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:
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.