3 Answer the following questions:

1 Where do you live?

2 Is there a lift in your block of flats?

3 Which floor is your flat on?

4 What modern conveniences are there in your flat (house)?

5 How many rooms are there in your flat?

6 Which room is the largest one? Describe it.

7 What furniture is there in your living room?

8 How many stories are there in your house?

9 Is there a yard or a park near your house?

10 Do you have a room for yourself?

11 How is your kitchen furnished?

12 Do you like your flat (house)?

13 Describe your flat (house).

4 Look at the picture.

a) Match words from the box with the items in the picture. Use your dictionary to help you.

Armchair bookcase carpet ceiling chair curtain door fireplace floor lamp light piano picture plant stereo switch table wall window

b) Where are these things? Write about the place of each object. Use the prepositions in the box.

next to in against on top of above under on

Example: the vase of flowers. The vase of flowers is on the window sill.

5 Read and translate the following text. Divide it into logical sections, suggesting a sub-heading for each. An english house

A typical English house has two floors and no cellar. The front door opens into a narrow hall, often no more than a wide passage. Off this hall there are two medium-sized rooms; one is the dining room, the other may be called the living room, the sit­ting room or the lounge. The kitchen is generally at the back of the house, and the back door opens onto the garden or the passage which runs down the side of the house. Up­stairs there are three bedrooms, a bathroom, and a toilet. There is a small garden at the front of the house and often a larger one at the back. For most people, the garden is a place for relaxation. Usually there is a garage at the side.

In winter houses in Britain used to be rather cold, since many did not have double glazing and tended to be draughty. The fire did not warm the whole room. The bed­rooms were often not heated at all. But, gradually, more people are putting in cen­tral heating and are using more electric fires. In order to save energy they some­times have secondary glazing installed, which makes the rooms draught-proof.

Only one family in a hundred has live-in help, and often this help is a girl who comes from abroad for six months to a year to learn English (an au pair).

Most people are responsible for the upkeep of their homes themselves. Do-it-yourself (DIY) is for some people a hobby, for others a necessity. The chief reason for this is the high cost of labour for services such as decorating and household repairs.

Double glazing- подвійні вікна; to be draughty- мати протяг; to be responsible for the upkeep - бути відповідальним за утримання (житла) у доброму стані; household repairs- ремонт житла

6 Re-arrange the jumbled sentences to form a coherent text:

1. Many English houses do not have double glazing.

2. A few women have a live-in help, an au pair girl, who comes from abroad for six months to a year to learn English.

3. The front door of a typical English house opens into a hallway.

4. There is a back door which opens onto the garden or the passage running along the side of the house.

5. An English house usually has two floors and no cellar.

6. More and more people are putting central heating in to replace electric and gas fires.

7. There is a small garden at the front and a larger one at the back of the house where most people like to spend their spare time.

8. The bedrooms are usually upstairs.

9. Downstairs there are usually two medium-sized living rooms and a kitchen.

10. Many people do repairs on the house themselves.

11. Most British houses have three bedrooms, but sometimes four, five or (occasionally) even more.

7 Write a summary of the text in approximately 200 words.

8 Make two lists of the things in the box:

1. Things for the bathroom. 2. Things for the kitchen.

Some things may go in both lists. Add any other word you know.

washing machine shower dishwasher soap freezer fridge sink toaster taps bath cupboards cooker towel rail toilet microwave teapot kettle table washbasin

9 Work with a partner.

a) student a: Think of a room that you like and describe it to your partner. What are your special possessions? Where are they in the room?

student B: Try to draw what your partner is describing.

b) Then exchange the roles.

10 Work with a partner. Imagine you are an estate agent and a client.

a) The estate agent should interview the client. Use the words in brackets to help you. Make notes.

1. What kind of home does the client want? (modern, small, in the country?)

2. Ask about the type and number of rooms upstairs and downstairs (large kitchen / important).

3. What would the client like to have outside? (want / a garage?)

b) The estate agent and the client should each write a short advertisement for the home.

Example: WANTED: Flat near the sea, with 3 bedrooms etc.