2. Exterior of your house and area

 VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Task 1. Read the texts and label the pictures with the words underlined.

The Front

My house has roses growing around the front door and the cat is usually asleep on the doorstep when I come home. In the front garden there is a lovely green hedge which grows so quickly that sometimes I can't get my car through the gate and up the drive to the garage to the left of the house. Above the door the shutters of my bedroom are closed.

The Back

In the back garden we've built a garden pond with a little wooden bench next to it. We're trying to grow some small trees along the fence so that the neighbours can't see in. The garden shed needs tidying because the children play in it in the holidays. It's getting colder in the evenings now and I can see smoke coming out of the chimney on the roof which means there's a fire inside. On the window sill my wife has put some flowerpots with her favourite plants.

Task 2. Complete the sentences using the word in brackets.

1. An (INDUSTRY)_ industrial_area can be polluted because of all the large factories but at least I can get a job easily.

2. Living in an (AGRICULTURE) __________ area means a quiet life away from the city but it's nice to get fresh food from the farm.

3. It takes half an hour by train from this (SUBURB) __________ area to the city centre.

4. I love living in the (COMMERCE) __________ area as I can walk to my office and be near all the big shops too.

5. It's almost all houses and flats in this (RESIDENT) __________ area.

6. Because it is a (COAST) __________ town we can get fresh fish every day.

7. Most cities have a (FINANCE) __________ centre where the banks and insurance companies have their head offices.

8. If you want to catch a train the main stations are in the (CENTRE) __________ part of the city.

Task 3. Complete each sentence (a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10) so that the meaning of the word in italics is clear. Use each ending only once.

I would prefer to live in a cottage (7) The shopping centre has a multi-storey car park My grandmother bought a bungalow It’s always nosy in my room because it faces a building site, Jenny lives in a small flat This street is only for pedestrians Helen and John live in a square Peter has moved to a London suburb This village is surrounded by lovely countryside Sue's new house is unfurnished My house is semi-detached I couldn’t find a litter bin on the pavement

on the third floor of a modern block. and he commutes to work in the centre. with room for over 2000 vehicles. but the rent is so high that she cannot afford much furniture. to throw away the wrapping. which has a beautiful garden in the middle. in a small village in the country. and the neighbours often bang on the wall. because she had difficulty climbing stairs. and they don’t stop working even at night! with fields, woods, streams and a small lake. and cars and lorries are not allowed.

Task 4. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the list below. Use each item once only.

blocks of flats litter building site housing estate

hedge quiet suburb main crops multi-storey car park

pedestrian precinct outskirts spoil the view make way for

rural life tiny cottage wander property prices

1. I've heard that the developers are building 3 more __________.

2. Residents of the new __________ were complaining about the poor bus service in the evening.

3. They want to turn the town centre into a __________ so they're trying to ban all cars from there.

4. This part of town seems to be a vast __________, with office blocks going up everywhere.

5. The new __________ can hold up to 1,000 vehicles.

6. When they had nothing to do, they would __________ around the shopping centre.

7. Our house is in a __________ about 2 miles from the city centre.

8. The hall has been demolished to __________ the new sports centre.

9. As they live on the __________ of town, they can quite easily go for a walk in the country.

10. The pace of __________ seems much slower to people from the city.

11. We don't want tourists leaving __________ everywhere as this area has been designated as one of outstanding natural beauty.

12. Wheat is one of the __________ grown in this region.

13. The __________ that used to separate the two fields has been replaced by a barbed-wire fence.

14. Those electricity pylons completely __________ over the valley.

15. She dreamed of retiring to a __________ with a beautiful garden.

16. Now that people from the city are buying second homes, __________ are too high for most young people from our village.

Task 5. Answer the following questions using the topic vocabulary.

1. Describe the view you see every day when you look out of the window in your room.

2. What does your university classroom window look out onto?

3. Make up at least 5 sentences to describe the loveliest view you’ve ever seen.