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UNIT 2 – House and Home

Vocabulary

1 Complete the text with furniture words.

I love my bedroom. I have a really comfortable (a) b_______________ – I sleep really well in it!
Next to it, I have a small (b) t________________ for my alarm clock and my magazines. There’s a
(c) l________________ on it, too, so I can read at night. I’ve got a lot of books in my room and
they’re on a big (d) b________________. I have a (e) w________________ for my clothes.
There’s a long (f) m________________ on the front of it so I can look at myself! Under the window,
I have a (g) d_______________ and a (h) c_______________. I sit there and do my homework.
Finally, I have a comfortable, old (i) a_______________ in my room. My friends always sit on it
when they come around. It’s from our living room, but my mom’s got a new one now to put next to
our big green (j) s__________________.

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2 Look at the pictures and write the words.

a w______________ b r______________ c d_____________ d t_____________

m _____________ c______________

e m ______________ f l______________ g r_____________ h t_____________

i m_______________ j c______________

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Grammar

3 Complete the sentences with the simple past form of be in the negative or positive, according to
the word in parentheses

a I ________________ very tired yesterday. (yes)

b You ________________ at school on Monday. (no)
c It __________________ cold at the beach today. (yes)
d My grandparents ________________ at home today. (no)
e Dave and I ________________ in the movie theater at five o’clock. (yes)
f My cell phone ________________ in my bag. (no)
g My family’s home ________________ big. (yes)
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4 Write questions with the simple past form of be. Then complete the short answers.

a Sara / here last week?

___________________________________________________________________
No, _________________________.
b your shoes / in the wardrobe?
___________________________________________________________________
Yes, _________________________.
c you / in class this morning?
___________________________________________________________________
Yes, _________________________.
d your T-shirt / in the washing machine?
___________________________________________________________________
No, _________________________.
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5 Write sentences with there was / there wasn’t or there were / there weren’t. Use the information
in the table.

(yes) (no)
telephones in rich people’s homes cell phones

a market in the street on Wednesdays a TV in my family’s house

jobs in the countryside an efficient means of communication

a maid in rich people’s homes big industries in villages

In 1900 …
a ____________________________________________________________
b ____________________________________________________________
c ____________________________________________________________
d ____________________________________________________________
e ____________________________________________________________
f ____________________________________________________________
g ____________________________________________________________
h ____________________________________________________________
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6 Write questions with Was there / Were there. Then complete the short answers.

a two beds / in the room?

_______________________________________________________________
No, __________________________.
b a shower / in the bathroom?
_______________________________________________________________
Yes, _________________________.
c children / next door?
_______________________________________________________________
Yes, _________________________.
d big rooms / in poor people’s houses?
________________________________________________________________
No, __________________________.
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Reading

7 Read the text and circle T (true) or F (false).

Thomas Alva Edison 1847–1931

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and scientist. He started school at the
age of eight, but he was only there for three months because his teacher wasn’t very
nice to him and he returned home crying. After that, Edison studied at home with his
mother.

One of Edison’s first jobs was sending messages by telegraph. Telegraphy was the
only way to send messages quickly in those days because there weren’t any
telephones. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876, Edison
improved it by inventing an early microphone.

In 1877, Edison made the first phonograph, a machine that recorded and reproduced
sound. A year later, he invented the light bulb. In 1889, he invented the kinetoscope, a
machine to show moving pictures. He also produced movies for his new machine. In
1903, he produced a ten-minute movie. It was a long movie in the 1900s!

Edison invented more than 1,000 things during his life. When he died in 1931, they
switched off the lights all over the USA in his honor.

a Edison was at school for a short time. T/F

b Edison was the inventor of the telegraph. T/F
c Bell was the inventor of the first microphone. T/F
d In 1977, Edison made the first phonograph. T/F
e In 1903, a ten-minute film was a long film. T/F
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8 Read the text again and answer the questions.

a Who was Thomas Alva Edison?

_______________________________________________________________________
b Why was Edison unhappy at school?
_______________________________________________________________________
c What was the method of communicating quickly before telephones?
_______________________________________________________________________
d What was a phonograph?
_______________________________________________________________________
e What happened when Edison died in 1931?
_______________________________________________________________________

Score __/10

Vocabulary __/30
Grammar __/50
Reading __/20
TOTAL __/100

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