19. TEST 2 – HOUSES: BUILDING – REPAIRING – BUYING 01

Although the house is in a fashionable district, it’s _____.

    

• affordable 

• big

• modern

• spacious

We’re hoping to buy a house next year, so we’ve been putting_____ a certain amount of money each month towards the deposit.

  

• in

• up

• together

• by

One_____ of their new house is that it has no garden.

     

• pity

• disadvantage

• complaint

• dislike

Brandra and Paul have just bought a small house_____ of the town.

 

 

• in the district

• in the edge 

• on the outskirts

• in the suburb

The_____ of the main building will be complemented by the landscaper’s design.

     

• outer

• exterior 

• outing

• external

The farmhouse is_____ in a very beautiful area.

     

• found

• settled

• isolated

• situated

It’s very_____ in here by the fire during the winter.

     

• cosy

• traditional

• stylish

• remote

The estate agent assured us that we could_____ the house at any time.

     

• overlook

• look over

• oversee

• see through

My daughter has just bought this enormous_____ in the country. It’s so quiet, the nearest neighbours are half a mile away.

   

• detached house

• block of flats

• semi-detached house 

• terraced house

It’s a great place to live apart from the increasing volume of_____ that passes under my windows every day.

   

• transport

• vehicles

• circulation

• traffic