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Renting and home repairs Exercises

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Renting and home repairs · A2. rent = pay to use a home or object temporarily; leak = a hole or fault that lets liquid or gas escape; landlord = someone who owns property and lets it to tenants

Learn the meanings in context, then recognise and recall each expression. A2 is an editorial guide.

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pay to use a home or object temporarily
In a sentence

We rent a small flat near the station.

We rent a small flat near the station.

Useful combinations
rent a flatrent a car

Word forms & family

rentsrentedrental

Similar meanings & paraphrases

No common direct equivalent for this sense.

These match this sense. Word families can change meaning; near meanings are not always interchangeable.

In this lesson: “rent” = pay to use a home or object temporarily. Notice the combinations “rent a flat” and “rent a car”.

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rent · leak · landlord

rent = pay to use a home or object temporarily; leak = a hole or fault that lets liquid or gas escape; landlord = someone who owns property and lets it to tenants

We rent a small flat near the station.

repair · heating

repair = make something damaged work properly again; heating = a system that makes a building warm

Can you repair this chair?

broken · tenant

broken = damaged and not working properly; tenant = someone who pays rent to live in a property

The lift is broken, so we use the stairs.

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We pay the owner each month to live in her flat. We ___ the flat.

Choose the expression that matches the precise meaning or structure.

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Step 1 · Warm-up

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Step 2 · Build the skill

broken · tenant

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broken = damaged and not working properly; tenant = someone who pays rent to live in a property

The lift is broken, so we use the stairs.
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Step 3 · Build the skill

rent · leak · landlord

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rent = pay to use a home or object temporarily; leak = a hole or fault that lets liquid or gas escape; landlord = someone who owns property and lets it to tenants

We rent a small flat near the station.
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Step 4 · Build the skill

repair · heating

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repair = make something damaged work properly again; heating = a system that makes a building warm

Can you repair this chair?
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Step 5 · Meaning & use review

Meaning & use review

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D01 · Warm-up

We pay the owner each month to live in her flat. We ___ the flat.

Choose the expression that matches the precise meaning or structure.

  1. cancel
  2. rent
  3. confirm
  4. repair
Answer & explanation
rent

Here “rent” means pay to use a home or object temporarily. Read the clue: “We pay the owner each month to live in her flat. We ___ the flat.”.

P01 · Meaning & use review

Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: pay to use a home or object temporarily. It starts with r.

Answer & explanation
rent

Here “rent” means pay to use a home or object temporarily. Read the clue: “Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: pay to use a home or object temporarily. It starts with r.”.

D02 · Warm-up

The bike has a broken wheel. A mechanic will fix the damage and make it work again: she will ___ it.

Choose the expression that matches the precise meaning or structure.

  1. cancel
  2. rent
  3. repair
  4. invite
Answer & explanation
repair

Here “repair” means make something damaged work properly again. Read the clue: “The bike has a broken wheel. A mechanic will fix the damage and make it work again: she will ___ it.”.

P02 · Meaning & use review

Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: make something damaged work properly again. It starts with r.

Answer & explanation
repair

Here “repair” means make something damaged work properly again. Read the clue: “Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: make something damaged work properly again. It starts with r.”.

D03 · Build the skill

The glass screen is cracked and the phone no longer works. It is ___.

Choose the expression that matches the precise meaning or structure.

  1. broken
  2. full
  3. asleep
  4. empty
Answer & explanation
broken

Here “broken” means damaged and not working properly. Read the clue: “The glass screen is cracked and the phone no longer works. It is ___.”.

P03 · Meaning & use review

Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: damaged and not working properly. It starts with b.

Answer & explanation
broken

Here “broken” means damaged and not working properly. Read the clue: “Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: damaged and not working properly. It starts with b.”.

D04 · Build the skill

Water escapes through a damaged part of the pipe. There is a ___ in the pipe.

Choose the expression that matches the precise meaning or structure.

  1. tenant
  2. landlord
  3. leak
  4. journey
Answer & explanation
leak

Here “leak” means a hole or fault that lets liquid or gas escape. Read the clue: “Water escapes through a damaged part of the pipe. There is a ___ in the pipe.”.

P04 · Meaning & use review

Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: a hole or fault that lets liquid or gas escape. It starts with l.

Answer & explanation
leak

Here “leak” means a hole or fault that lets liquid or gas escape. Read the clue: “Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: a hole or fault that lets liquid or gas escape. It starts with l.”.

D05 · Build the skill

Which word names the system that warms the rooms of a building?

Choose the expression that matches the precise meaning or structure.

  1. leak
  2. heating
  3. tenant
  4. entrance
Answer & explanation
heating

Here “heating” means a system that makes a building warm. Read the clue: “Which word names the system that warms the rooms of a building?”.

P05 · Meaning & use review

Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: a system that makes a building warm. It starts with h.

Answer & explanation
heating

Here “heating” means a system that makes a building warm. Read the clue: “Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: a system that makes a building warm. It starts with h.”.

D06 · Build the skill

I live in a flat owned by someone else and pay them rent. In this arrangement, I am the ___.

Choose the expression that matches the precise meaning or structure.

  1. entrance
  2. heating
  3. tenant
  4. landlord
Answer & explanation
tenant

Here “tenant” means someone who pays rent to live in a property. Read the clue: “I live in a flat owned by someone else and pay them rent. In this arrangement, I am the ___.”.

P06 · Meaning & use review

Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: someone who pays rent to live in a property. It starts with t.

Answer & explanation
tenant

Here “tenant” means someone who pays rent to live in a property. Read the clue: “Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: someone who pays rent to live in a property. It starts with t.”.

D07 · Build the skill

Maya owns the flat and receives rent from the person living there. Maya is the ___.

Choose the expression that matches the precise meaning or structure.

  1. tenant
  2. landlord
  3. journey
  4. heating
Answer & explanation
landlord

Here “landlord” means someone who owns property and lets it to tenants. Read the clue: “Maya owns the flat and receives rent from the person living there. Maya is the ___.”.

P07 · Meaning & use review

Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: someone who owns property and lets it to tenants. It starts with l.

Answer & explanation
landlord

Here “landlord” means someone who owns property and lets it to tenants. Read the clue: “Write the word or phrase from this lesson that means: someone who owns property and lets it to tenants. It starts with l.”.