Text b my flat

We have a three-room flat in a nine-storey building in Ulyanovsky prospect. We live in a block of flats built only six years ago, but it already needs repairing. We live on the last - ninth floor. On the one hand, I like it because we have a nice view from the windows. But on the other hand, we sometimes have to walk up the stairs when the elevator breaks down. Our house has all the traditional convenience – cold and hot running water, central heating, gas and chute to carry rubbish down.

There are three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet and a hall in our flat. It is a pity our hall is very small. There is only place for a chest of drawers for shoes and a coat rack.

Our kitchen is large. Everything is spick and span in it. There is a gas stove for cooking , a sideboard for keeping the dishes, a wall unit for keeping the dishes, a wall unit for keeping cups and glasses, a fridge and a table with four chairs around it. Our kitchen is rather cosy.

The living room is the biggest room in our flat. It is a large square room with two broad windows. The walls of the room are papered with wallpapers. There is a thick carpet on the floor and beautiful white and blue curtains on the windows. We have a side-board, a cupboard and two big bookcase. There is also a sofa, two armchairs .

My parents’ bedroom is much smaller, the living room is almost twice as big. There are two beds, a bedside table, mother’s dressing table and a wardrobe there.

My room is the smallest. There is a writing table at the window, a bookcase by the left wall and a sofa by the right wall.

Vocabulary

A block of flats – многоквартирный дом

A house – дом

A floor - этаж

An elevator - лифт

Comfortable - удобный

A study - кабинет

A bed-room - спальня

A sitting-room - гостиная

A dining-room - столовая

A living-room – жилая комната

A kitchen - кухня

A bath-room - ванная

Square - квадратный

Round - круглый

In the middle – в середине

An arm-chair - кресло

A writing-table – письменный стол

A sideboard - буфет

Wardrobe – гардероб (шкаф)

To listen to the radio – слушать радио

A book-case – книжный шкаф

A sofa - диван

Conveniences - удобства

Central heating - отопление

A gas stove – газовая плита

A carpet - ковер

A curtain - занавеска

A bed - кровать

A picture - картина

Exercise 1. Fill in the gap using the necessary articles.

My brother Peter lives in … .This is … picture of his study. There is … large window in his study. …ceiling is white, … floor is brown, … walls are yellow. There is …writing-table near … window and … arm-chair near it. You can see … telephone and …lamp on … writing table. There aren’t many English books in … bookcase; but there are … lot of … Russian books in it. There is … sofa in … corner of his study.

Exercise 2. Make up questions to the underlined words.

1. There are five chairs in the room.

2. Mary’s mother theaches her children to play the piano.

3. Her parents live in Kiev.

4. Our kitchen is rather cosy.

5. Our house has all the traditional conveniences.

Exercise 3. Are the statements true or false?

1. Our house has all the traditional convenience – cold and hot running water, central heating, gas and chute to carry rubbish down.

2. There are four rooms in our flat.

3. In the kitchen there is a gas stove for cooking , a sideboard for keeping the dishes, a wall unit for keeping the dishes, a wall unit for keeping cups and glasses, a fridge and a table with four chairs around it.

4. The walls of the room are papered with wallpapers.

5. There is a thick carpet on the floor and beautiful red and white curtains on the windows.

Exercise 4. Fill in the gap.

1. There is only place … a chest of drawers … shoes and a coat rack.

2. It is a large square room … two broad windows.

3. My parents’ bedroom is much smaller, the living room is … almost … twice … big.

4. There … a writing table at the window, a bookcase by the left wall and a sofa by the right wall.

5. There are … two beds, … bedside table, … mother’s dressing table and … wardrobe there.

Exercise 5. Tell your group mates about your flat / house.