Pillow radiator settee socket

a) Is that chair comfortable, or would you like to use a .... cushion......?

b) Peter couldn’t use his computer as there wasn’t a.................................. in the room.

c) This house has central heating, and there’s a...... in every room.

d) I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as my head touched the..........................................................................................................

e) Could you draw the................................? Someone is staring through the window.

f) My bedroom has a fitted........................................... which covers the whole floor.

g) The knives and forks are in the second...................... on the left.

h) Come over here and sit next to me on the …….....…..................

8 Choose the most suitable word underlined in each sentence.

a) We arranged to meet in the centre of town in the main place/ square.

b) Their cottage is in the heart of some beautiful country/countryside.

c) The children spent all day playing on the sandy beach/seaside.

d) I dropped my ice-cream on the earth/ground, so I couldn’t eat it.

e) This footpath/pavement leads across the fields to the village.

f) There was a wonderful scenery/view from my hotel room.

g) You can’t stop here. Car-park/Parking is not allowed in this street.

h) Helen decided to leave the country/land and work abroad.

i) Buses pass the bus station/stop outside my house every ten minutes.

9 Complete each sentence with a verb from the list in a suitable form. You can use a verb more than once.

drop finish get look move put take turn

a) I’ve got nowhere to stay tonight. Can you ... put.... me up?

b) We’ve bought a new house but we can’t..... in until next month.

c) Adrian doesn’t................................ on with his neighbours, because they are so noisy.

d) Jan likes cooking, but she says it................. up a lot of her time.

e) Don’t forget to.............. off the television before you go to bed.

f) Helen has done most of the decorating and plans to......................................... it off tomorrow.

g) I have a large room, and it.............. out onto a beautiful garden.

h) Karen and Mike live next door and they often....... in for a chat.

10 Fill the gaps in this passage with this, their, a, the, or 0 (i.e. no article). Give a summary of the text.

60% of families in............ UK own............ own homes after borrowing money (known as............ mortgage) from............ building society or bank. They have to make............ monthly repayment of............ total sum (plus interest) for 20-25 years. Borrowers can usually borrow............ sum equivalent to three times............ annual salary, but need to put down........... cash deposit of 10% of........... purchase price............. people in Britain tend to move........... home several times in........... lives............. typical pattern is for............ young couple to start as ‘first-time buyers’ in............ small flat or house, then move to........... larger house when they have............ family and, when........... children have left............ home, to move into........... smaller house or bungalow. Usually they move into............ other people’s houses or into........... new home that has been built on............ new estate by............ builder. Families in............ lower income groups are more likely to live in............ rented accommodation, for example in......... council house or flat.

Moving home can be............ stressful experience, only slightly less traumatic than........... bereavement or divorce. Often........... buyer and seller of............ house are part of............ ‘chain’, where............ sale of one house depends on............ whole series of strangers doing........... same thing at............ same time. If one deal falls through at........... last moment,........ whole chain breaks down and no one is able to move.

11 Complete each part sentence a) to h) with one of the endings 1) to 8).

a) Please sit down and make yourself. 4) at home, while I make tea.