1 central – a bin
2 light – b block
3 DVD – c switch
4 ground – d flatz
5 rubbish – e floor
6 tower – f heting
7 unfurnished – g machine
8 washing – h player
1 There’s a small garden behind/between/in front of my house.
2 The Johnsons have a big fireplace in the study/bathroom/living room.
3 I always have to pay the flat/bills/rent at the beginning of the mouth.
4 Please look up/remind/find all the difficult words in a dictionary.
5 After breakfast, Maggie put the plates and cups in the sink/dishwasher/rug.
6 All the windows were quite small and had no shutters/curtains/tenants.
7 Amie has promised to make/hoover/tidy his room once a week.
4. Complete the sentences (1-8) with words from the box. Some of the words can be used twice. There are two extra words you do not need.
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1 _____ up your mind – do you want to be the dusting or the washing up?
2 I could not live on the top _____ of a block of flats. I have a fear of heights.
3 it’s a beautiful room, with a soft carpet on the _____ .
4 we’re touring Beverly Hills today and want to _____ pictures of houses of Hollywood stars.
5 Getting my own _____ is too expensive, so I’m sharing a flat with two other students.
6 My roommate needs a half an hour to _____ a shower every day – it’s very annoying.
7 I like staying in the hotels in Africa – they _____ your bed for you and decorate it with flowers.
8 The buildings was completely empty; there was no _____ of life there.
5. Complete the sentences (1-5) with words from the exercise 4.
1 Our house is very _____. There is a lot of furniture, and there are books and toys all over the place.
2 There wasn’t a _____ , so I knocked hard on the door to let them know I’d arrived.
3 Jenny opened the _____ to let more sunshine into the room.
4 It’s a very _____ kitchen with plenty of room for a large table and chairs.
5 Her flat is really _____. It isn’t big but it’s bright and warm, so it’s really nice to live there.