Dialogue 2

Kate: Pete, have you moved to a new flat?

Pete: Yes, we have. Our new address is: 16 Lesnaya Street, flat 22.

Kate: Is it far from the centre of the city?

Pete: It takes me about forty minutes to get to the University by bus.

Kate: What floor is your flat on?

Pete: It's on the fourth floor. There are nine storeys in the house.

Kate: Is there a lift?

Pete: Of course, there is.

Kate: How many rooms are there in your flat?

Pete: There are two rooms, a kitchen, a hall and a bathroom in it. One room is 16 sq.m. and the other is 12 sq.m. The kitchen is rather large, it serves as a dining-room.

Kate: Are you on the phone?

Pete: I'm sorry to say, we aren't.

Kate: You have all modern conveniences, haven't you?

Pete: Yes, we have, even a chute for refuse. Well, next Sunday we are going to have a house - wanning party. Come to our place and see it with your own eyes.

Kate: Thanks, I will.

Exercises

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.

1. What place are you from? Have you a flat or a house? How many rooms are there in your flat (house)? What floor is your flat on? Is it convenient to live on the ground floor? (on the top floor?). Is there a lift in your house?

2. What modern conveniences are there in your flat? Is there a chute for refuse? Have you got a gas or an electric stove? Does it take much time to cook breakfast (to boil the kettle) on a gas stove? What furniture is there in the kitchen? Do you have your meals in the kitchen or in the dining-room?

3. Which is the largest room in your flat? Whose room is it? What is there in this room? Is there much furniture in this room? What is there in the centre of the room? Are there any pictures on the walls? What is there on the floor?

4. You have a room of your own, haven't you? Is it warm and light? It is not very large, is it? What pieces of furniture are there in your room? Where do you keep your books? There is a wardrobe in your room, isn't there? What colour curtains are there on the windows? What colour is the wallpaper in your room? Where do you sleep? Are there any arm-chairs in your room?

Exercise 2. Answer the questions below using the following words: at the wall, in front of, in the left (right) -hand corner, to the right of, on the left, to the left of, in the centre of, in the middle of, at the opposite wall, above the table, on the wall, at the window, between the windows, round the table.

1. Where is the dining-room in your flat? 2. Where is the wardrobe? 3. Where are the chairs? 4. Where is the TV set? 5. Where is the dressing-table? 6. Where is the sofa? 7. Where is the sideboard? 8. Where are the pictures? 9. Where is the standard lamp? 1.0. Where are the arm-chairs? 11. Where is the lamp? 12. Where is the piano? 13. Where are the bookshelves?

Exercise 3. Make up sentences according to the example.

Example: 1. A kitchen - A kitchen is a room where we cook meals.

2. A dining-table - A dining-table is a table (a piece of furniture) at which we have meals.

A bedroom, a study, a wardrobe, a sideboard, a writing-desk, a bookcase, a bookshelf, a sofa.

To sleep, to work, to keep clothes, to keep glassware and dishes, to write and read, to keep books.

Exercise 4. Form tag-questions from the following sentences.

Example: There is a sofa at the wall, ...?

There is a sofa at the wall, isn't there?

1. Your flat is on the second floor, ... ?

2. There is little furniture in your room, ... ?

3. The TV set is in the left-hand corner of the room, ... ?

4. The curtains in your bedroom are light blue, ... ?

5. There are all modern conveniences in your flat, ... ?

6. The telephone is in the hall, ... ?

7. There are many English and German books on the shelves, ...?

8. The living-room is the best room in your flat, ...?

9. There is much air in your flat, ...?

10. The wallpaper in your study is green, ...?

Exercise 5. Disagree with the statements below. Begin your sentence with one of the following: I don't think so, I'm afraid you are wrong, on the contrary, it's not so, far from it.

1. It is very convenient to live on the ground floor. 2. Now your friends live in the centre of the city. 3. It takes you about forty minutes to get to the University. 4. You keep your books on the writing desk, don't you? 5. Your sister has a two-room flat, hasn't she? 6. They are not on the phone, are they? 7. There are no modern conveniences in this house. 8. Ann lives on the top floor. 9. A gas-stove is better than an electric one.

Exercise 6. Choosing the words from the list below furnish your study, bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining-room.

A sideboard, a cupboard, a piano, a bed, a night table, a dressing-table, a sofa, a bookcase, a wardrobebe, a small table, a TV set, a tape recorder, a writing desk, shelves for household things, stools, chairs, armchairs, refrigerator (fridge), a kitchen table, books-helves, a carpet, some pictures, a piano, a vase with flowers.

Exercise 7. Answer the following questions using the words from exercises 2 and 6.

