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For the 1st year students of all specialties

UNIT X

IN THE LIVING ROOM

A Things in the living room

B Useful prepositions
The sofa is near the window. The coffee table is in the middle of the room.
Next to the sofa is a small table. The bookshelf is against the wall.
The TV is in the corner. Where's the telephone book? Under the small table.

С Things we do in the living room Every evening I watch television. Sometimes I listen to the radio or listen to music. Sometimes I read. Sometimes I just relax. (= rest and do nothing) |

D Things we use

Where is the remote control for the TV?
There's a reading lamp on the desk.
Close the curtains and switch the light on; it's getting dark.
Turn the radio off and turn the TV on, please. I want to watch the football.

Exercises

1 Write down the names of ...

1. Somewhere you can put books, a bookshelf____________________________
2. Somewhere two/three people can sit. ___________________________________
3. Somewhere you can put down your coffee-cup. ___________________________
4. Something you can look at on the wall. __________________________________
5. Something for switching the light on/off. ________________________________
6. Something for listening to music. ______________________________________
7. Something under your feet. ___________________________________________

2 Choose (a), (b) or (c).

1. If you want to relax, which is the best?

(a) a chair (b) an armchair (c) a sofa

1. If it is dark and you want to read, do you ... ?

(a) close the curtains (b) switch on the reading lamp (c) switch off the light
3 If you want to watch a different TV station, do you ...?
(a) use the remote control (b) use the power point (c) turn off the TV

3 Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions. Look at the picture above.

1 ….On…the floor there is a carpet.

1. There is a small table....... the corner. There is a TV....... the table.
2. The TV is........ the door.
3. The bookshelf is....... the wall.
4. The coffee table is....... front.......... the sofa.

4 Write about your living room at home. Draw a plan of it first.
Describe your furniture (tables, chairs, sofa, etc.). Say where things are (e.g. next to ..., in the corner ..., near ..., etc.). What colour are the walls? Are there any pictures on them? What do you do when you are in your living room?

1. Word puzzle. How many names of things in the living room can you find?

Grammar

## Contents

- ВВЕДЕНИЕ
- UNIT I. Introduction.The Verb ‘to be’
- UNIT II. Favourite Things. Articles UNIT III. The Family Tree. Possessive Case of Nouns
- UNIT IV. Family. The Verb ‘to have / have got’
- UNIT V. Numbers (Cardinal,Ordinal)
- UNIT VI. Everyday Things. Present Simple
- UNIT VII. Time, Days, Months. Prepositions of Time
- UNIT VIII. Daily Routine. Personal Pronouns
- UNIT IX. At School and University. Plural of Nouns
- UNIT X. In the living room. Prepositions of Place
- UNIT XI. In the bedroom and bathroom. Construction ‘There is/are’
- UNIT XII. In the kitchen. Modal verb (can)
- UNIT XIII. Food and Drink. Indefinite Pronouns ‘some/any’
- UNIT XIV. Eating Out. Construction ‘Would you like… / I’d like
- UNIT XV. Parts of the Body. Possessive Pronouns
- UNIT XVI. Clothes. Present Continuous
- UNIT XVII. Describing People. Adjectives / Comparison
- UNIT XVIII. Moving. Past Simple
- UNIT XIX. Jobs. Future Simple
- UNIT XX. Weather. Adverbs
- REFERENCES

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