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Priestley`s house

Mr. Priestley lives in a very nice house. He is my friend and I went to visit him a week ago.

There is a big garden round the house and I went in at the garden gate and walked along the path to the front door. There is a smooth lawn in front of the house with beds of roses in it. I knocked at the front door.

Mr. Priestly opened it, greeted me, and we went into the hall. Then Mrs. Priestley came to greet me.

We went into the sitting-room and sat down in armchairs before the fire, for it was rather cold day.

Their sitting-room is quite a big room, about 25 feet long by 15 feet wide. There was a thing carpet on the floor. One or two good watercolours hung on the walls. There was a piano on one side of the room. There were three or four comfortable armchairs, a radio, and three or four bookcases filled with books. On a small table near the window there were some foreign newspapers and magazines.

After we had chatted for a little time, Mrs.Priestley joined us and said: “Dinner is ready”, so we went to the dining-room, a pleasant-looking room with with a Persian carpet on the floor, a dark oak dining table, six chairs and a side-board. We sat down to dinner, a very English one – roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, and cabbage grown in their own garden.

When we had finished dinner, Mr.Priestley took me to his study to show me some of his books.

It was eleven o’clock and I was feeling rather tired. Mr.Priestley saw this and said: “You look sleepy, come along upstairs to your bedroom”. Upstairs there are five bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory.

We went to my room and he said: “Here you are. There is running water in your room and you can wash there. There are sheets and three blankets on your bed. If you are not warm enough, there is an eiderdown here.”

“Splendid”, I said: “thank you very much. Good night.”

Choose the right answer to the question and write the letter of the right answer

1. Does Mr.Priestley live in a flat or in a house?

a) in a big flat

b) in a house

c) in a block of flats

2. Is there a garden round the house?

a) There is no garden… .

b) There is only a lawn… .

c) There is a garden round the house.

3. It there a lawn in front of the house?

a) There is a lawn … .

b) There is no lawn … .

c) There are 3 lawns … .

4. Is their sitting –room big?

a) Big

b) Small

c) Not big

5. Is there a fire in the sitting –room?

a) There is no fire in the sitting –room.

b) There is a fire in the sitting –room.

c) There is a fire in the dinning-room.

6. Is there a carpet in the sitting –room?

a) There is a carpet in the sitting –room.

b) There is no carpet in the sitting –room.

c) There is a carpet only in the dinning-room.

7. Is there a piano in the sitting –room?

a) There is a piano… .

b) There are 2 pianos… .

c) There is no piano… .

8. There are some comfortable armchairs in the sitting –room, aren’t there?

a)There is only 1 armchair.

b)There are some armchairs in the sitting-room

c)There are no armchairs in the sitting-room.

9. What was there on a small table in front of the window?

a) boxes

b) books

c) newspapers and magazines

10. Is there a dining-room in Mr.Priestley` s house?

a) Yes, there is.

b) No, there is not.

c) There is only a kitchen.

11. Is there a carpet on the floor of the dining-room?

a) There is a carpet…

b) There is no carpet…

c) There are 2 carpets.

12. What kind of dining-table is there in the dining-room?

a) a tall round table

b)a big light table

c)a dark oak a dining-table.

13. Is there a study in Mr.Priestley `s house?

a) There is no study.

b) There is a study c) There are 2 studies. 14. What kind of rooms is there upstairs?

a) a big sitting-room.

b) five bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory.

c) two bathrooms and two lavatories.

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