Control Test Unit 2 Houses

Vocabulary

1 Complete the sentences with the correct words

1.     It was getting cold, so she covered her legs with a warm _________.

2.  Look at this _________. There’s a house for sale in the suburbs. Why not go and see it this afternoon?

3.  I dream of living in a house that would _________the ocean.

4. They’re thinking of leaving the city and moving to a _________area.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letters have been given.

1.     It’s my job every weekend to h_________ the carpets all over the house.

2.  The l_________ is out of order so we’ll need to take the stairs.

3.  The walls and the c_________ in the living room need painting after my neighbours’ flat next floor got flooded.

4. Why are your clothes on the chair? Fold them and put them away in the w_________!

5. Mr and Mrs Smith have just moved to a d________ house in the suburbs.

6. Elderly people who need special care sometimes decide to move to n________ homes.

7. When Jim and Mary come to visit us, they usually sleep in the s________ room.

8. The bedroom was very luxurious, with a huge d________ bed in the middle.

9. There was a solid high wall made of red b________ around the mansion.

10. We decided to cover the floor with a f________ carpet because it didn’t look very nice.

11. It is a brush with a long handle, used for sweeping floors: b _ _ _ _

12.  It is a structure inside which you put a picture or a mirror: f _ _ _ _

13. It is an appliance used for boiling water. k _ _ _ _ _

3 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1.     Could you........................an eye on my luggage for a moment?

2. The flat is just great. We really can’t................. .

3. There is not enough .................... housing for people who aren’t very rich.

4. ‘Stop that noise at once!’ she said in a...................voice.

5. He was annoyed about the joke, so he just turned his back and ................... .

Grammar      

4 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1.     We’re going to buy ....................... new furniture for our new flat.

2.  I’m in trouble and I need ...................advice from you about my new roommate.

3. I’m afraid there is very ......................paint left. Could you get some on your way back home to complete renovation?

4. She isn’t inviting many people to her housewarming party, just ................ good friends.

5. I don’t remember how ...........................times I’ve asked you to come round and see our new place.

6. There's ............................ room for my new big double bed

7. There.........................a lot of empty rooms in the hostel for guests. And they can put you up for the weekend

8. There ...........................no restrictions on how many people can live in the house at any given time.

9. Generally, there ...........................discount for empty properties, but some councils will offer a discount.

10. On the renting market, there .....................different types of houses shares available.

Use of English

Complete the e-mail with the correct words. 

Hi Peter,

Great news! After the holiday I am going to study in Warsaw, and I (1)          a place to rent! 

It is not far from the city centre, on the 10th floor of a (2)                       .

And the (3) ________ is just great !

My room (4) ________ the Vistula River and the city centre. 

Of course, you need a (5) ________ to get upstairs – walking would be exhausting.

I need to think about buying (6)              furniture.

It's because my room is (7) ________, 

I (8)                     a second-hand desk and a bed on the Internet, as I don’t want to spend too much money on them. 

There’s no bath, just a (9) ________. 

My flatmates are very nice, and I (10)                       do too much housework.

I just sweep the floor and (11)               my room of course.

Hope you’ll visit me soon!

Bye,

Jack    

Listening

You will hear twice four people talking about different places to live. For each extract (1-4) choose the answer (A-E) which you think fits best according to what you hear. There is one extra sentence that you do not need to use.

A The speaker describes the neighbourhood where he/she lives.

B The speaker complains about living in a block of flats.

C The speaker advertises a particular type of houses.

D The speaker gives advice about choosing a place to live.

E The speaker describes a disadvantage of living in the suburbs.

A The speaker describes the neighbourhood where he/she lives.

B The speaker complains about living in a block of flats.

C The speaker advertises a particular type of houses.

D The speaker gives advice about choosing a place to live.

E The speaker describes a disadvantage of living in the suburbs

A The speaker describes the neighbourhood where he/she lives.

B The speaker complains about living in a block of flats.

C The speaker advertises a particular type of houses.

D The speaker gives advice about choosing a place to live.

E The speaker describes a disadvantage of living in the suburbs

A The speaker describes the neighbourhood where he/she lives.

B The speaker complains about living in a block of flats.

C The speaker advertises a particular type of houses.

D The speaker gives advice about choosing a place to live.

E The speaker describes a disadvantage of living in the suburbs

A The speaker describes the neighbourhood where he/she lives.

B The speaker complains about living in a block of flats.

C The speaker advertises a particular type of houses.

D The speaker gives advice about choosing a place to live.

E The speaker describes a disadvantage of living in the suburbs

Reading

Read the following text. Three sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences (A-E) the one which fits each gap (1-3) to obtain a logical and grammatically correct text. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use.

When I came back to the flat, I was sharing with Mark, a college friend, it was already past midnight. I had spent the weekend in my hometown with my parents and I was feeling quite relaxed. I quietly unlocked the door and went into the flat. (1)___ I nearly fell over Mark’s sports bag, which he’d carelessly left in the middle of the hall. 

His shoes and tennis stuff were lying all around the floor. I took off my coat and went to the kitchen to have some tea. It was the same old story there. (2)___ Food leftovers were on the table and the bin was so full that some rubbish had fallen over it onto the floor. 

Angry, I dashed to the living room, which I’d carefully tidied on Friday before leaving the place. The awful smell of cigarette smoke hit my nose as soon as I opened the door. I’d asked him a thousand times not to smoke in the flat. The living room wasn’t any better than the kitchen. (3)___ He hadn’t even emptied the ashtray, which was full of cigarette ends and gave off a terrible smell.

‘I’ve had enough of that!’ I thought as I walked angrily into his bedroom.