House and housecleaning

1. Look at the various types of houses below. Which house would you like to live in?

1. Detached house – not joined to any other house.

2. Semi-detached house – joined to one another house.

3. Terraced house – joined to several houses to form a row.

4. Cottage – a small house in the country or in a village.

5. Bungalow – a house with only one store (no upstairs).

6. Villa – a large house with a big garden or a rented house in a holiday resort / tourist area.

7) A block of flats (am. apartment house) – a large building divided into separate parts (flats).

2. Read the dialogue and say:

1. what are the advantages and disadvantages of living in the country (in the town), complete them with your own;

2. what are the comforts of a cottage;

3. where would you like to live ?

Tom: Say, Betty, how can you live in town? It’s so dull here. All these people … and these grey houses …. And the traffic¹. So noisy!

Betty: I don’t agree. We rent a nice terraced house² in a quiet street. We have got a pretty garden full of plants. It is lovely.

Tom: Is it? And you like the polluted air³, don’t you? And where do you play?

Betty: In the garden. I can play here. Besides we have some advantages, you know. We live close to the shops. The bus stops in front of our house: we don’t need a car. That is very economical.

Tom: I agree. But the air is never as pure as in the country. And what can be better than to live not in one of the houses, attached to each other in a long row, but in a cottage with all its comforts.

¹traffic - транспорт

²to rent a house – снимать дом

³a polluted air – загрязненный воздух

3. What are these rooms used for? Match each part of the house with what usually happens there.

_____ kitchen _____ the dining room _____ the bedroom _____ the garage _____ the garden _____ the bathroom _____ the living room _____ the hall

a) a place to wash b) a place to sleep c) a place to hang coats d) a place to relax and talk e) a place to cook f) a place to grow flowers g) a place a car h) a place to eat

4. Which part of the house is different from other three in each group?

1.	a) floor	b) wall	c) stairs	d) ceiling
2.	a) fireplace	b) roof	c) central heating	d) chimney
3.	a) bathroom	b) garage	c) kitchen	d) bedroom
4.	a) window	b) wall	c) gate	d) door
5.	a) downstairs	b) upstairs	c) basement	d) storey
6.	a) fence	b) path	c) hedge	d) wall