Ex.4 Fill in the gaps with active words and expressions.

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Ex.3 Replace the words in italics using your active vocabulary.

1. His family lives in a separate house.
2. After many years of living in Paris he returned home.
3. Once we have kids we'll probably move out of the city centre.
4. There are a lot of blocks of flats in Moscow.
5. They live in a house that has two flats.
6. The amount of money that we pay for our rented flat every month is quite low.
7. That poor dog has been shut up in the house all day while the owners were out.
8. Their new house has all modern facilities.
9. There are a lot of disadvantages of living in the country.
10. Many inhabitants of large cities suffer from stress.
11. He chose a very opportune moment to talk to her.
12. These houses belong to the community.
13. I always use a lock with a secret set of dials.
14. Many English houses are row houses.

Community, apartment block, terraced house, detached house, holiday home, drawback, facilities, sport facilities, to lock, combination lock, under lock and key, monthly charge, residence, residential area, residents, convenient (2), to share, modern conveniences, suburb

1. – Does he live in a country house? – No, he doesn't. He lives in a very modern ____________________ in the city centre.
2. Sally has always dreamt of living in a ____________________ but she can't afford to buy one and she has to share a flat with her parents and her sister.
3. The hotel has excellent leisure ____________________.
4. Rock Creek is a close-knit ____________________ of several hundred people.
5. I can't afford renting this house. The ____________________ is very high.
6. Her father is very strict. He keeps her ____________________.
7. This flat is very ____________________ for the train station.
8. They are both _____________________ of the same village.
9. A house that is part of a terrace is called “row house” in America and “____________________” in Britain.
10. Does this school have good ____________________? – Yes, it does. There is a spacious gym, a stadium, a tennis court and a heated in-door swimming pool.
11. The burglar wanted to steal money from the safe but he couldn't open ____________________.
12. He took up ____________________ in Hollywood in 1999.
13. They live in a London ____________________.
14. The main ____________________ of the scheme is its expense.
15. They spend every summer in their beautiful ____________________ in the country.
16. The kitchen was equipped with a range of ____________________.
17. Bill and I __________an office for years.
18. They live in a very quiet ____________________. There are only small houses and several shops in their place.
19. Did you _____________________ the door?
20. If it is ____________________, call me tomorrow morning.