Unit Six My Flat

We have a nice flat in a new block of flats. Our flat is on the second floor of a five-storeyed building. It has all modem conveniences: central heating, running hot and cold water, electricity, gas.

We have a three-roomed flat which consists of a living-room, a bedroom, a study (which is also my room), a kitchen, a bath-room and a toilet. Our flat has two balconies.

The living-room is the largest and most comfortable one in the flat. In the middle of the room we have a square dinner-table with six chairs round it. To the left of the dinner-table there is a wall-unit which has several sections: a sideboard, a wardrobe and some shelves. At the opposite wall there is a piano and a piano stool. To the right there is a low table with color TV-set on it. Opposite the TV-set there are two cozy armchairs. A divan-bed and a standard lamp are in the left-hand corner. In front of the armchairs there is a small round table for newspapers and magazines. There is a thick carpet on the floor. Two pictures hang on the wall above the divan-bed. In the evening we usually draw the curtains across the windows, and a red lampshade gives a warm color to the room.

The bedroom is smaller than the living-room and not so light as there is only one window in it. In this room there are two beds, two dressing-tables and a wardrobe. In the corner of the bedroom there is a small colour TV-set. On the dressing table there is an alarm-clock and a small lamp with green lamp-shade.

Our study is the smallest room in the flat, but in spite of it, it is very comfortable. There isn't much furniture in it, but there are a lot of shelves full of books. It has a writing table, an armchair and a bookcase too. A small round table with a cassette-recorder is standing in the right-hand corner of the study. There is a small sofa near the wall opposite the bookcase. This room was my father's study, but as I grew older, it has become my room. And in my opinion it is the best room in our flat. My friends used to come to my place to have a chat or to play chess in the evening, and they say my room is very comfortable. I share their opinion.

What are these parts of the house used for? Match each part of the house with what we usually do there.

1. kitchen a) a place to wash

2. dining-room b) a place to sleep

3. bedroom c) a place to leave your street clothes

4. garage d) a place to relax and talk

5. garden e) a place to cook

6. bathroom f) a place to grow flowers

7. living room g) a place to keep a car

8. hall/entry hall h) a place to keep garden tools

9. shed i) a place to keep household equipment

10. closet j) a place to eat

Chose the best variant to fill the gaps in these sentences:

1. Some buildings have a basement room where things are stored and it is called _________.

1. an attic b) a cellar c) a garret d) a pantry

2. Some rooms don’t have curtains on the windows, they have ___________ instead.

1. blinds b) panes c) frames d) glazing

3. He keeps all his tools and do-it-yourself equipment in a ________ in the back garden.

1. stable b) hothouse c) shed d) hut

4. We haven’t got a garage, so we leave our car outside the house in the __________.

1. Path b) driveway c) parking d) porch

5. In your own garden you can sunbathe on the ________ in the summer.

1. Field b) pasture c) lawn d) flowerbed

Which part of the house is different from the other three in each group and why?

1. Floor, wall, stairs, ceiling;

2. Bathroom, garage, kitchen, bedroom;

3. Downstairs, upstairs, basement, roof;

4. Window, wall, garden, door;

5. Fence, path, hedge, wall.