Unit 3 Art and architecture

Language Study

Word study

• 1. Try to match the words on the left with the correct meaning on the right.

Word Meaning

1) Nest A. a person who designs buildings

2) roof B. an area with a wall or bars around it, against the outside wall of a building

3) balcony C. easy to do and easy to reach

4) convenient D. not beautiful

5) ugly E. A shelter made by a bird to hold its eggs and young

6) architect F. The structure that covers or forms the top of a building

• 2. Study the example and fill in the blanks with the words in the box. You may change the form if necessary.

• A is to B what C is to D

• EXAMPLE: A nest is to a bird what a house is to a man.

branch, honey, furniture, sail, taste, net

• 1) is to a bee what milk is to a cow.• 2) Smell is to the nose what is to the

tongue.• 3) is to the living room what

playground equipment is to the playground.• 4) A is to a boat what an engine is to a

car. • 5) A is to a fisherman what a gun is to

a hunter.• 6) Arms are to the body what are to a

tree.

Grammar• The past participle used as object complement• 1. Every great culture in the past had its own

ideas of beauty expressed in art and architecture.• 2. They wanted their buildings constructed in a

way to look unnatural.• 3. He only wanted traditional materials (to be)

used. • 4. Frank Lloyd Wright found himself inspired by

Japanese seashells.

1. Match the two parts to make sentences

1) Did you find the city

2) When will he ever get the work

3) She cann’t make herself

4) Next week I will have my bedroom

5) I got the watch

6) You have got to keep the door

7) She heard her name

done?

greatly changed?

called.

understood.

locked.

repaired.

decorated.

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. You may change

the form if necessary.• 1) I don’t want any bad words (say)

about him behind his back.

• 2) Please get the work (do) as soon as possible.

• 3) I’ll have the materials (send) to you next Monday morning.

• 4) She won’t have her long and beautiful hair (cut) short.

• 5) You should make your voice (hear).

• 6) I want you to keep me (inform) of how things are going with you.

• 7) The price is fine with me. How would you like it (pay)?

• 8) At last I succeeded in making myself . (understand).

3. How would you like to have your room decorated?

• Paint the walls yellow

• Lay a wooden floor

• Make an extra door

• Put up two pictures on the wall

• Place a tea table in the corner

• EXAMPLE: I think I will have the walls painted yellow.

• The end!