Short_Test_5A_Unit5.doc

SHORT TEST 5 A              Unit 5                                                       

1              Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There are more words than you need.

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.

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                                   .

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)

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.