19. TEST 3 – HOUSES: BUILDING – REPAIRING – BUYING 01

In England, the money you borrow to buy a house from a Building Society is called a_____.

   

• loan

• contract

• deposit

• mortgage

They sold their house for only $ 15,000, so the buyer got a wonderful_____.

   

• amount

• cost

• bargain

• worth

I advise you to take_____ to ensure that your property is adequately covered by insurance.

 

• steps

• dealings

• means

• actions 

The landlord_____ them because they hadn’t paid their rent for three months.

     

• demolished

• dismissed

• evicted

• threw out

He bought that house_____ that he would inherit money under his uncle’s will.

           

• accounting

• estimating

• considering

• assuming

My sister showed great_____ in selling her house when she did because soon afterwards the market fell dramatically.

   

• foresight

• forecasting

• premonition

• prediction

He was lucky to get the house for less than the asking_____.

 

• amount

• cost

• value

• price

This house has been up _____ sale for over a year now.

• at

• in

• for

• to

We could have provided him with a detached house but he_____ asked for a small flat.

• decidedly

• specifically

• strongly

• solely

The scarcity of housing accommodation means that people can no longer afford to_____ where they live.

     

• pick and choose

• come and go

• look and see

• buy and sell