UNIT 3: AT HOME
I. Choose the best word to complete the following sentences.
He often (makes / does / sets) the washing-up on Sundays.
Sally (did / made / cleaned) the kitchen floor yesterday.
I have to (set / make / tidy) my living room today.
She sometimes helps her mother (do / set / make) the table.
My little daughter likes (feeding / doing / sweeping) her bird.

II. Complete the following conversation with the words given below.
from bad better long beautifully
Jeremy: What did you think of that place, then? Not (1)
was it?
Linda: Oh, it was lovely, it was really lovely. A very pretty house, a (2) modernized cottage.
Jeremy: Mm. Not as big as the house we`ve got at the moment, though.
Linda: Not as big, it`s true, but it`s in a much (3)
location, with the countryside all around, and lovely views (4) the bedrooms.
Jeremy: It`s quite a (5) way from the station, isn`t it? If
we bought it, we`d have to drive to the station, we couldr. . walk.
Linda: That wouldn`t matter. You can walk in summer if it`s a nice day. It`s a lovely walk across the park.
III. In each of the following sentences there is one mistake. Find it and correct it.
Put all dangerous objects out on children`s reach.
I`m going to being home late tonight.
Why mustn`t children play by matches?
There is a table in the right of the room.
The bookshelf is opposite to the picture.
You ought study harder to make your parents happy.
Let put the radio next to the lamp.
There are some milk in the fridge.
When will you go house?
My mother is a good cooker.

IV. Make a question for each of the underlined phrases in the sentences below, using question words.
Their guests left for home because it was very late.
Mr. and Mrs. Thanh are going to Brazil next year.
The secretary gave Mr. Green a lot of information.
The two men returned to the office at three o`clock.
He failed the exam because he was lazy.
My mother often goes to work by bus.
Her sister bought three pairs of stockings yesterday.
Mr. Tuan goes to Hanoi three times a month.
The name of that book by Mark Twain is Tom Sawyer.
He didn`t go to school because he had a headache.
V. Read the text and answer the following questions.
Peter had a letter from his sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she was coming to England next month. If she comes
she will get a surprise. Peter is now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before his sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In his letter, he said that he wanted her to stay with his family. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.
Where does Peter`s sister live?
What is she going to do next month?
Where is Peter living now?
When was his house completed?
Has it got many large rooms and a lovely garden?
Did he invite his sister to stay with him?
Why does the house look strange to some people?

VI. Use given cues to write a paragraph describing the position of each item.

a. There / sofa / right / room
b. Chest / be / the left / sofa
c. On the other side / there / television set
d. Next to / television set / glass cabinet
e. In front of/ glass cabinet / stand / armchair
f. There / desk / behind / armchair
g. Desk / there / lamp


VII. Reorder the following sentences to create a conversation.
Mai: It has a bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom.
Mai: Yes.
Mai: On Marsh Avenue.
Lan: How big is it?
Mai: Hello?
Lan: Bye.
Lan: What`s the rent?
Lan: Okay. I`ll see you later then.
Lan: Sounds okay. Can I go and see it today?
Lan: Hello. I believe you advertised an apartment for rent.
Mai: Yes, thank you for calling. Bye.
Lan: Where is it?
Mai: Sure.
Mai: Four hundred dollars a month.
VIII.