Unit 4 Exercise 4

1. The Earth takes 365 % days to go round the Sun.

2. The earth shook beneath his feet and he realised how insecure his shelter was.

3. The next minute the teacher's strict voice brought him hack down to earth and he heard: "Come up to the blackboard".

4. The new spacious hall of residence became home to 500 students from different countries.

5. In his son's early years he worked away from home and saw very little of him.

6. Morocco is his home, but he's living in France just now.

7. There's not enough space for my clothes in this cupboard.

8. When you're driving in bad weather make sure there's plenty of space between you and the cars in front and behind.

9. While I was away on a long business trip I stored all my possessions in my mother's house.

10. Many animals make a store of food for winter.

11. His leg was badly damaged in the car crash but the surgeons were able to save it from amputation.

12. I save all my letters i

13. n case I want to read them again.

14. They tried to save their marriage, but in the end they decided they could no longer stay together.

15. We'll save time if we take a taxi to the railway station instead of going by bus.

16. We were caught in a thunderstorm, without anywhere to shelter.

17. The mosque provided shelter for hundreds of families whose homes had been flooded.

18. Although she had a very sheltered childhood, she learned to cope with life hardships.

19. Inhabitants of northern regions are used to long severe winters and short warm summers.

20. This island is inhabited by the tribe whose language is of much interest to linguists.

21. From the outside the block looked uninhabitable, but in one of the flats on the ground floor we found a few people.

22. His lifestyle did not seem compatible with marriage, but to everyone's surprise he made a caring and reliable husband.

23. The new laws are absolutely incompatible with the government's whole policy on education.

24. The local authorities do not seem to worry about the poor people dwelling in the city slums.

25. The city's three-year plan provides for the construction of several hundreds of dwellings for the homeless.

26. Polluted air, noise and traffic congestion cause a lot of health problems for city dwellers.

27. It costs a lot to rent accommodation in the centre of London. / The cost of renting accommodation in the centre of London is very high.

28. Because of the high advertising costs the company had to raise the prices of their goods.

29. It is just a convention that men do not wear skirts. / That men do not wear skirts is just a convention.

30. As an artist I find him very conventional - he doesn't have any new ideas and techniques.

31. These computer disks can store 400 times more information than a conventional floppy disk.

Exercise 9

1. It took me at least half an hour to find their block of flats in this crowded district.

2. You've painted the living room walls different colours. It looks great! - Yes, I've also bought new curtains to match the walls.

3. Since we've been living / we've lived on the outskirts of the city I've been driving to work.

4. All the furniture in our country cottage looks rustic, but it's very comfortable.

5. This flat is fully furnished. I've only bought a few shelves because I've got a lot of books.

6. They would like to rent a 2-bedroom(ed) flat with a spacious kitchen.

7. How long ago did you have your flat redecorated? - About three years (ago).

8. Have you ever thought of selling your house in the suburbs and moving somewhere closer to the centre?

9. The huge living-room on the first floor looks out over a well-kept garden.

10. We've had a sliding door fitted in the bathroom to save some space in our narrow corridor.

11. The front door leads to a tiny hall which only makes room for two or three people at a time.

12. The president of the company was provided a luxurious suite in the city's best hotel.

13. The young couple could only rent a bedsit.

14. When I didn't have a washing machine I used to wash the bed linen at a launderette.

15. House prices in this fashionable district are not affordable to most of the citizens.

16. It's very convenient that this maisonette has a separate entrance.

17. My friends live in a block of flats within walking distance of the nearest underground station.

18. My father's study is so cramped with books and papers that it's very difficult to tidy it up.

19. There's a carpet on the floor of the nursery room that lasted a good ten years.

20. I cannot but agree that living underground you can save a lot of money on heating and electricity bills.

21. On the ground floor of our block there's a good shop where we do all the shopping. - It's very convenient, but we haven't got a big shop in our neighbourhood.

22. My husband's got a bad habit of smoking in bed, so he always keeps an ashtray on his bedside table.

23. Several bright cushions on the sofa and a few photos of the children on the mantelpiece give their sitting-room a cosy lived-in look.

24. I can't stand bare walls and empty windowsills. There're a lot of pictures, ornaments and potted plants in my home.

25. As soon as I buy / have bought an ironing board, I'll stop ironing on the dinner table.