Secondary 2 – Vocabulary - Unit 12 A place to live Name _________________________ Date ___________ 1. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d. 1. It is great to have a _____ which I can sit outside on during the hot summer months. a. balcony b. flat c. window d. roofs 2. Many houses in England are separate from the houses of their neighbours. These are called _____ houses. a. alone b. detached c. separate d. single 3. The block of flats which my friend lives in is very high. It has 32 _____. a. parts b. stairs c. balconies d. storeys 4. I dont like modern buildings which are made out of _____. I think that they are very ugly. a. conduct b. flat c. concrete d. high-tech 5. Houses where I live have _____ roofs because it rains a lot here. a. sloping b. flat c. long d. big 6. Can you imagine what it must be like on the top of that skyscraper? Imagine what an incredible _____ there must be of all the city! a. valley b. view c. picture d. roof 7. Mr Sabry built his new hotel in a very good _____ next to the Nile and near the new shopping mall. a. town b. view c. location d. outskirts 8. Dont forget to _____ the door when you leave the house — there are some thieves around who might try to get in. a. close b. lock c. push d. fix 2. Complete the gaps with words from the box below. insulated high-tech location disappear relaxed construct guests remote control outskirts balcony I would like to describe my dream house. My dream house would not be in the centre of the city, but it would be on the ____________________ so that I am far away from the noise and traffic. It would be in a beautiful ____________________ maybe high up on a hill, overlooking a lake or some gardens, and every room would have a ____________________ so that I could enjoy the ____________________. My dream house would be very ____________________ and I would be able to control, for example, the temperature of the rooms, or switch the TV on or off by ____________________. It would also be well ____________________ so that in the winters I would be warm and in the summers cool, without spending too much money on energy. I would feel very relaxed and happy in my dream home, and I would enjoy inviting ____________________ over to have dinner and to relax. 3. Match the words with their definitions. A B 1. Sure that you can do something well a. guest 2. Someone who you invite to stay in your home for a short time b. cheerful 3. Happy and showing this by your behaviour c. confident 4. Feeling calm and comfortable and not worried about anything d. unusual 5. To become impossible to see or find e. relaxed f. disappear 4. Write a synonym for each word. Follow the example. A synonym is a word which has the same or a similar meaning. Example: start - begin 1. cheerful - ____________________ 2. calm - ____________________ 3. construct - ____________________ 4. climate - ____________________ 5. location - ____________________ 5. Use your Active Study Dictionary to find the difference between these words. Then answer the questions. block (of flats) — skyscraper to insulate — to conduct outskirts — city centre to look — to overlook 1. Is every block of flats a skyscraper? (yes - no) 2. Are there flats in a skyscraper? (yes - no - maybe) 3. Is a skyscraper always a block? (yes - no) 4. Which is taller, a block of flats or a skyscraper? Explain. 5. If you insulate something, can energy pass through it? (yes - no - maybe) 6. If a material conducts energy, can it also insulate? (yes - no - maybe) 7. Name some things that conduct electricity. 8. Name some things that (usually) insulate from electricity. 9. Which is usually less crowded, the outskirts or the city centre? 10. If you live in the outskirts, what might you overlook? 11. Can a building look at a beach? 12. Can a person look at a beach? 13. Can a building overlook a beach? 14. Can a person overlook a beach? (See all the meanings of overlook.) Secondary 2 – Vocabulary - Unit 12 A place to live ANSWERS 1. 1 - a 2 - b 3 - d 4 - c 5 - a 6 - b 7 - c 8 - b 2. I would like to describe my dream house. My dream house would not be in the centre of the city, but it would be on the outskirts so that I am far away from the noise and traffic. It would be in a beautiful location, maybe high up on a hill, overlooking a lake or some gardens, and every room would have a balcony so that I could enjoy the view. My dream house would be very high-tech and I would be able to control, for example, the temperature of the rooms, or switch the TV on or off by remote control. It would also be well insulated so that in the winters I would be warm and in the summers cool, without spending too much money on energy. I would feel very relaxed and happy in my dream home, and I would enjoy inviting guests over to have dinner and to relax. 3. 1 - c 2 - a 3 - b 4 - e 5 - f 4. 1. cheerful - happy 2. calm - relaxed 3. construct - build 4. climate - weather 5. location - position / place 5. 1. No. A block is only a skyscraper if it’s very tall. (It can then be clled a tower block.) 2. Maybe. A skyscraper can have flats or offices or both. 3. No. The skyscraper might contain offices for only one company. Then it’s not a block. 4. A skyscraper is always very tall. A block of flats might be very tall. 5. Maybe. Under some conditions, insulators will conduct energy. 6. Maybe. Under some conditions, conductors can be insulators. 7. Wire, metal (answers may vary) 8. Rubber, wood, glass (answers may vary) 9. Usually the outskirts 10. Maybe other houses, maybe fields, maybe the city 11. No 12. Yes 13. Yes 14. Yes. It means the person does not notice the beach or does not realize how important it is. Secondary 2 - Grammar - Unit 12 Pronouns and reflexive pronouns Name _____________________ Date _____________ 1. