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TEST THE HOUSE
1.- Write the number of the icon next to its definition:
ICONS / DEFINITIONS1 / TASK / You can check if your answers are correct or not.
2 / HELP / The general menu can take you to any part of the unit
3 / MENU / If you click here you will see a window with grammar explanations which can help you do this exercise.
4 / SEND / Here you can look up the meaning of the words you do not know.
5 / CHECK / If you push this button you can send your exercise to your techer by e-mail
6 / LISTEN TO ALL SECTIONS / The audio button plays the audio parts of the exercises.
7 / PLAY / The record button lets you record the sentences which you must repeat.
8 / X / Click here to know what you must do in an exercise.
9 / / This button lets you listen to all the audio parts of a reading exercise in the correct order.
10 / REC / This is the exit button. It will close the unit.
2.- Fill in the blanks with the verbs in the present simple tense:
a) George always ______(PLAY) the organ.
b) He ______(BE) the owner of the house.
c) His wife and his two children ______(LIVE) in the house too.
d) Henry Willow never ______(LEAVE) the basement, where he ______(WORK) on his experiments.
3.- Put the following sentences into Present Continuous tense:
a) I ______(READ) about the MacFears.
b) All the members of the family ______(DO) different activities in the house.
c) Georgina ______(PLAY) with her doll on the ground floor.
d) The servant ______(CLEAN) boots in the kitchen.
e) Enma ______(ARRANGE) some flowers.
f) George ______(not PLAY) the organ at the momment.
g) The children ______(P LAN) their holidays.
h) Enma ______(not COOK) dinner in the kitchen.
i) ____ Edwina’s ghost ______(LOOK) at the portrait ?
j) Henry ______(LISTEN) to the radio.
4.- Complete the text with There is / There are:
On the first floor ______a bathroom. ______two children’s bedrroms and ______also a play room. As well as these, ______a guest room.
In the middle of the sitting room ______two armchairs and in front of them ______a fireplace and a bookshelf next to it. On the wall ______three old paintings. ______no lamps in this room.
5.- Translate into English the following sentences:
e) La vela está cerca del libro
f) El ratón está debajo de la mesa.
g) La araña está entre el libro y el bolígrafo.
h) El murciélago está dentro de la jaula.
i) El retrato está en la pared a la izquierda.
6.- Make a composition describing your house. Use words related to furniture, prepositions of place, rooms, there is / there are, etc.
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