AROUND THE HOME ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 18 AROUND THE HOME

 

A Different homes “When we first got married, we lived in a one-bedroom flat with a small kitchen, a living room and a bathroom. When our first child was born, she had to share our bedroom. [use something at the same time as someone else] Now we live in a four-bedroom house. Our bedroom has an en-suite bathroom [a bathroom connected to the bedroom], our two teenage children have their own rooms [they do not have to share], we have a spare room for guests, and another bathroom. Downstairs, there’s a living room, a dining room and a study [a room where people can work]. We’ve also got a lovely big kitchen with a fridge-freezer, a cooker with two ovens and a dishwasher [a machine for washing dishes]. Next to it, there’s a small utility room where we keep the washing machine.” Language help   We usually talk about a sink in the kitchen, but a (wash)basin in the bathroom. B Choices* * when you decide between two or more possibilities     EXERCISES 18.1 You are in the kitchen. Where would you put these things? 1 milk? ______ in the fridge ________________ 2 food that you want to heat very quickly? 3 meat that you are going to cook? 4 dirty clothes? 5 dirty saucepans? 6 clean cups and saucers 7 frozen food that you want to keep for several weeks? 18.2 What are these things, and which room(s) do you usually find them in? 1 girdef _________________________ fridge, in the kitchen _______________ 2 snik __________________________________________ 3 nacitusr __________________________________________ 4 shiconus __________________________________________ 5 ktelet __________________________________________ 6 bashniswa __________________________________________ 7 cparte __________________________________________ 8 lipowl __________________________________________ 9 shiwang chameni __________________________________________ 10 kocero __________________________________________ 11 chmariar __________________________________________ 12 leits __________________________________________ 18.3 Complete the sentences. 1 I’m happy with curtains or ______ blinds _______; I really don’t mind. 2 We used to have a _________________ floor, but it was a bit noisy so we put down a carpet. 3 When I got my new bedroom, my mum gave me a _________________ of curtains or blinds. 4 My mum works at home, so she spends all day in the _________________ on the computer. 5 As a child I had to _________________ a room with my sister, but now I’ve got my _________________ bedroom. 6 We often have guests to stay, but fortunately we’ve got a _________________ room. 7 ‘Dad, there’s no water coming out of the _________________ in the kitchen sink.’ 8 Some people like a sheet and _________________, but I prefer a _________________. 9 There’s a family bathroom, but I’ve got my own _________________ shower room next to the bedroom. 10 Our kitchen is small but we have a _________________ room for the washing machine. 18.4 18.5

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