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# Test 1

| house   | stairs  | room  |
| ------- | ------- | ----- |
| floor   | carpet  | wall  |
| ceiling | door    | light |
| window  | heating |       |

## Exercises

### Identifying the key word

1. \[**room**] - let out, share, tidy, crowed, bright
2. \[**window**] - break, clean, look through, open
3. \[**door**] - knock on, open, lock, slam
4. \[**floor**] - cover, mop, scrub, slip on, sweep
5. \[**carpet**] - lay, ruin, vacuum, wear
6. \[**wall**] - cover, drill into, paint, high, thick
7. \[**ceiling**] - hang from, stare at, touch, low
8. \[**house**] - break into, build, demolish, live in, move
9. \[**heating**] - break down, install, turn on, central
10. \[**stairs**] - climb, fall down, run up, take, use

### The correct collocation

1. The house was ~~made~~ / ***built*** twenty years ago.
2. When I was a student I ~~hired~~ / ***rented*** a room in a flat.
3. Sorry, I forgot to ***sweep*** / ~~tidy~~ the floor.
4. He's old and finds it difficult to ~~walk~~ / ***climb*** the stairs.
5. Don't ***slam*** / ~~crash~~ the door when you come in.
6. The kitchen window was steamed up and I couldn't ***see*** / ~~watch~~ through it.
7. Make sure you ~~shut off~~ / ***switch off*** all the lights when you go to bed.
8. Could you ***vacuum*** / ~~mop~~ the carpets before you go out?
9. Andrew can sleep in the ~~added~~ / ***spare*** room if he's staying overnight.
10. My room is on the ~~high~~ / ***top*** floor.
11. The house has big rooms with ***high*** / ~~tall~~ ceilings.
12. I can hear my neighbor's telephone through the ~~slim~~ / ***thin*** walls of my flat.

### Key word quiz

1. I've booked a single **\[room]** at the Holiday Inn.
2. He spilt paint on the **\[floor** or **carpet]** while he was painting the wall.
3. Remember to lock the front **\[door]** when you leave for work.
4. Someone's left the **\[light]** on in the bathroom again!
5. If you're ever passing our **\[house]**, drop in for a chat.
6. Shall we take the lift or use the **\[stairs]**?
7. Don't play football near the houses. You may break a **\[window]**.
8. I'm afraid the **\[heating]** has broken down, so it's a bit cold in here.

### Prepositions

1. I dropped my pencil and it rolled ***across*** / ~~down~~ the floor.
2. I stuck a map of Malaysia ~~into~~ / ***on*** my wall.
3. We had a great view of the sea ***from*** / ~~in~~ our window.
4. There's somebody ***at*** / ~~in~~ the door. Can you see who it is?