SHORT TEST 5 A Unit 5
1 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There are more words than you need.
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0 The view from your balcony is amazing.
1 It’s the house with a high ______________ around it.
2 My parents bought a small ______________ for our garden. It looks horrible and our neighbours are laughing at us.
3 You can find your shoes in the ______________ in the hall.
4 Let’s not go into the house. Can we sit here on the front ______________ ?
5 Put the ice cream in the ______________ . It’s in the kitchen, next to the washing machine.
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2 Read the definitions and guess the missing words.
0 a big house in the country with a garden: v i l l a
1 a window in the roof of a house: y .
2 a house for two families: a m – t house
3 a small house, e.g. in the country: t .
4 the lowest floor in a house: b .
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3 Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in capital letters. Do not change the meaning of the original sentences.
0 Your kitchen isn’t as big as mine.My kitchen is larger than yours. (LARGE)
1 This microwave was £95 and the other models were cheaper.It was ______________________ microwave in the shop. (EXPENSIVE)
2 My house isn’t as close to school as yours.My house is ______________________ from school than yours. (FAR)
3 The living room is much too small for our family.The living room isn’t ______________________ for our family. (SPACIOUS)
4 That pink armchair is really hard. It isn’t possible to sit in it.That pink armchair is ______________________ to sit in. (UNCOMFORTABLE)
5 This bookshelf is uglier than the one we saw.This bookshelf isn’t ______________________ the one we saw. (PRETTY)
6 And I thought our garden was small!Your garden is ______________________ than ours. (TINY)
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4 Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronouns or write ‘–‘ if you can leave out the pronoun.
0 That’s the statue that / – my aunt wants to buy for her garden.
1 He complained about the windows ______________ they fitted in his summer house.
2 Look, that’s the man ______________ son boasts about how beautiful their house is.
3 She lives in the district ______________ you can buy an ‘intelligent’ house.
4 It’s the plumber ______________ repaired the sink in our flat.
5 Let’s go to the room ______________ is close to the stairs.
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