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BUILDING VOCABULARY
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 Bungalow |
 Blocks of flats |
Small house in the |
Not joined to any |
Joined to one |
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bedroom and living |
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usually just for washing |
small building separated |
Room in a roof space of |
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TIPS: If you visit an English-speaking country, go to a supermarket and look at the names of ordinary, everyday things for the home. This is often a good way of getting vocabulary that just does not appear in dictionaries.
I live in in a block of flats. My brother lives on the ground floor and I have a flat on the third floor. Unfortunately there is no lift, so I have to climb three flights of stairs to reach my flat. I do have a balcony with a wonderful view of the park opposite the flats.
Some people buy a flat or a house. When they do this in Britain, people usually borrow money from a bank or an organisation called a Building Society. This money, which is called a mortage, is often paid back over 25 years. Other people rent a house or flat. When they do this, the money they pay is called the rent, and the person who owns the house or flat is the landlord.
The rooms on the ground floor are quick dark because they don't get (= receive) very much sun. They are also quite noisy because they are near the roads and the traffic. The other negative thing is that the rooms are draughty (= cold air comes into the room through the windows and under the doors because they don't fit very well). This means it's expensive to heat the rooms. Fortunately I have a very good central heating system. In other ways, it's also very nice: it's in good conditions, and the rooms are huge/enormous (= very very big).
The lounge
The living room
or lounge (= where
you sit, relax, talk and watch TV); the dining
room; the kitchen,
the bedrooms, and
the bathrooms.
Some people also have a study (=
a room with a desk where you work), a utility
room (= a room usually next to the kitchen, where
you have a washing machine), a spare
room (= a room you don't use every day. Often
this is a room that guests can use); and possibly a playroom for small
children.
While the cat asleep in the armchair, I sat on the sofa and had a look at the paper. Then I turned on the TV and went to make a cup of tea.
The Kitchen
I put the meat in the oven, put my dirty clothes in the washing machine, amade the coffee and put back milk in the fridge.
I put on my pyjamas, got into bed, set the allarm clock, switched off the light, and went to sleep.
I didn't have time for a bath, but I had a wash, cleaned my teeth, and then I went to school.
HOUSEWORK (UNCOUNTABLE)
My room is very clean and tidy (= everything in order), but my brother is very untidy; he leaves his clothes all over the floor and never makes his bed. What's worse, he doesn't clean his room, so most of the time it is quite dirty.
I do the washing-up every evening after dinner, and I normally do the washing and ironing at the weekend when I have a bit more free time. I also hoover the carpets and polish the dining room table once a week.
| bed lamp flat modern square old latge round sofa armchair bathroom |
sitting-room stairs dish washer oval shelf small confortable cottage washing machine new fridge |
refrigerator kitchen chair rectangular bedside table table cooker block bedroom bungalow cupboard |
Do you live in a house or in a flat?
Is it new or old?
Is it large or small?
| Is there | air conditioning? central heating? a fire place? |
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| If you live in a house: | how many rooms are there downstairs? how many rooms are there upstairs? whose room is the biggest? Is there a garden? Is there an attic or a basement? Is there a garage? |
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| If you live in a flat: | how many rooms are there? which floor do you live on? Is there a lift (elevator) or are there only stairs? are there any balconies? which room is the biggest? how many bathrooms are there? |
Have you got a bedroom on you own?
What colour are its walls?
Is there a balcony?
Are there any curtains? What colour?
Is it usually tidy or messy?
| What have you got in your room? | books. musical instruments. TV set, radio set. telephone. video games and toys. sports equipment (skates, balls, ...). |
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| What can you stick on the walls? | posters and photos. nothing, because they are all covered. nothing, because I do not like it. nothing, because Mum doesn not like it. |
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| How long do you stay there? | only to sleep. to study. to watch TV and listen to music. to read and play. |
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| Can you hear any noise | through the walls from the next door? from the road? from the garden? from the next house or flat? |
GAMES AND EXERCISES
Association
Game
Building
Jumble
Living
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Hangman
- Building, House
1. The building next to the railway line where people buy tickets is called a ___
2. Native North Americans lived in a ___
3. A king or queen lives in a ___
4. The Empire State Building is so tall that it's called a ___
5. Eskimos traditionally live in a house made of ice called an ___
6. A lightweight portable shelter used when camping is called a ___
7. A tall round building that warns ships of dangerous rocks is called a ___
8. A place where lots of students sleep when they live on campus is called a ___
9. A kind of house found moored and floating is called a ___
10. A place that has many doctors and nurses is called a ___
| - some toddlers - an actor - a prisoner - a novelist - a trader - a chief - some off-duty soldiers - a secretary - a deliveryman picking up packages - some teacher - a doctor's patients before their
appointments - a football player after a game - some factory workers at lunchtime - a gardener - A carpenter - a photographer developing photos - a corpse - a surgeon - a pilot in mid-flight |
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