1. Where are you going to place the piano? 2. In which corner are you going to place the TV set? 3.What are you going to put between the windows? 4. What are you going to hang on the wafts? 5. Where are you going to place the fridge? 6. What are you going to put on the floor? 7. Where are you going to place the wardrobe? 8. Where are you going to keep all your books? 9. What are you going to place between the sofa and the wardrobe? 10. What do you want to put at the wall? 11. Where is the place for the standard lamp? 12. What furniture do you want to have in the kitchen?

Exercise 8. Ask your fellow-students:

1.

... if she (he) lives in the hostel

... how many they are in the room

... if the room is large

... where they keep their books (clothes)

... if there is a TV set ( radio set, tape recorder) in their room

... what floor their room is on

2.

... what place she (he) is from

... if her parents have a house

... how many rooms there are in their house

... if there is a garden near the house

... if there are modern conveniences in the house

3.

... if she (he) has a flat

... how many rooms there are in the flat

... what they are

... what furniture there is in the bedroom, study, living room, dining-room

... if they have their meals in the kitchen or in the dining-room

... if she (he) has a room of her (his) own; what furniture there is in her (his) room.

Exercise 9. Complete the following sentences.

1. I'm fond of our new flat because ... . 2. It's very convenient to .... 3. There are nine storeys in the house, that's why it ... . 4. The room looks very small because ... . 5. The best place for the TV set is ... . 6. There are all modem conveniences in the flat, such as ... . 7. Our flat is not very large, there are ... . 8. Let's place the sofa ... .

Exercise 10. What will you say if you want your daughter (son, husband, etc.):

to wash up after dinner; to dust the furniture; to hang the curtains; to clean the carpet; to scrub the floor; to put everything in its place; to tidy up; to water the flowers; to sweep the floor; to air the room.

Exercise 11. Complete the dialogue.

Pete: Hello, Nick, have you moved to a new flat?

Nick: (Answers in the affirmative)

Pete: What is your address?

Nick: (Gives his address and says that they live rather far from the centre of the city)

Pete: How long does it take you to get to the office?

Nick: (Says that not very much but he has to change buses)

Pete: What kind of flat is it?

Nick: (Describes his flat and invites Pete to the house-warming party next Sunday)

Pete: Thanks, most willingly.

Exercise 12. Ask your fellow students some questions from the chart below.

How much	you	to do the flat
time does it	your sister	to scrub the floor
take	your mother	to cook breakfast
	your friend	to get to the office
	your brother	to do the shopping
How long	your father	to wash up after dinner
does it take		to make coffee
		to dust the furniture
		to read a two-page
		English text
		to do grammar exercises
		to knit a sweater
		to make a cake
		to get to school

Exercise 13. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and postverbal adverbs wherever necessaiy.

1. My sister is married. She has a family ... her own. They all live ... her husband's parents. They live ... Sadovaya street. Their house is ... a five-storey building. Their flat is ... the third floor. There are all modern conveniences ... the flat.

2. There is not much furniture ... the living room. A square table is ... the middle ... the room. There are six chairs ... the table. ... the right-hand corner there is a small table ... a TV set ... it. ... it there is a piano, ... the opposite wall there is a sideboard where we keep dishes and glassware. There is a beautiful carpet ... the floor. ... the wall there are some pictures and my grandmother's portrait.

3. My friends have moved ... a new flat. Now they live rather far ... the centre ... the city. They live ... a ten-storey building. There is a lift ... the house. Their flat is... the sixth floor.

Exercise 14. Translate into English the words below and use them in sentences of your own.

В центре города; переехать в новую квартиру; обставить квартиру; много (мало) мебели; в правом углу; у противоположной стены; в прихожей; полки для посуды; шкаф для одежды; в середине комнаты; столик для телевизора; спальня; туалетный столик; вытирать пыль; подмести пол; прибрать квартиру.

Exercise 15. Translate into English.

У моей сестры - отдельная квартира недалеко от центра города. Квартира не очень большая, но удобная. В ней две комнаты, кухня, прихожая, ванная. В доме современные удобства. В кухне стоит газовая плита, холодильник, стол, несколько табуреток, шкаф и полки для посуды. Кухня очень чиустая и уютная. Она служит одновременно и столовой. На мытье посуды у сестры уходит мало времени, потому что есть горячая вода. В прихожей стоит вешалка для одежды и небольшой столик для телефона. У двери лежит небольшой коврик (rug). Одна комната служит гостиной, вторая - спальней. В гостиной стоит круглый стол, шесть стульев, сервант, столик с телевизором, два кресла и тахта. Над тахтой висят книжные полки. В спальне стоит кровать, туалетный столик, платяной шкаф и ночной столик. На полу лежит большой толстый ковер. Сестра очень довольна своей квартирой.

Exercise 16. Make up dialogues on the following topics:

1) Discussing a new flat.

2) Furnishing a new flat.