Ex.20. RENTING A FLAT. Choose the right answer

1.The scarcity of housing accommodation means that people can no longer afford to ..... where they live.

a) buy and sell b) come and go c) look and see d) pick and choose

2. Considering how few services we get, the rates we pay are ..... .

a) daylight robbery b) down to earth c) out of this world d) peanuts

3. The squatters are fighting ..... and nail not to be evicted from the houses they have occupied.

a) finger b) hammer c) toe d) tooth

4. He lives a(n) ..... throw from the station.

a) apple's b) arrow's c) knife's d) stone's

5. You've managed to find a cheap flat near Piccadilly Circus. . ..... you!

a) Happy b) Fortunate c) Lucky d) Merry

Ex.21. HOUSES. Fill in the right words.

1. My landlord has decided to increase my _ _ _ _ next year.

2. Leave your umbrella in the stand in the _ _ _ _ .

3. The main _ _ _ _ _ n _ _ was locked so they had to use the _ _ _ _ door.

4. Our flat is in very poor shape now. Last time we had it _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ was

ten yearsago.

5. It was very cold in the _ _ _ r _ _ _ so she covered her sleeping daughter with an extra blanket.

6. If you want the estate agent to sell the house for you, you'll have to let him see the d _ _ _ s that show you're the legal owner.

7. It was very stuffy in the room and the air was difficult to _ _ _ _ t _ _ .

8. I expected my husband to come home late, therefore I left the door _ _ _ _ _ k _ _ .

9. "Would you like to take a ____?" "No, thanks, I've just had a shower."

10. _ _ _ _ _ on the door before you come into the room!

11. Your room is a terrible _ _ _ _ ! Clean it up at once!

12. In Britain a home loan is usually referred to as a m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

13. Our children no longer sleep in the same room. They have ____ r___ bedrooms now.

14.We were all at home last night sitting watching television in the _ _ u _ _ _ .

15. I put an _ d._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for a flat in the newsagent's window,

but I haven't had any replies yet. (Vocabulary Tests.- Cambridge University Press, 1999)

Ex. 22. Have a look at Pictures A and B.

Answer the questions. Make use of the phrases and words below:

It needs cleaning; to scatter; to throw around; to tidy up; to be piled with something; to lack; to be in disorder; untidy; in a mess.

 

 

 

 


Picture A

1. What can you see in Picture A?

2. Could you describe it in detail?

3. What attracts your attention in particular?

4. What's your impression of this room?

5. Do you like it?

6. What do you think of its occupant?

Picture В

1. What can you see in it?

2. Do you like the room now?

3. Could you describe Picture В in detail?

4. What changes have been made? Why?

5. What is missing in Picture B?

6. Could you compare these two pictures?

7. Which picture do you like better and why?

8. What would you add to make it look cosier?


Describe in detail:

a) an untidy kitchen; b) a room in a mess; c) a neat room

(Merkulova Y.M. English for University Students, St. Petersburg, 2002.)