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Running A Home
Running A Home
Running A Home
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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.
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Decide whether these sentences are true or false:
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16. Last week Anna bought a new washbasin for her bathroom.
newspaper.
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12. Are there any flowers in the front garden?
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Now answer these questions about yourself:
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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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9. Are the gardens big?
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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?
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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.
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
Plumber:
Anna:
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Now choose the correct answer (a, b or c)
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