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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?
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