- •9. Review 39 housing
- •Introduction
- •1. Types of houses
- •1.1 A place to live
- •1.2 Britain explored
- •1.3 Accommodation
- •2. Exterior of your house and area
- •3. Rooms and utilities
- •3.1 The house that has everything
- •3.2 Looking round a house
- •4. FurNiture, appliances and gadgets
- •4.1 What is there in your room?
- •4.2 A room with a view
- •4.2.1 Vocabulary and grammar practice
- •4.3 Review
- •5. The way we live
- •5.1 Renting a house
- •5.2 Buying a house
- •5.3 A place of your own
- •5.4 Dream home
- •6. What needs doing
- •6.1 Mum, I've found a flat!
- •6.2 It definitely needs seeing to
- •7. My favourite room
- •8. Home idioms & proverbs
- •It's home from home.
- •9. Review
- •Language material for expressing likes, dislikes and preferences:
3. Rooms and utilities
3.1 The house that has everything
VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Task 1. Word puzzle. Find the rooms and parts of the house hidden in the puzzle. One has been done for you. Complete the following sentences with the words from the puzzle.
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When you come in through the front door of a house the first place you often stand is the ____________________.
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You normally cook in the ____________________.
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You sleep in the ____________________.
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Some houses have a room where you eat. It's called the ____________________.
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In a house with more than one floor, you walk up and down the ____________________.
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The bedrooms and bathroom upstairs often have doors onto the ____________________.
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Some houses have a room where you can do exercises and keep fit. It's called the ____________________.
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When there is an extra room in a house, some people make this the ____________________ where children can play.
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Some people use the extra room to work in. It's called the ____________________.
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Some people have a bedroom for guests. This is called the ____________________.
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The room where you watch TV and relax is called the __________.
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You wash and have a shower in the ____________________
Task 2. You probably already know the names of most rooms and locations in a typical home. Here are some less common ones and what they are for. Match the words to their meanings.
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Task 3. Fill in the gaps and place labels on the plan of the house.
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I've got a darkroom in the ____________ where I develop films. It's perfect because there are no windows down there.
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We keep our skis up in the ____________ during the summer. They're out of the way up there.
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You'll find the garden-chairs in the ____________ at the bottom of the garden.
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Bring them up and we'll have a drink on the ____________ and watch the sunset.
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The light-switch for the stairs is on the ____________ as you come out of your bedroom.