Jul 20, 2016
- Flashcards
- 1.
⇒ . . . accommodation
- 2.
⇒ . . . -flats
- 3.
⇒ . . . a flat
- 4.
⇒ . . . accommodation
- 5.
⇒ . . . furnished
- 6.
⇒ . . . to rent
- 7.
⇒ . . . area
- 8.
⇒ . . . apartments
- 9.
⇒ . . . kitchen
- 10.
⇒ . . . parking
- 1.
- Describing your house/flat/room
- ‘Hi Mave,
Luke and I have just moved into our . . . home. It’s a big old . . . house. It’s good a . . . living room which . . . wonderful view of the park, and . . . study where we can both work. And there are some lovely . . . bedrooms which overlook the garden.
There is a separate . . . flat, which we might . . . a granny flat for my mother. And if we want to add . . . there’s room for that too. It needs to be completely . . . , but Luke and I have always wanted to . . . an old house.
Come and visit.
Love, Julia’
‘Hi Julia,
You’re so lucky! I’d love to . . . of my awful one-room flat. It’s in such a . . . building. You go into . . . hall, down a . . . corridor and into this really . . . room. I want to buy a place of . . . but there’s a shortage of . . . housing here and I don’t want to . . . a big mortgage. I’d love to see you house. I hope you’ll invite me to your . . . party.
Big hug,
Mave’
- ‘Hi Mave,
- Collocations with home
- She . . . to go to university, but moving away from her family made her . . . .
- Peter’s back from a year abroad. His family are throwing a party to . . . .
- Come in and . . . while I finish getting dinner ready.
- I haven’t lived in Oxford for long but I already . . . there.
- I’d like to buy a . . . near the coast.
- She . . . to go to university, but moving away from her family made her . . . .
- Quizzes
- Answer these questions using collocations.
- 1. What kind of accommodation would suit a student who has no furniture of his own?
- fully-furnished accommodation
- a residential area
- a fully-fitted kitchen
- short-let accommodation
- a studio flat
- off-road parking
- 2. What kind of accommodation would suit someone who is only going to be in a place for three months?
- a fully-fitted kitchen
- off-road parking
- a residential area
- short-let accommodation
- fully-furnished accommodation
- a studio flat
- 3. What part of town would you want to live in if you wanted to be somewhere where there are lots of private houses and no factories or other work places?
- a studio flat
- short-let accommodation
- off-road parking
- a residential area
- a fully-fitted kitchen
- fully-furnished accommodation
- 4. What kind of accommodation would suit a young single person who would prefer to live alone rather than to share?
- a studio flat
- short-let accommodation
- fully-furnished accommodation
- off-road parking
- a fully-fitted kitchen
- a residential area
- 5. If accommodation doesn’t have its own garage, what else might it have to make life easier for car-owning residents?
- short-let accommodation
- a studio flat
- off-road parking
- a residential area
- fully-furnished accommodation
- a fully-fitted kitchen
- 6. If you are moving into a new unfurnished house, but don’t need to take a washing machine, cooker or fridge with you, what does the house have?
- off-road parking
- fully-furnished accommodation
- short-let accommodation
- a residential area
- a fully-fitted kitchen
- a studio flat
- 1. What kind of accommodation would suit a student who has no furniture of his own?
- Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.
- 1. We want to turn our garage into a . . .
- my flat.
- refurbished.
- mortgage.
- granny flat.
- the garden.
- house-warming party.
- my own.
- old houses.
- 2. Jill has invited me to her . . .
- my flat.
- granny flat.
- mortgage.
- old houses.
- the garden.
- my own.
- refurbished.
- house-warming party.
- 3. Next week I have to move out of . . .
- refurbished.
- old houses.
- my own.
- the garden.
- house-warming party.
- granny flat.
- mortgage.
- my flat.
- 4. Karl makes a business out of doing up . . .
- granny flat.
- old houses.
- my own.
- house-warming party.
- my flat.
- mortgage.
- the garden.
- refurbished.
- 5. Our bedroom overlooks . . .
- my own.
- mortgage.
- house-warming party.
- my flat.
- old houses.
- the garden.
- granny flat.
- refurbished.
- 6. Our house needs to be completely . . .
- mortgage.
- house-warming party.
- the garden.
- granny flat.
- refurbished.
- my own.
- my flat.
- old houses.
- 7. I hope that one day I’ll have a place of . . .
- granny flat.
- old houses.
- refurbished.
- my flat.
- the garden.
- my own.
- mortgage.
- house-warming party.
- 8. The bank can help if you want to take out a . . .
- refurbished.
- house-warming party.
- mortgage.
- old houses.
- the garden.
- my own.
- my flat.
- granny flat.
- 1. We want to turn our garage into a . . .
- Correct the collocation errors in these sentences.
- 1. We live on a busy road, but we’re lucky because we gave . . . .
- off-road parking
- off-road park
- 2. Gemma has . . . her old flat and has now got a new place in Walville Street.
- moved out of
- moved off from
- 3. We’re building an . . . to our house which will give us a bigger kitchen.
- extension
- expansion
- 4. The flat is . . . furnished, which is good because I have no furniture of my own.
- fully
- totally
- 5. She had to . . . out a big mortgage as the house was very expensive.
- get
- take
- 6. There is no . . . housing for young people in this area; prices are ridiculously high.
- affordable
- buyable
- 7. New people have . . . into the house next door. I haven’t met them yet.
- entered
- moved
- 8. It’s a very . . . apartment with a huge living room and a big kitchen.
- spacious
- spatial
- 9. The flat is . . . to rent from the first of March onwards.
- accessible
- available
- 10. My brother and his wife live in a . . . old cottage.
- windy
- draughty
- 1. We live on a busy road, but we’re lucky because we gave . . . .
- Replace the underlined words with collocations.
- The home you’ve always imagined could be waiting for you at Highdale Cottages.
All cottages let you see the River Marn. Ideal for anyone seeking a house used only for weekends or holidays in the area.
Telephone 3340251
for appointments to view.
Your could be waiting for you at Highdale Cottages. All cottages a of the River Marn. Ideal for anyone seeking a in the area.
Telephone 3340251
for appointments to view.
- The home you’ve always imagined could be waiting for you at Highdale Cottages.
- Complete these sentences using collocation.
- 1. Jane’s been away a whole year and now she’s back. We should have a party to . . . .
- welcome her home
- feel homesick
- leave home / move out
- feel at home
- make yourself at home
- 2. Our son lives at home right now but he’ll be 21 soon. He’ll finish university and then he’ll probably . . . .
- make yourself at home
- welcome her home
- feel homesick
- leave home / move out
- feel at home
- 3. I’ve lived here almost a year now and I’m really beginning to . . . .
- feel homesick
- welcome her home
- feel at home
- leave home / move out
- make yourself at home
- 4. I’ll leave the keys to my flat with the neighbour. Just go in and . . . .
- leave home / move out
- welcome her home
- make yourself at home
- feel homesick
- feel at home
- 5. Jane thought she would miss her friends and family when she started her new job in Rome but she soon found she had no time to . . . .
- make yourself at home
- leave home / move out
- feel at home
- welcome her home
- feel homesick
- 1. Jane’s been away a whole year and now she’s back. We should have a party to . . . .
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