Have you ever moved house? Was it easy or difficult? In this section, you will read a text on the new flat of a student. Is her experience with moving similar to yours?
Czy kiedykolwiek się przeprowadzałeś/przeprowadzałaś? Przeprowadzka była prosta czy uciążliwa? W tej sekcji, przeczytasz tekst o nowym mieszkaniu pewnej studentki. Czy jej doświadczenie w kwestii przeprowadzki jest podobne do twojego?
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Zdjęcie przedstawia salon z antresolą, w jego centralnej części stoi duży narożnik z białej skóry. W głębi widoczny jest nakryty białym obrusem stół z krzesłami. Po lewej stronie widoczne są schody z ozdobną, metalową poręczą. Całość jest utrzymana w jasnych kolorach.
Good to be home!
Jak dobrze być w domu!
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Exercise1
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Look at the following text. Which title do you think will be the most suitable? Choose the correct answer. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. Manchester by the lake, 2. Living in the countryside, 3. My house near London
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Read the text about a girl moving into a new flat and then, do the exercises below.
Luiza Kubalska
‘All my life I lived in a semi‑detached housesemi‑detached housesemi‑detached housein the suburbsin the suburbsin the suburbs,’ she thought, lying awake at night. ‘And now I’m in the centre of the capitalcapitalcapital.’ She’d always wanted to movemove (verb)move, at least for university, but she’d never realised how different things were going to be.
The flat, locatedlocatedlocated on the 8th floor of the 10‑storey building, was incredibly noisy at night. The windows were quite new, but of poor quality. Not only was the noise coming from the busy street outside annoying, the neighboursneighbours [neighbour]neighbours were noisy, too! It was the third night in a rowrowrow which they were spending on partying, and unfortunately the walls were pitifullypitifullypitifully thin. And her roommate turned out to be a night owlnight owl (idiom)night owl, always staying up at nightstaying up at night [stay up at night]staying up at night, studying or watching something on her laptop. Even though she used earphones, it was hard to sleep with the light on.
She thought back tothought back to [think back to]thought back to her family home. She had two younger siblings, but each of them had their own rooms, so they would never botherbotherbother each other.
She started missing her old room, with the soft carpetcarpetcarpet on the floor where she used to play with her dolls as a kid. She had quite a collection of them, all sitting in an even row on her bookshelf. She painted the walls herself last year and, even though she didn't do a perfect job of it, she was proud of the outcomeoutcomeoutcome. The pastel pink walls perfectly matchedmatched [match]matched the beigebeigebeigesheetssheetssheets on her bed. And there was the desk of course, the one at which she spent so many hours studying or writing in her diary... or, of course, playing computer games... She was missing the rest of her house too, the garden with the tall fencefencefence, and all the hiding placeshiding places [hiding place]hiding places behind the trees and bushes where she played as a little kid. When she was older, in sunny weather she would take her book and sit in the garden chair, relaxing in the shadein the shadein the shade of the pear treepear treepear tree…
She smiled, relaxed. The thought of her happy days always put her mind at easeput her mind at ease [put one's mind at ease]put her mind at ease and let her drift off to sleepdrift off to sleepdrift off to sleep, forgetting for another night that she wasn't a child anymore.
1 Źródło: Luiza Kubalska , CKE, INFORMATOR o egzaminie maturalnym z języka angielskiego od roku szkolnego 2022/2023 Warszawa 2021, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Exercise2
Based on the text you read, choose the correct answer.
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Which of the following is NOT noisy? Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. her roommate, 2. her neighbours, 3. the street outside
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If you are a night owl, it means... Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. you see in the dark, 2. you are wise, 3. you prefer working at night
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Which object was not described when it comes to colour? Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. walls, 2. sheets, 3. desk
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Which place didn’t she use to hide behind? Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. trees, 2. bushes, 3. fence
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What is described as being "painfully thin" in her room? Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. ceiling, 2. walls, 3. floor
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Why did she choose pink for the walls? Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. It was a perfect combination with another object in her room., 2. She really likes the colour., 3. It matched her desk.
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What can be found on the floor in her old room? Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a carpet, 2. dolls, 3. the sheets
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Exercise3
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Search for the information in the text and in each point, select the correct answer.
The author used to live in a flatdetached housesemi-detached house.
She wanted to movedidn’t want to movedidn’t mind moving to the capital.
The flat is located on the 10th8thground floor.
The neighbours were partyingworkingsleeping.
The author couldn't sleep because her roommate was loudthe street was too lightthe light in the room bothered her.
She has goodbadmixed memories of her family house.
One of her hobbies was cyclingsunbathingreading.
At the end of the story, she was frustratedsatisfiedchildish.
The text was a dialoguemonologuestory.
It’s about a girl around 161921 years of age.
Search for the information in the text and in each point, select the correct answer.
The author used to live in a flatdetached housesemi-detached house.
She wanted to movedidn’t want to movedidn’t mind moving to the capital.
The flat is located on the 10th8thground floor.
The neighbours were partyingworkingsleeping.
The author couldn't sleep because her roommate was loudthe street was too lightthe light in the room bothered her.
She has goodbadmixed memories of her family house.
One of her hobbies was cyclingsunbathingreading.
At the end of the story, she was frustratedsatisfiedchildish.
The text was a dialoguemonologuestory.
It’s about a girl around 161921 years of age.
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Exercise4
Choose the word that is different from the other words in each line.
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1. locatedmatchedmovethought
1. locatedmatchedmovethought
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2. carpetbotherfenceoutcome
2. carpetbotherfenceoutcome
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3. treebushfencesheets
3. treebushfencesheets
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4. owlnoisythinyoung
4. owlnoisythinyoung
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5. wallscarpetbookshelffence
5. wallscarpetbookshelffence
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Exercise5
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Read the sentences and type in the missing words which appeared in the text. There is only one missing word in each gap. 1. The dog is sleeping on the Tu uzupełnij next to my bed. 2. The house was Tu uzupełnij by the river. 3. The Tu uzupełnij called to ask if he could borrow a hammer. 4. Finally, I Tu uzupełnij off to sleep at around 11pm last night. 5. If you don’t have a Tu uzupełnij , your chickens will escape. 6. The shade of the Tu uzupełnij was her favourite spot in the garden. 7. I grew up in the Tu uzupełnij . It’s not as loud there as in the city centre. 8. I put her mind at Tu uzupełnij when I told her I had already paid the rent.
Read the sentences and type in the missing words which appeared in the text. There is only one missing word in each gap. 1. The dog is sleeping on the Tu uzupełnij next to my bed. 2. The house was Tu uzupełnij by the river. 3. The Tu uzupełnij called to ask if he could borrow a hammer. 4. Finally, I Tu uzupełnij off to sleep at around 11pm last night. 5. If you don’t have a Tu uzupełnij , your chickens will escape. 6. The shade of the Tu uzupełnij was her favourite spot in the garden. 7. I grew up in the Tu uzupełnij . It’s not as loud there as in the city centre. 8. I put her mind at Tu uzupełnij when I told her I had already paid the rent.
Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
