house are connected by __________, with a landing (area) on the upper floor which leads to the upstairs rooms.

Most British houses are made of __________ and__________.

Floors can be covered in a variety of materials, such as __________ (wooden squares), __________ flooring (a type of thin wooden plank), or tiles (either ceramic or vinyl). In living rooms and bedrooms, the floors are generally covered with __________.

A) Match phrasal verbs(1-5) with their synonym(a-e)s.

1.	to put smth in	a)	to occupy
2.	to move in	b)	to repair
3.	to throw smth out	c)	to face
4.	to do smth up	d)	to get rid of
5.	to look out on smth	e)	to install

B) Replace the words in italics in the sentences below with the phrasal verbs in the box.

to look out on smth	to put smth in	to do smth up
up to move in	to throw smth out

1.	Nothing has been done to this flat for a long time. It needs new curtains and a new carpet. The doors and walls need painting. It needs __________ (decorating, renovating).
2.	The carpets were old and full of holes, so he __________ (disposed of them by putting them in the dustbin).
3.	The house was cold and damp, so they had central heating __________ (installed).
4.	We would like to __________ (start living there) as soon as possible.
5.	The bedroom __________ (faces) the garden.

A) Match idiomatic expression s(1-6) with their definitions (a-f).

1.	to be nothing out of the ordinary	a)	make people laugh or clap very loudly
2.	to put your house in order	b)	to make sure that you do not say or do anything that causes you to get into trouble
3.	to bring down the house	c)	average and plain
4.	on the house	d)	free
5.	to eat smb out of house and home	e)	to solve your own problems
6.	watch your step	f)	to eat most of the food that someone has in their house

b) True or false?

1.	This performance is really amazing. It always brings the house down.
2.	That huge dog is eating us out of house and home.
3.	Hey, don’t you see where you’re going? Watch your step!
4.	There are three stores in this bungalow, so it’s nothing out of the ordinary.
5.	It’s time to put our house in order. Let’s mop the floors and dust the furniture!
6.	You’ll have to pay for the drinks. They are on the house.

Listening.

Homes around the world

a) Match the places and photos. What do you know about them?

□ Lisbon

□ Toronto

□ Malibu

□ Samoa

a)		c)

b)		d)

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