Exercises

Ex. 1. Make adjectives by means of the following suffixes: –y, -que, -able, -ing, -ed, -ish, -ful, -al, or –ous.

Furniture

old-fashion__

anti__

Atmosphere

comfort__

imperson__

relax__

cos__

Design and decoration

well/badly-design__

styl__

taste__

origin__

practic__

luxury__

Use the adjectives to describe your house or flat and furniture.

Ex. 2. Match these objects with a part of the house.

Object

1. empty suitcases

2. a fireplace

3. wine, coal

4. a desk, bookcases

5. a doormat

6. banisters

7. wardrobe, a chest of drawers

Part of the house

1. the cellar

2. the staircase

3. the porch

4. the bedroom

5. the lounge

6. the loft

7. the study

How many of these objects are there in your own house? What part of your house are they in?

Ex. 3. a) Put the items in the chart (some can be found in more than one room).

a bedside table blinds a bookcase the ceiling a chest of drawers curtains a dishwasher a fireplace an oven a rug

a radiator/heater a sink a flowerpot a tap a toilet a wall

a wardrobe a washbasin a cooker a sofa a washing machine a kettle a socket an alarm clock a towel a freezer

a coffee table a printer a mirror a pillow a cushion a carpet a desk a mug a frying pan a hi-fi a dustbin a computer

kitchen	bathroom	bedroom	living room	study	any/all rooms

b) Practise saying the words. Underline the stress. Add several your own words to each column.

Which things haven’t you got at home?

Ex. 4. Where are these things? Are they inside the house? Are they outside the house? Are they on the house?

A television aerial, a chimney, a corridor, an attic, a greenhouse, a gate, a lamp, post, a path, a roof, a basement, a sward, a closet, a lobby, a parterre, a hallway, a shed, a loft.

Ex. 5. Describe the usage of each appliance. Answer the questions.

an answer phone a food processor a dishwasher a hoover/vacuum cleaner a fridge a CD player a cordless telephone a washing machine an iron a microwave oven a video recorder (VCR) a hair drier

1. Which of them do you have? How often do you use them? What for?

2. Which of them do you find absolutely necessary and which could you do without? Why?

3. How did people manage when these things did not exist?

Ex. 6. Fill in the gaps with the following verbs. Say what you did about the house last Sunday.

____________________________________________________

to answer to change to clear/lay to empty to hang up to wash up to lock/unlock to put away to tidy (up) to turn on/off

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1. __________ the heater/oven/tap

2. __________ the rubbish bin

3. __________your bedroom

4. __________ the things on the floor

5. __________ a plug, a bulb

6. __________ the table

7. __________ the phone

8. __________ the dishes

9. __________ the door

10._________ your coat

Ex. 7. Fill in prepositions and adverbs where necessary. Read the text once again and retell it in the third person.