HOME, SWEET HOME
Дополнительные упражнения для
контроля понимания пройденного материала (уч.
Английский язык, 6 кл., В.П. Кузовлев, Н.М. Лапа и др.)
Active Vocabulary:
an address, an armchair, a bookshelf, a carpet, central heating, a
chair, cosy, a cupboard, to describe, a desk, a flat, a floor, furniture, a kitchen, a
living-room, to move, a refrigerator, running water, a sofa, a stereo, a stove, a table, a
TV set, a video, a wall unit, a wall, romantic, a wardrobe, to do the washing, downstairs,
to go shopping, to iron, a meal, a houseboat, a lighthouse, quiet, a tepee, to give a
hand, in a minute, it’s OK, to sew, shall, to sweep, that’s all right, to tidy up,
upstairs, to wash dishes
Grammar: there was/were
1. Listen to the text and complete the table.
WHOSE FAVOURITE ROOMS ARE THEY?
There are four of us: father, mother, my brother and me. Each of us has
his favourite place in our flat. My father’s favourite room is his study. There are
books, pictures on the walls, a video and a computer. He usually writes his articles
there. My mother’s favourite place is our kitchen. She likes to sit there with a cup of
coffee looking through her favourite magazines. My favourite place is our living room. We
have got a very good stereo system there. I often play my music in the living room. My
brother Nick likes to play in our room. There are a lot of wonderful toys and books in our
room.
2. Read the text. Correct wrong sentences after it.
OUR SPECIAL ROOM
The kitchen is the most important room in many houses. So it is in our
house. It is not only where we cook and eat but it’s also the meeting place for family
and friends. It is not very big. It is the warmest room in winter. You can always find
something tasty there. It’s tidy. There are never dirty dishes in the sink. There are
wonderful flowers on the window-sill. The blue curtains on the window make our kitchen
very cosy. It is wonderful when we all sit round the table drinking tea and chatting about
everything. We usually tell Mum our secrets and discuss our plans for the future in the
kitchen. Whenever we have a party, our friends gravitate to the kitchen. It’s our
special room.
gravitate устремляться
1. The kitchen is a rather important room in many houses.
2. The living room is the meeting place for family and friends.
3. It is the warmest room in summer.
4. There are always dirty dishes in the sink.
5. The pink curtains on the window make our kitchen very cosy.
6. We usually chatter in the kitchen.
DIALOGUES
Read the dialogues. Learn by heart three of them. Think of your own
dialogues.
– Mum, what are you doing?
– I have a lot of things to do.
– Shall I give you a hand?
– Oh, thanks.
– What shall I do?
– You can come to the kitchen and help me to cook dinner.
– Mum, shall I give you a hand?
– It’s OK, thanks. I know you have a lot of lessons to do.
– Mum, shall I sweep the floor?
– Thank you very much. Sweep the floor in the kitchen.
– Shall I do the shopping?
– Thank you very much. I’ve bought everything.
– Shall I help you to cook supper?
– Oh, thanks. What shall we prepare?
– Is your room big?
– It’s not very big, nor very small.
– What is there in your room?
– There is a bed, a wardrobe, a desk with a computer on it. I like my room.
– Do you share a room with your brother?
– Yes, I do. We get on well. He likes music that’s why there are a lot of posters on
the wall.
– Is it your computer?
– Yes, it is. We like to play computer games.
– Where shall we put your bed?
– I think on the wall to the left of the door.
– And a desk?
– In front of the window.
– Let’s put bookshelves on the wall to the right of the desk.
– OK. That will be comfortable.
– I have to share a room with my sister.
– Do you? I don’t. I like my room. There is a sofa, wall unit, comfortable armchair
and TV set. A carpet in front of the sofa makes my room cosy.
– Do you help your Mum about the house?
– Of course, I do.
– What do you usually do?
– I like cooking and washing dishes. But I dislike sewing. And you?
– I can’t stand ironing.
– Can’t you? I can.
– Would you like to live on a houseboat?
– No, I wouldn’t. I think it’s better to live in an ordinary house.
TEST
1. Put the sentences in the correct order to make the conversations.
a) We live in a lighthouse.
No, we don’t.
Where do you live?
Do you live in an ordinary house?
Do you like living there?
It’s romantic and unusual. But I think it’s better to live in an ordinary house with
all modern conveniences.
b) Do you live in a quiet area?
Yes, we do. We have gas, electricity, running water and central heating. It is very
convenient.
Do you have all the modern conveniences?
Do you live in an unusual house?
No, we don’t. We live in an ordinary house.
Yes, we do. And our house is not far from my school.
2. These sentences are broken in half. Use eight pieces to make four
complete sentences. Then write sentences in the space below.
1) Many English families…
2) There are two…
3) The bedrooms and a bathroom…
4) The living room, the kitchen and a hall…
a) …are downstairs on the ground floor.
b) …live in flats, but some people have got their own houses.
c) …floors in the traditional English house.
d) …are upstairs on the first floor.
1. ___________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________
3. Put in there was or there were.
1) … a lot of books in the wall unit.
2) … blue curtains on the window.
3) … a lot of clothes in the wardrobe.
4) … a carpet on the floor.
5) … all modern conveniences in the house.
6) … a refrigerator in the corner of the kitchen.
4. Put in was or were.
1) … there a wall unit in the living room?
2) … there pictures on the wall?
3) … there bookshelves in the room?
4) … there a table near the window?
5) … there two or three bedrooms in the house?
6) … there a comfortable armchair in the room?
By Youdif Boyarskaya,
Moscow, School No. 814
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