Контрольна робота за підручником "Solutions Third Edition Intermediate" (Тема 4 "Describing houses and homes", варіант 2).

Unit 4 Short Test Variant 2

Grammar

1  Complete the sentences with comparative forms and the adjectives and adverbs below.

bad close early interesting tall

1. The car got ________________ and ________________ to us, and then it stopped in front of our house.

2. I’m terrible at French. In fact, I got ________________ mark in the class in our last test.

3. Most matches start at 3 p.m., but this one starts ________________ − it’s at 1.30.

4. Jenny isn’t ________________ her sister Clara. Jenny is 1 m 60 cm and Clara is 1 m 75 cm.

5. I really liked the last book by this author, but this one is much ________________ . In fact, it’s really quite boring!

Vocabulary

• Match definitions 1−5 with words A−F. There is one extra word.

1. This old country house has an unusual roof.

2. Things grow in this part of the garden.

3. This room is under a house.

4. You can move this house to a different place.

5. You build this to make a house bigger.

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A mobile home

2. extension

3. porch

4. flowerbed

5. thatched cottage

6. cellar

• Choose the correct words to complete the estate agents’ adverts.

A house in the country

This beautiful cottage is in a ¹remote / spacious village on the north coast of Scotland, about fifty kilometres from the nearest big town. It’s small, but ²charming / spacious, and it has beautiful views of the sea. So if you want to spend your holidays in a ³peaceful / lively location, this is the place for you.

A terraced house in a popular part of London

This ⁴substantial / tiny terraced house has five bedrooms and a big lawn. It is located five minutes from a very ⁵lively / peaceful area of London − the restaurants, clubs and theatres of London’s West End. The house is over a hundred years old, but the last owner − an architect − rebuilt the inside of the house, so it is very modern inside.