Task 1. Insert The Articles Where Necessary:: My Flat

TEST PAPER GROUP.
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MY FLAT SURNAME Havryliuk
DATE Valeriia
Task 1. Insert the articles where necessary:
1. … my friend's ... flat is ... very comfortable. 2. There are … three rooms in the
flat: a living-room, a study and a bedroom. 3. The living-room is not very large. 4.
The walls in the living-room are … blue. 5. There are ... pictures on the walls. 6.
There is a table in the middle of the room with some chairs around it. 7. To the left
of the door there is a sofa. 8. Near the sofa there are ... two large arm-chairs. 9.
They are very comfortable. 10. There is a piano in my friend's living-room. 11. The
piano is to the right of the door. 12. The bedroom and the study are small. 13. The
furniture in the flat is brown.
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Task 2. Fill in pre- and post-positions where necessary:
1. ___In_ the 1950s people have preferred to purchase their houses in____the suburbs rather
than in central areas __of__the cities. This tendency is typical__for__ the USA, Canada, the
United Kingdom, and most __of__ the Western countries. 2. If you visit a typical American
apartment you’ll see that halls are rarely __in__ evidence and the entrance is generally directly
__to__the living-room area. Instead __of__ wardrobes Americans prefer to use built-in closets
__with__ doors. 3. I hate it when my mobile home is moved __from__ place __to__ place
__in__a truck. Our mobile village is situated __in__ the outskirts __of__ LA. 4. __To__ the
right __of__ the display cabinet there is a little table ____ newspapers and 20
magazines. 5. My flat is __in__ a five minutes’ walk from the bus stop. The flat
looks _over___ a park and the shops are __within__ easy reach.
Task 3. Give synonyms to the following expressions:

1. a hall of residence-dormitory
2. a single family dwelling house built as one of a pair that share one common wall; each
house's layout is a mirror image of the other -semi-detached house
3. a floor lamp- a standard lamp
4. a high-rise building- a skyscraper
5. a storage room- pantry
6. a living room- lounge
7. labor-saving devices that make a task easier to perform than a traditional method – electrical
appliances
8. the first floor- ground floor
9. to face the river-look over the river
10. to eat dinner in the open air – dine alfresco
11. a vehicle that can be pulled from place to place by a truck – mobile home
12. in perfect order or neatness- in apple-pie order
13. to travel every day between your home and your place of work- to commute
14. an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the person who lives there –
condominium
15. a person or organization that owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people
for the use of it – landlord
16. a room in a house which contains a washing machine, a tumble dryer etc- utility room
17. house that is not joined to any other house – detached house
18. a house in a row of similar houses joined together on both sides – terraced house
19. to pay or receive a fixed amount of money for the use of a room, house etc. – rent
20. a machine that dries wet clothes by turning them in hot air – tumble dryer
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Task 4. Complete the text with the words below. There are three extra words.
bedrooms utility room bungalow centre fireplace central heating home

outskirts space suburbs cupboards washing machine fitted
I live in a 1) bungalow . It’s got three 2) bedrooms , a living room and a big kitchen.
There is lots of 3) space in the house and 4) fitted wardrobes in all the bedrooms. It’s got 5)
central heating for the winter so it’s nice and warm. We’ve got a 6) washing machine for
washing our clothes. It’s in the 7) utility room downstairs. I love watching films and we’ve got a
great 8) home cinema in the living room. The house is on the 9) outskirts of a big town. It’s
about twenty minutes from the town 10) center by bus.
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Task 5. Translate the words into English and write sentences / a story with 5 of them.
1. постійне місце проживання 1.permanent residence

2. з мальовничим видом на річку 2.with a picturesque view of the river
3. штори гармонують зі шпалерами 3.curtains go well with the wallpapers
4. бути умебльованим у сучасному стилі 4.be furnished in a modern style
5. килимове покриття 5.carpeting
6. бра 6.wall lamp
7. журнальний столик 7.coffee table
8. приліжкова тумбочка 8.bedside table
9. душова кабіна 9.shower
10. плита 10.cooker
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Total
100/10
Task 6 ( add) Translate into English
1. На цьому малюнку ви бачите сучасну спальну кімнату. Її вмеблювання детально
продумано. Напроти дверей біля вікна – велике зручне ліжко, туалетний столик та комод.
На ньому – фото у рамці та ваза. На підлозі – ковролін приємного зеленого кольору.
2. Ми живемо у приватному двоповерховому будинку, що розташований на околицях
міста. На першому поверсі знаходиться вітальня, кухня та ванна кімната. Моя кімната на
другому поверсі, її вікна виходять на озеро. Стіни моєї кімнати прикрашають фотографії
моїх друзів та полички з різними дрібничками.
3. Я живу на вулиці Пушкіна у тихому передмісті Києва, біля річки Дніпро. Це дуже
далеко від центру, проте поблизу є станція метро, а до торгівельного центру Плазма 10
хвилин ходу. Моя квартира знаходиться на 3 поверсі багатоповерхівки. Ми переїхали в
цю квартиру 2 роки тому.
4. Ми докладаємо багато зусиль, щоб наша квартира знаходилася в ідеальному порядку.
Мама має гарний смак, і тому наша квартира вишукано умебльована. Всі, хто приходить
до нас, захоплюються інтер’єром.
5. Наша кухня простора та затишна. У центрі кімнати стоїть стіл, вкритий скатертиною.
У лівому кутку – холодильник з мікрохвильовою пічкою, поряд з ним – газова плита. На
робочій поверхні знаходиться багато пристроїв – кухонний комбайн, кавоварка та
кавовий млинок.

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Task 3. Give synonyms to the following expressions:

bedrooms utility room bungalow centre fireplace central heating home

1. постійне місце проживання 1.permanent residence

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