THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 17 THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE

 

A Location* “We live on the outskirts of town1, and it’s a very nice location. We used to live in the centre, but we moved2 to our present flat when we had children because there’s more space3 for them to play and it has nice views4.” B Our flat “This is where we live. We rent1 a flat on the second floor. There’s a family in the flat downstairs2, and a young French couple upstairs, on the top floor. It’s a modern block of flats3, and it’s quite good, although the lift4 is small, and there’s no air conditioning5.” Language help   Flat is more common in British English; apartment is used in American English but is becoming more common in British English. Apartments are usually in large buildings; flats can be in a large building or part of a larger house. C “My parents own1 a cottage2. It’s a charming3 house and has lots of character4, but like many old buildings, it’s quite dark (opp light), quite difficult to heat5, and it doesn’t have central heating6.” EXERCISES 17.1 Are the sentences about the people on the opposite page true or false? If the sentence is false, change it to make it true. 1 They live in a house. _______ False. They live in a flat.______________________ 2 They used to live on the outskirts of town. _____________________________ 3 They own their flat. _____________________________ 4 They’ve got nice views from their flat. _____________________________ 5 They live on the first floor. _____________________________ 6 There’s a lift in the building. _____________________________ 7 A French couple live downstairs. _____________________________ 8 They own a cottage. _____________________________ 9 The cottage has lots of character. _____________________________ 10 The cottage is quite cold. _____________________________ 17.2 Are these generally positive or negative features of a home? views ______ positive________ air conditioning _________ character ___________________ dark ___________________ charming ___________________ no central heating ___________ 17.3 Label the pictures. 17.4 Complete the sentences. 1 Our flat doesn’t have air __________ conditioning ___________. 2 I live _____________ the second floor, and my cousin lives _____________, on the first floor. 3 My old flat was very small, but this one has much more _____________. 4 The flat’s in a great _____________: it’s near the centre of town but opposite a park and very quiet. 5 We live on the _____________ of town, but it’s only a twenty-minute walk to the centre. 6 The flat is on the third floor, but we can sit outside on the _____________. 7 It’s a very big house, so it costs a lot of money to _____________ in the winter. 8 I’m on the second _____________. I usually use the stairs, but take the if I’m feeling lazy. 9 I live in Paris. I used to live in Marseilles, but I _____________ to Paris when I left university. 10 I love my apartment. It has big windows, so it’s nice and _____________ inside. 17.5

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