Vocabulary Test About RENTING A FLAT Choose The Correct Answer MCQ Exercise 113

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Question 1

Some of the people living on the Council's new estate decided to set up a (an) _____ association.

A	dwellers'
B	landlords'
C	inhabitants'
D	tenants'

Question 1 Explanation:

A tenants' association is a group of people who rent their homes from the same landlord, here the Council, and work together on housing problems. Dwellers and inhabitants are not used in this fixed phrase. The people on the estate are not landlords, because the Council owns the homes.

Question 2

There are several landladies approved by the university who take in _____.

A	inhabitants
B	lodgers
C	residents
D	settlers

Question 2 Explanation:

A lodger rents a room in someone else's home, often with meals. The fixed phrase is take in lodgers. Residents and inhabitants simply live somewhere, and settlers move to a new country or region.

Question 3

The landlord requires a $50 _____ from tenants to cover possible damage.

A	bail
B	deposit
C	security
D	tip

Question 3 Explanation:

A deposit is money you pay at the start of a tenancy. You get it back at the end if there is no damage. Not security on its own: we say security deposit, not a $50 security. Bail is money paid to get someone out of prison.

Question 4

My landlady has recently signed an agreement renewing my _____ for the next four years.

A	occupation
B	possession
C	residence
D	tenancy

Question 4 Explanation:

A tenancy is the period during which you rent a home, and an agreement can renew a tenancy. Occupation, possession and residence do not describe a rental agreement that a landlady renews.

Question 5

They _____ the advantages and disadvantages of moving and finally decided against it.

A	asked themselves
B	weighed up
C	meditated
D	thought

Question 5 Explanation:

To weigh up something means to think carefully about the good and bad points before deciding: weigh up the advantages and disadvantages. Meditate and think would need a preposition (think about), and asked themselves does not fit with a direct object like this.

Question 6

Having decided to rent a flat, we _____ contacting all the accommodation agencies in our city.

A	set about
B	set off
C	set out
D	set to

Question 6 Explanation:

Set about + -ing means to start doing a task: we set about contacting the agencies. Not set out: it means to begin a journey, or it is followed by to + infinitive (set out to contact). Set off means to start a journey.

Question 7

The Housing Committee has decided to give _____ to young married couples with children.

A	preferment
B	presentation
C	prestige
D	priority

Question 7 Explanation:

Give priority to someone means to treat them as more important and deal with them first. Preferment means promotion to a higher job, and prestige means respect or status.

Question 8

Homeless families _____ the empty houses and started to renovate and redecorate them.

A	homed
B	moved
C	squatted
D	tenanted

Question 8 Explanation:

To squat (in) a building means to live in an empty house without the owner's permission. Tenanted would mean they rented the houses legally, which is not true of homeless people moving into empty houses.

Question 9

When the landlord died, all the sitting tenants were given notice to _____.

A	depart
B	disappear
C	flee
D	quit

Question 9 Explanation:

Notice to quit is the fixed legal phrase for an official warning that a tenant must leave the property by a certain date. Sitting tenants are people already living in the rented property. Depart and flee are not used in this phrase.

Question 10

The landlord _____ them because they hadn't paid their rent for three months.

A	demolished
B	dismissed
C	evicted
D	threw out

Question 10 Explanation:

To evict someone means to force them by law to leave their home, often because they have not paid the rent. Not threw out: with a pronoun the object must go in the middle (threw them out), so threw out them is wrong. Dismissed is used for workers losing their jobs.

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