Levels Upper Beginning and Intermediate

Упражнение 1
Вставьте пропущенный глагол.
A. What features did you _______________ in your new home?
(take, ask, made, want)
B. Instead of renting, we wanted to _______________ our home.
(make, take, own, see)
C. He planned to _______________ a good investment in real estate.
(make, take, own, see)
D. They _______________ a wonderful decorator.
(hired, bought, made, asked)
E. To take out a mortgage means to _______________ money.
(lend, qualify, make, borrow)
Упражнение 2
Вставьте пропущенное слово.
A. We decided to buy a house in the _______________.
(place, real estate, corner, suburbs)
B. We made a large _______________ payment on our mortgage.
(first, house, loan, down)
C. Our house has a large _______________ bedroom.
(master, house, home, chief)
D. I choose white _______________ for the kitchen windows.
(rug, carpet, sheers, tile)
E. The _______________ costs during our renovation were high.
(expense, labor, price, closing)
Упражнение 3
Вставьте пропущенный предлог.
A. The house is _______________ the suburbs.
(on, in, at, for)
Phonetics
Произношение буквы U
Букву U после согласной под ударением многие американцы произносят не как
[ju]
, а как один звук [u]. В результате первый слог в слове Tuesday звучит как
слово two.
due [du]
duke [duk]
dual [duəl]
dune [dun]
duplex [dupleks]
durable [durəbəl]
duration [dureʃən]
duty [dut]
new [nu]
news [nuz]
newspaper [nuzpepər]
nutrition [nutrʃən]
nuisance [nusəns]
nuance [nuns]
numerous [numərəs]
nude [nud]
dude [dud]
tube [tub]
tune [tun]

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B. Ask the mover _______________ an estimate.
(after, at, for, on)
C. I made an offer _______________ the house.
(in, to, at, on)
D. Our moving van is _______________ your service.
(at, into, on, to)
E. I decorated my bathroom _______________ blue curtains. 
(from, with, on, at)