Лексико-грамматические упражнения по английскому языку для учащихся 1 курса по теме "HOUSES AND FLATS"

MY HOUSE AND FLAT

Look at the translation of the following words.

Basic types of housing – основные типы жилья.

Housing – жилье.

Dwelling – жилище, (жилой) дом, жилье, жилое помещение.

Detached house – частный дом.

Bungalow – бунгало.

Cottage – коттедж.

Mansion – большой особняк, дом; дворец.

Semi-detached houses (Br. E.) = duplex house (Am. E.) – «полуособняк», двухквартирный дом (российский аналог – дом на две семьи).

Duplex apartment (Am. E.) – квартира, расположенная в двух этажах с внутренней лестницей.

Terraced houses = row house = townhouse – «городской особняк», таунхаус (в России до недавнего времени аналогов не имел).

Blocks of flats (Br. E.) = an apartment building (Am. E.) – многоквартирный жилой дом (в таких живет большинство из нас).

Flat (Br. E.) = apartment (Am. E.) – квартира.

Studio unit – квартира-студия.

One-bedroom (two-bedroom, three-bedroom) unit – одно- (двух-, трех-) комнатная квартира.

Owner – владелец.

Neighbors – соседи.

To be joined – быть соединенным.

Advantage – преимущество.

Disadvantage – недостаток.

Repair – ремонт; ремонтировать.

Upkeep – ремонт, содержание (жилья).

Renovation – капитальный ремонт, перестройка, реконструкция.

Share – разделять, делить (комнату, дом и т.п.)

Common wall – общая стена.

Side walls – боковые стены.

To be responsible for smth / smb – быть ответственным за что-то / кого-то.

2. Match the parts of the room with their names

3. Match the beginnings and the ends of the sentences.

A)

B)

4. Match the items and their names.

5. Divide the words into two groups

Hall, picture, piano, bedroom, table, carpet, living room, sofa, armchair, kitchen, shelf, pantry, lamp.

6. Odd one out.

living room, sofa, armchair

hall, picture, piano

bedroom, table, carpet

kitchen, shelf, pantry

7. Describe your own flat or house following this plan.

Today I want to tell you about my flat. (Вступление)

I live in a …-room flat on the … floor. (Указываете, сколько комнат в квартире, на каком этаже расположена)

I live together with …(Указываете, с кем вместе вы живете. Если ни с кем, то пишите – I live alone (я живу один))

There is … there. (Перечисляете, какие комнаты есть в квартире)

There is also a balcony and a corridor there. (Дополнение)

Our kitchen is … (Несколько слов о кухне. Если нужно более подробное описание, воспользуйтесь фразой There is …, картинкой со словами на тему «кухня» и перечислите все, что там есть)

We like to get together there and eat my mother’s delicious cookings. (Дополнение)

My parent’s room is … (Описываем комнату родителей)

In my brother’s / sister’s room there is … (Описываем комнату брата)

But my room is the best for me. (Переход к описанию своей комнаты)

There is … (Описание своей комнаты)

I try to keep my room in order, I like it when everything is in its place. (Дополнение)

I think my flat is very nice. (Или любая другая финальная фраза)

8. Here are the examples of generic castles from «The Game of Thrones». If you were one of the heroes of this saga, what would your family nest look like?

9. Read this text and learn the words for household duties.

What do we mean by «household duties»? Usually it’s cooking, washing, ironing, cleaning the house, etc. Women have traditionally been engaged in all these things for many centuries. The situation began to change during and after the First World War, when some women, having mastered «male» professions, did not want to return to «kitchen slavery». In Russia this was facilitated by the Revolution and the new Bolshevik ideology, which called for gender equality, including in the management of the household. It was the young Soviet state where that huge number of pamphlets and campaign posters appeared urging men and children to share household chores with their wives and mothers. Meanwhile, in Europe and America, the question of equality of duties between the two sexes was not looked so progressively. The woman there was still perceived primarily as «the keeper of the hearth». The situation worsened after the Second World War, when there were calls for women to return from the factories and production, where they went to replace men, and to do what nature intended them.

The typical housewife’s day of that time looked like this. You had to get up before anyone else in the house, get dressed and make up to look good. Then cook breakfast for the whole family, wake up the household, feed and send them: husband – to work and children – to school. Then the woman washed the dishes left after breakfast, cleaned the house (wiped dust, vacuum cleaned or washed the floor), washed, dried and ironed clothes. Then she could go shopping or gossip with her friends over a cup of tea. When the children came back from school, they needed to be fed lunch. Then it was time to cook dinner and wait for the husband. It was necessary to meet the husband friendly and beautiful, despite whether you are tired or not during the day. After dinner it was necessary to wash the dishes again, put the children to bed, and repeat everything from the beginning in the morning.

You will call it a terrible fate? But let’s go back to the USSR. All calls for the separation of household duties between a man and a woman often remained only beautiful words. And to all the duties listed for a western woman the duties of a foremost production or exemplary milkmaid were added. That is, in fact, Soviet women carried out both women’s and men’s work. What can be observed in modern Russia, too.

10. Write what you have to do on each day of week.

feed the pets; help Mom in the garden; help Dad with the car; do a lot of housework; put the dirty plates in the dishwasher; go shopping; set the table before breakfast and dinner; water the flowers in the garden; make the bed; put the clothes in the wardrobe; take out the rubbish; hoover the carpets; wash the dishes; sweep the floor; mop the floor; cook the meals; iron the clothes; wash the clothes

11. Match the words to make them phrases.