Family

1. Listen to the text and complete the table.

Favourite Rooms

There are four of us: father, mother, my brother and I. Each of us has his favourite place in our flat. My father’s favourite room is his study. There are books, pictures on the walls, a video screen and a computer. He usually writes his articles there. My mother’s favourite place is our kitchen. She likes to sit there with a cup of coffee looking through her favourite magazines. My favourite place is our living room. We have got a very good stereo system there. I often play my music in the living room. My brother Nick likes to play in our room. There are a lot of wonderful toys and books in our room.

2. Read the text. Correct the wrong sentences after it.

Our Special Room

The kitchen is the most important room in many houses. So it is in our house. It is not only where we cook and eat but it’s also the meeting place for family and friends. It is not very big. It is the warmest room in winter. You can always find something tasty there. It’s tidy. There are never dirty dishes in the sink. There are wonderful flowers on the window-sill. The blue curtains on the window make our kitchen very cosy. It is wonderful when we all sit round the table drinking tea and chatting about everything. We usually tell Mum our secrets and discuss our plans for the future in the kitchen. Whenever we have a party, our friends gravitate to the kitchen. It’s our special room.

gravitate – устремляться

1)The kitchen is rather important room in many houses.

2)The living room is the meeting place for family and friends.

3)It is the warmest room in summer.

4)There are always dirty dishes in the sink.

5)The pink curtains on the window make our kitchen very cosy.

6)We usually chat in the kitchen.

3. Put the sentences in the correct order to make the conversations.

a)– We live in a lighthouse.

–No, we don’t.

–Where do you live?

–Do you live in an ordinary house?

–Do you like living there?

–It’s romantic and unusual. But I think it’s better to live in an ordinary house with all modern conveniences.

b)– Do you live in a quiet area?

–Yes, we do. We have gas, electricity, running water and central heating. It is very convenient.

–Do you have all modern conveniences?

–Do you live in an unusual house?

–No, we don’t. We live in an ordinary house.

–Yes, we do. And our house is not far from my school.

TESTS English

47

January 2013

Five-Minute Tests

1I

Complete the text by changing the form of the word in capitals.

When we were small (1)_________

(WE) mum almost (2)________(EVER) shouted at us. When we did something wrong, she talked to (3)_________(WE) about it very (4)_________ (FIRM), but in a calm tone of voice. If we shouted and cried, she made us go and sit by

(5)____________(WE) in her sewing room and we calmed down.

Key: 1. our; 2. never; 3. us; 4. firmly; 5. ourselves.

2I

Read the text and think of the word which best fits each space.

When the News Came….

My mother and my father are very different people. Mum is always very calm; not exactly easy-going, because she

(1)_______ take things very seriously sometimes; but she (2)_________ get excited. So when (3)_____ news came, she reacted in (5)______ usual way, quietly seeing (5)_______ she could do to prepare for the changes (6)_______ were coming.

Dad, on the other (7)______, shouted, kicked a chair, and went for a long walk to try and cool off. During the next few days he was cross with us a lot of time,

(8)_________ upset us, as it was not our fault.

All of us, kids, were worried (9)______

what was going to happen, and a bit afraid; but we didn’t talk to our parents much. Most of all, we were sad about having (10)_______ leave all of our school friends.

English TESTS

48

January 2013

Five-Minute Tests

3E

Make these questions complete.

1.How many ________ you in your family?

2.Who ________ your family consist of?

3.Who is the first ________ get up in the morning in your family ?

4.When ________ your parents come home from work?

5.________ you help your parents with the housework?

Key: 1. are; 2. does; 3. to; 4. do; 5. Do.

4I

Complete the chart.

Key:

By Youdif Boyarskaya,

School No. 814, Moscow

4. These sentences are broken in half. Use eight pieces to make four complete sentences. Then write sentences in the space below.

1)Many English families….

2)There are two….

3)The bedrooms and a bathroom…

4)The living room, the kitchen and a hall….

a)… are downstairs on the ground floor.

b)… live in flats, but some people have got their own houses.

c)… floors in the traditional English house.

d)… are upstairs on the first floor.

5.Put in there was or there were.

1) … a lot of books in the wall unit. 2) … blue curtains on the window. 3) … a lot of clothes in the wardrobe. 4) … a carpet on the floor.

5) … all modern conveniences in the house. 6) … a refrigerator in the corner of the kitchen.

6.Put in was or were.

1)… there a wall unit in the living room?

2)… there pictures on the wall?

3)… there bookshelves in the room?

4)… there a table near the window?

5)… there three or two bedrooms in the house?

6)… there a comfortable armchair in the room?

Key:

2.1) The kitchen is the most important room in many houses.

2)The kitchen is the meeting place for family and friends.

3)It is the warmest room in winter.

4)There are never dirty dishes in the sink.

5)The blue curtains on the window make our kitchen very cosy.

6)We usually discuss our plans for the future in the kitchen.

3.a) – Do you live in an ordinary house?

– No, we don’t.

– Where do you live?

– We live in a lighthouse.

– Do you like living there?

– It’s romantic and unusual. But I think it’s better to live in an ordinary house with all modern conveniences.

b) – Do you live in an unusual house?

– No, we don’t. We live in an ordinary house.

– Do you have all modern conveniences?

– Yes, we do. We have gas, electricity, running water and central heating. It is very convenient.

– Do you live in a quiet area?

– Yes, we do. And our house is not far from my school.

4.1. b; 2. c; 3. d; 4. a

5.1) there were; 2) there were; 3) there were; 4) there was; 5) there were; 6) there was.

6.1) Was; 2) Were; 3) Were; 4) Was; 5) Were; 6) Was.

By Youdif Boyarskaya,

School No. 814, Moscow