Everyday Vocabulary: Buying a house

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Everyday Vocabulary: Buying a house

BUYING A HOUSE

Tony and Sheila’s first home was a(an) __1__ house, one of a line of houses all connected. But several years later when they had a small child, they found it rather __2__ for three people. They wanted something more __3__ and so decided to move. They went to a(an) __4__ and looked at details of the houses he had to offer. They looked at a __5__ house (one of a pair attached to each other), liked it, and asked a __6__ to inspect it for them. He said that it was in good __7__, and they therefore decided to buy it. Luckily they sold their house quickly and soon a(an) __8__ firm was taking all their furniture and other possessions to their new home. But already, after a couple of years, they are hoping to move again. Tony’s business is doing well and they want to get a(an) __9__ to design a modern, __10__ house for them, and a(an) __11__ to build it.

- A) detached
- B) semi-detached
- C) cramped
- D) terraced
- A) detached
- B) semi-detached
- C) cramped
- D) terraced
- A) cramped
- B) detached
- C) spacious
- D) stuffy
- A) builder
- B) estate-agent
- C) architect
- D) tenant
- A) detached
- B) semi-detached
- C) cramped
- D) terraced
- A) architect
- B) surveyor
- C) tenant
- D) builder
- A) condition
- B) manner
- C) mood
- D) case
- A) builder
- B) estate-agent
- C) architect
- D) removals
- A) builder
- B) estate-agent
- C) architect
- D) landlord
- A) detached
- B) apartment
- C) cramped
- D) villa
- A) agent
- B) surveyor
- C) architect
- D) builder

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