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d. 1. The Smith familys garden is much larger than _____. a. our b. ours c. ourself d. ourselves 2. Please take care with that camera. It has been _____ for many years. a. my b. owned c. mine d. in mine 3. We painted the school walls _____ without any help. a. ourself b. us-self c. ours d. ourselves 4. Please tell Fatma that her mother would like to speak to _____. a. him b. hers c. her d. herself 5. I was surprised at how dirty I was when I saw _____ in the mirror. a. her b. me c. myself d. mine 6. My sisters and brothers and I are all married, so my parents live by _____ now. a. themselves b. themself c. theirself d. ourselves 7. We have five bedrooms. Three are for _____ and the others are for guests. a. ourselves b. us c. ours d. we 8. Did you hurt _____ when you fell down the stairs? a. - b. you c. yourself d. from 2. Rewrite using the words in brackets to give the same meaning. 1. This car belongs to us. (ours) ________________________________________________________________ 2. My father made the shelves on his own because he didnt want to pay a carpenter. (himself) ________________________________________________________________ 3. John saw the man sitting at the bus stop. (him) ________________________________________________________________ 4. Can you please tell the girls to tidy their room? (them) ________________________________________________________________ 5. That house is owned by them. (theirs) ________________________________________________________________ 3. Find the mistakes and correct them. My uncle has a new house. He didn’t build it hisself, of course, but he found an architect to design the house, and he paid workers to construct it. My uncles son is an electrician, and he helped my uncle with the electrical things. They both love to paint, so together they painted the inside of the house, and also they worked on the garden themself. My uncle didnt have a lot of furniture, so my father gave him some of theirs. When the house was finished, I wanted to see it himself, so my uncle invited me for dinner. I love my uncle’s house — it is very modern and it is much bigger than our. 4. Match the phrases, then rewrite each sentence below. A B 1. Ask her if that necklace a. are mine. 2. They did it b. is really hers. 3. Tell Ali c. myself. 4. I would like to see it d. that I am waiting for him. 5. The pens which you borrowed e. ourselves. f. themselves. 1. __________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________________ 4. __________________________________________________________________ 5. __________________________________________________________________ 5. Read the paragraph. Underline the correct words in parentheses. Little Walid was upset and crying. He had been playing together with his friend Amr, who had taken his favourite Spiderman book from him. The Spiderman book is (my –mine – myself)! cried little Walid. Amr replied, No, its mine now! Amrs mother came running into the room. She looked at Little Walid and asked him, Little Walid, you say this book is (his – yours – your). Is it really? Little Walid nodded his head to say yes, still crying. Amrs mother then looked at Amr and asked him, Little Walid says that this book is (hers – his – himself). Is that true? Amr told his mother that yes, it was really Little Walids book. Amrs mother gave Little Walid back the Spiderman book. Little Walid was still crying. He didnt have any tissues to wipe away the tears in his eyes and on his face, so Amrs mother gave him some of (his – her – hers). Then she told Little Walid, If you ever want to read any new books, you are always welcome to come here and borrow some of (ours – our – ourselves). We have many interesting books. Amr smiled at Little Walid, and they were friends again. Secondary 2 - Grammar - Unit 12 Pronouns and reflexive pronouns ANSWERS 1. 1 - b 2 - c 3 - d 4 - c 5 - c 6 - a 7 - b 8 - c 2. 1. This car is ours. 2. My father made the shelves (by) himself because he didnt want to pay a carpenter. 3. John saw him sitting at the bus stop. 4. Can you please tell them to tidy their room? 5. That is their house. 3. My uncle has a new house. He didn’t build it himself, of course, but he found an architect to design the house, and he paid workers to construct it. My uncles son is an electrician, and he helped my uncle with the electrical things. They both love to paint, so together they painted the inside of the house, and also they worked on the garden themselves. My uncle didnt have a lot of furniture, so my father gave him some of ours/his. When the house was finished, I wanted to see it myself, so my uncle invited me for dinner. I love my uncle’s house — it is very modern and it is much bigger than ours/our house. 4. 1 - b Ask her if that necklace is really hers. 2 - f They did it themselves. 3 - d Tell Ali that I am waiting for him. 4 - c I would like to see it myself. 5 - a The pens which you borrowed are mine. 5. Little Walid was upset and crying. He had been playing together with his friend Amr, who had taken his favourite Spiderman book from him. The Spiderman book is mine! cried little Walid. Amr replied, No, its mine now! Amrs mother came running into the room. She looked at Little Walid and asked him, Little Walid, you say this book is yours. Is it really? Little Walid nodded his head to say yes, still crying. Amrs mother then looked at Amr and asked him, Little Walid says that this book is his. Is that true? Amr told his mother that yes, it was really Little Walids book. Amrs mother gave Little Walid back the Spiderman book. Little Walid was still crying. He didnt have any tissues to wipe away the tears in his eyes and on his face, so Amrs mother gave him some of hers. Then she told Little Walid, If you ever want to read any new books, you are always welcome to come here and borrow some of ours. We have many interesting books. Amr smiled at Little Walid, and they were friends again.
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