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Unit 4: Home 4A. Vocabulary • Types of home I. Complete the sentences with the words below. villa terraced house houseboat mansion flat semi-detached house thatched cottage detached house bungalow mobile home 1. A _______________________ is a small house with the roof made with dried straw or leaves. 2. A _______________________ is a big house in the country or in a town with a large garden. 3. A _______________________ is a very large house. 4. A _______________________ is a house that is all on ground level. 5. A _______________________ is a house which is part of a row of houses that are joined together. 6. A _______________________ is a house that is not joined to another building. 7. A _______________________ is a place for people to live that consists of a set of rooms that are part of a larger building. 8. A _______________________ is a river boat that you can live in. 9. A _______________________ is a type of house that can be pulled by a vehicle and moved to another place. 10. A _______________________ is joined to another house on one side. • Parts of a house and garden II. Complete the sentences with the below. view traditional balcony windows holiday homes 1. My room has two large _________ , so it’s light. 2. The _________ outside my bedroom is dangerous. Don’t stand on it. 3. Would you prefer a modern flat in the town centre, or a _________ house in the country? 4. The _________ from our room is wonderful. You can see all of the city. 5. Many celebrities have _________ that they only visit once or twice a year. III. Choose the best answers to the questions. 1. What is usually upstairs? a. the balcony b. the garage c. the front door 2. What is always downstairs? a. the attic b. the cellar c. the skylight 3. Where is the car? a. in the garage b. under the stairs c. on the balcony 4. What can’t you open?
a. the skylight b. the front door c. the step 5. What is often the highest thing in a house? a. the chimney b. the balcony c. the garage 6. What can you walk up, from one floor to the next? a. the stairs b. the roof c. the cellar 7. What can’t you put your bike in? a. the cellar b. the chimney c. the garage 8. What do bungalows not have? a. a front door b. a roof c. stairs • Describing houses and rooms IV. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. Most people like some form of bedside lighting - either for reading in bed or simply to create a cramped / cosy / contemporary atmosphere. 2. It is a very remote / lively / charming restaurant with nice decorations. 3. The manager would like to have a substantial / spacious / peaceful mahogany desk in his office. 4. Some of the old homes in our town are well kept, but others are beautiful / impressive / dilapidated. 5. Landslides have cut off many villages in substantial / remote / cosy areas. 6. A boutique and beauty salon are conveniently located / beautifully restored / pretty charming within the shopping centre. 7. The wall hangings are thought to be peaceful / spacious / contemporary with the tiled floors. 8. Bedrooms in this hotel are spacious / remote / lively and all have private bathroom and balcony; most take a third bed. 9. There are some very cramped / impressive / dilapidated buildings in the town - they become tourist attractions. 10. Special buildings, including the cathedral and palaces, are conveniently located / beautifully restored / absolutely popular and in good repair. V. Choose the correct words to complete the text. In England, until the early nineteenth century, most ordinary people lived in small 1 cottages / mansions in the countryside. However, during the industrial revolution, thousands of people moved to big cities, like Birmingham and Manchester, and started living in crowded houses joined together at the side and at the back. They were 2 terraced / detached houses, and people called them back-to-backs. They were usually 3 two-plan / two-storey buildings. Of course, they were very different from 4 modern-day / modern-time homes. There was no running water or central heating, and the toilets were outside. The people who lived in back- to-backs didn’t have 5 semi-saving / labour-saving devices like washing machines.
6 Surprisingly / Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t an 7 easy / easily life for people in those days. Personally, I think we’re 8 lucky / luckily to live in the twenty-first century. • Compound nouns VI. Complete the sentences with the words below to form compound nouns. Some words should be written in one word. dump water container table panels door scraper estate bed flat 1. They live in a housing _________ in the northeast of the city. 2. Solar ___________ are used to power satellites. 3. A studio _________ is a small apartment designed to be lived in by one or two people. 4. Take the old furniture to the rubbish _________ . 5. He spent the night on a sofa _________ in the living room, and he still did not wake up. 6. He got up immediately when he heard the noise of the key turning in the front _________ 7. For a moment, she wished she were on the top floor of a very high sky _________ . 8. For safe transport of your goods, a shipping _________ is the best choice. 9. The room contains two sofas, and a small pine dining _________ with four chairs. 10. Two buckets gathered a couples of inches of rain _________ in a few moments. • In the house VII. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. The clock on her bedside table / hook said half past four. 2. He bought a dresser, a pair of night tables, two kitchen cupboards / bookcases for his books and records. 3. If they sat on the pillow / sofa, they sat close together. 4. The bunk bed / double bed is one of two bed that are attacked together, one on top of the other. 5. I’ll asleep as soon as my head hits the curtain / pillow. 6. The room was dark because the cushions / curtains were drawn. 7. The pillows / duvets on the beds were thin, so he asked for a woolen blanket. 8. Our room is not big enough for a double bed / bunk bed and a couple of bedside tables. 9. She sat cross-legged on a sofa / cushion on the floor. 10. Three fresh eggs lay in a small bowl on the top shelf / fridge in her kitchen. 4B. Grammar • Comparison I. Match the sentence halves and write the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 1. That’s the _________ (good) pizza
2. The _________ (early) we arrive, 3. This exercise is much _________ (difficult) 4. This school is getting _________ (big) 5. This is the _________ (far) a. than I expected. b. we’ve ever cycled. c. I’ve ever tasted. d. and _________ (big). e. the _________ (good). II. Read the information. Write sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. Built in Width Size Busy Comfortable Beautiful The Oval Office 1934 about 11m 75.8m 2 used every day *** **** The State Dining Room 1902 about 15m 165 m 2 used on special occasions only **** ***** 1. (old) 2. (wide) 3. (small) 4. (busy) 5. (comfortable) 6. (beautiful) III. Write questions using the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 1. Which is _________ (large): The Pentagon, the White House or the Chrysler Building? 2. What is _________ (tall) building in the world? 3. Which is _________ (far) from London: New York, Los Angeles or Chicago? 4. What is _________ (polluted) city in the world? 5. How much is _________ (expensive) room in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Moscow: $18,000, $1,800 or $180 per night? IV. Complete the extract from a report with the words below. than enough (x2) more as (x2) lonely healthiest most Rooms with a point of view Kids who share a room sometimes complain that their room isn’t big 1 _________ , but a new study says teenagers who don’t share space aren’t 2 _________ happy as teenagers who do. The study found that sharers aren’t as 3 _________ as non-sharers. They might not have 4 _________ space, but there is always someone to talk to about their problems. However,