My Flat

We have a nice flat in a new block of flats. Our flat is on the second floor of a five-storeyed building. It has all modem conveniences: central heating, running hot and cold water, electricity, gas.

We have a three-roomed flat which consists of a living-room, a bedroom, a study (which is also my room), a kitchen, a bath-room and a toilet. Our flat has two balconies.

The living-room is the largest and most comfortable one in the flat. In the middle of the room we have a square dinner-table with six chairs round it. To the left of the dinner-table there is a wall-unit which has several sections: a sideboard, a wardrobe and some shelves. At the opposite wall there is a piano and a piano stool. To the right there is a low table with colorTV-set on it. Opposite the TV-set there are two cozy armchairs. A divan-bed and a standard lamp are in the left-hand corner. In front of the armchairs there is a small round table for newspapers and magazines. There is a thick carpet on the floor. Two pictures hang on the wall above the divan-bed. In the evening we usually draw the curtains across the windows, and a red lampshade gives a warm color to the room.

The bedroom is smaller than the living-room and not so light as there is only one window in it. In this room there are two beds, two dressing-tables and a wardrobe. In the corner of the bedroom there is a small colour TV-set. On the dressing table there is an alarm-clock and a small lamp with green lamp-shade.

Our study is the smallest room in the flat, but in spite of it, it is very comfortable. There isn't much furniture in it, but there are a lot of shelves full of books. It has a writing table, an armchair and a bookcase too. A small round table with a cassette-recorder is standing in the right-hand corner of the study. There is a small sofa near the wall opposite the bookcase. This room was my father's study, but as I grew older, it has become my room. And in my opinion it is the best room in our flat. My friends used to come to my place to have a chat or to play chess in the evening, and they say my room is very comfortable. I share their opinion.

What are these parts of the house used for? Match each part of the house with what we usually do there.

1) kitchen a) a place to wash

2) dining-room b) a place to sleep

3) bedroom c) a place to leave your street clothes

4) garage d) a place to relax and talk

5) garden e) a place to cook

6) bathroom f) a place to grow flowers

7) living room g) a place to keep a car

8) hall/entry hall h) a place to keep garden tools

9) shed i) a place to keep household equipment

10) closet j) a place to eat

Chose the best variant to fill the gaps in these sentences:

1. Some buildings have a basement room where things are stored and it is called _________.

a) an attic b) a cellar c) a garret d) a pantry

2. Some rooms don’t have curtains on the windows, they have ___________ instead.

a) blinds b) panes c) frames d) glazing

3. He keeps all his tools and do-it-yourself equipment in a ________ in the back garden.

a) stable b) hothouse c) shed d) hut

4. We haven’t got a garage, so we leave our car outside the house in the __________.

a) Path b) driveway c) parking d) porch

5. In your own garden you can sunbathe on the ________ in the summer.

a) Field b) pasture c) lawn d) flowerbed

Which part of the house is different from the other three in each group and why?