Ex. 5. Stress the words. Mind that in compound nouns the first element is stressed, while in compound adjectives and verbs both the elements are usually stressed. Read the words.
Twelve-storeyed, reading room, built-in, groupmate, moved in, television set, armchair, two-room, housework, dining table, sewing machine, good-looking, right-hand, sofa bed, desk lamp, housekeeping, flowerbed, well-built, roommate; broad-shouldered, candlestick, utility room.
Ex. 6. Read the words.
A. ages, fairly, pleased, usual, imagine, pretty, spacious, comfortable, convenient, furniture, doubt, certainly, modern, supply, electricity, built-in, lavatory, cooker, underground, autumn.
B. cottage, separate, staircase, storey, southern, lounge, within, arrange, curtain, lower, housekeeping, parquet, housework, covered, tiresome, room, suite, suit, cupboard, cushion, glass-fronted, mirror, double, chandelier, sewing machine, accessories.
Ex. 7. Answer the questions.
A. 1. Do you live in a house or a flat? Are you living in a hostel now? 2. Do you have a country house? What is it like? Is it far from the town? 3. Have you ever lived in a hotel? 4. Is your flat big or small? 5. Does your flat have separate or adjoining rooms? 6. How many rooms are there in your flat? Do you have a utility room? 7. Do you have a room of your own or do you share a room with somebody? 8. Is the staircase clean in your block of flats? 9. Do you have a rubbish chute? 10. How many storeys are there in your block of flats? 11. How many flats are there on the landing? 12. What floor is your flat on? 13. Is there a lift? Do you use it? 14. What do you do if the lift is out of order? 15. What is there on the ground floor of your block of flats? 16. Do you live in the centre or on the outskirts of the town? 17. What street do you live in? 18. What number do you live at? 19. What aspect does your flat have? 20. What does it overlook? 21. How many windows does your flat have? 22. How far is the nearest bus, trolley-bus or tram stop? 23. Is there a yard at your block of flats? What is it like?
B. 1.Have you ever been to a housewarming? Who arranged it? 2. Is there a lot of room in your flat (in your country house)? 3. How much room is there in our classroom? 4. Do you like to have a lot of furniture in the flat? 5. Do you have any modern conveniences in your country house? Is it heated by a stove? 6. Do you like the way your flat or your house is planned? 7. Do you have a telephone in the flat? Where is it? 8. Do you have blinds or curtains in your flat? 9. What is the floor in your flat or house covered with? 10. Are the walls papered, painted or tiled? 11. What colour are the walls? 12. Is the ceiling whitewashed, painted or do you have a hung or casement ceiling in your flat? 13. What in your flat makes housekeeping easier? 14. Do you help your parents about the house? 15. Do you enjoy doing housework or do you find it tiresome? 16. Who does most of the housework in your family? 17. Do you mind the mess in the flat? 18. Is everything in its place in your flat? What is spick and span in it? 19. What makes your room cosy? 20. Do the curtains and carpets match the furniture? 21. Do you agree with the phrase: ‘The house is made for the people, not the people for the house’. 22. Finish the sentence: Nothing is more pleasant for me than to …
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C. 1. Do you have suites of furniture in your flat or just separate pieces? 2. Do you have a wall unit? 3. Do you have books at home? Where do you keep them? 4. Where do you keep your clothes? 5. Do you have any built-in furniture? 6. Where do you do your homework? 7. Do your relatives have a chest or a chest of drawers? What do they keep there? 8. What do you sleep on? 9. Have you ever slept on a bunk bed or on a camp bed? 10. Do you prefer big or small pillows? 11. Do you have a sofa or a divan in the flat? 12. Are there any cushions in the flat? 13. Are there bedside tables or bedside cabinets? 14. Do you have a dressing table? 15. Do you have chairs or stools in the kitchen? 16. Are there any carpets or rugs in the flat? Where are they? 17. Do you have a door mat or a bath mat? 18. What kinds of lamps do you have in your flat? 19. Do you have candles and candlesticks at home? 20. Is there a fireplace in your house? Would you like to have it? 21. What usually stands on the mantelpiece? 22. Do you have flowers in vases or houseplants in your flat? 23. Do you have a desktop computer, a laptop or an internet tablet? 24. Do you prefer to watch films in the cinema, on TV, online or download them on your computer? 25. How can you decipher smsand instant messaging? 26. Do you have a sewing machine? 27. What useful devices do you have in your kitchen? 28. Where do you keep your bathroom accessories? 29. Do you have a hall in your flat? Is it spacious? 30. Do you go to a bathhouse? Why or why not? 31. Do you like your home? What would you like to change in it?
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