6901 running a home

Some of the words have been removed from the text. Insert them in the correct places. First letters of
the missing words were left to help you.
bookcase

electrician

plumber
yellow

microwave

terraced
driveway

freezer

garden
garage

chairs

shower
downstairs
dishwasher

sofa

launderette

Anna lives with her husband and their two children in a t________ house.
There are three bedrooms in her house.

There is a big kitchen.
There are a m____________ and a d___________ in her kitchen, but she
needs to buy a new fridge with a good f___________. She doesn’t have the
washing machine yet, so she has to go to local l______________ to wash
her clothes.
There is a big bathroom upstairs with a bath, s_______ and a toilet.
There is a small toilet d____________.
There is a large living room in the house. There is a s______, two armchairs,
a b__________, two coffee tables and a TV in the living room.
There is also a dining room with a big dining table and eight c______.
There are two gardens. The back g___________ is big. There are some rose
bushes and children’s swing in the back garden.
The front garden is small and there is only grass and there are also some
geraniums.
There isn’t a g__________, but there is a driveway. Anna usually parks her
car in the d___________ and her husband parks his car in the street, in
front of the house.
Last week Anna bought a new washbasin for her bathroom. She called a
p___________ to install it. She also bought a new lamp for her living room
and she called an e_____________ to connect it. She didn’t pay much for
these jobs because she found good advertisements in Y______ Pages.


Decide whether these sentences are true or false:

Anna lives on her own.
Her house has three bedrooms.
The kitchen is small.
She doesn’t have a dishwasher.
She doesn’t have a washing machine.

The big bathroom is upstairs.
There is no second toilet.
There is a dining table in the living room.
There is a TV in the living room.
There are six chairs at a dining table.
There is one garden.
The children have a swing in the garden.
There is a garage.
Anna’s husband parks his car in the garage.
Anna parks her car in the driveway.
Last week Anna bought a new washbasin for her bathroom.
She also bought a new lamp for her bedroom.
She found plumber’s and electrician’s numbers in a local
newspaper.
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1. With whom does Anna live in her house?

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2. How many bedrooms are there in Anna’s house?

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3. Is Anna’s kitchen big?

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4. Where does she do her laundry?

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5. Is there a shower in the upstairs bathroom?


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6. Where is the small toilet?

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7. What furniture does Anna have in her living room?

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8. Is there a dining room?

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9. How many gardens are there?

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10. What flowers are there in Anna’s back garden?

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11. Is there anything for children in the back garden?

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12. Are there any flowers in the front garden?

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13. Where does Anna park her car?

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14. Where does Anna’s husband park his car?

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15. What did Anna buy for her bathroom?

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16. What did Anna buy for her living room?

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17. Who installed the washbasin?

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18. Who connected the lamp?

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19. Did she pay much to have it done?

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20. Where did she find the advertisements?

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Now answer these questions about yourself:

1. What type of house do you live in?

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2. How many bedrooms are there?

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3. How many people live in this house?

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4. Is your kitchen big?

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5. Have you got a washing machine or do you use a launderette to wash your

clothes?
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6. What other appliances and kitchen equipment have you got?

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7. How many bathrooms are there in your house?

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8. Are there front and back gardens?

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9. Are the gardens big?

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10. Do you or anybody else in your household drive a car?

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11. Where do you park your car?

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12. Did you make any improvements or repairs in your house?

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13. What were they? Whom did you phone to help you?


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14. Where do you usually look for plumbers’ or electricians’ offers and

advertisements?
________________________________________________________________________

Here is a phone conversation between Anna and a plumber. The sentences are in
wrong order and you need to number them. The first and the last ones were done for
you.
Anna: Yes. It’s 12 Station Road, BD4 1AB.
Anna: Yes, that’s fine. See you in three hours then.
Plumber: Hello, Johnson’s Plumbing Services, how can I help?
Plumber: Yes of course. Could I have your address, please?
Anna: Yes, it’s BD4 1AB.
Anna: Anna Smith. And I need to know how much it will cost?
Plumber: Can you repeat your postcode, please?
Plumber: I’m afraid I’m rather busy at the moment but I can come in about three
hours, if it’s fine with you.
Anna: Good morning. A pipe in my kitchen is leaking. Can you come and fix it?
Plumber: I cannot give you the price yet, first I need to see what the damage is.
When do you want me to come?

Plumber: …1AB, that’s right. And, now, can I have your name, please?
Anna: Could you come now?

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Now rewrite the above conversation in correct order:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:

Now choose the correct answer (a, b or c)
1. Whom did Anna call?
a) a plumber
b) an electrician
c) joiner
2. What time of day did she phone?
a) morning
b) afternoon
c) evening

3. What was leaking?
a) a tap
b) a toilet
c) a pipe
4. Where was it leaking?
a) kitchen
b) bathroom
c) toilet
5. Which part of the address didn’t the plumber understand?
a) house number
b) postcode
c) street name
6. When is the plumber going to come:
a) now
b) in three hours
c) the next day

Match words with their descriptions:
1. plumber

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a) a machine that washes clothes


2. electrician
3. painter
4. washing
machine
5. detached

house
6. terraced
house
7. dishwasher
8. garden
9. driveway
10. garage
11. attic
12. basement

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b) an area of ground belonging to a house, often containing
grass, flowers, or trees
c) a room that is below ground level in a building
d) the area of ground that you drive on to get from your
house to the road
e) a machine that washes plates, glasses and other kitchen
equipment
f) someone whose job is to repair or connect water pipes

and things like toilets and baths
g) one of a row of houses that are joined together
h) someone whose job is to put in, check, or repair
electrical wires and equipment
i) a room at the top of a house under the roof
j) a building which is not joined to another building
k) a small building, often built next to a house, that you can
put a car in
l) someone whose job is to paint surfaces, such as walls
and doors