What questions will you ask your friend who is going to move about his/ her new home?

Let’s talk about different types of houses. What type of house would you prefer to live in? Why?

There are many types of housing: detached houses, semi-detached houses, terraced houses and flats. Some of the detached houses are cottages and bungalows.

As long as it is not joined to another house, it is a detached house. I would like to live in a detached house with a big garden. First of all there is a free space surrounding the building belongs to the family. Secondly, there is typically a yard and a garden where you can have a rest and relax. On the one hand, the disadvantage is that all repairs in the house should be made by the owner.

A semi-detached house is a pair of houses that share one common wall. One advantage of living in a semi-detached house is that there is still some privacy. A disadvantage is that you are responsible for the upkeep of your side of the house.

Terraced housing is also known as townhouses. One of the major advantages of terraced housing is that it is relatively cheaper. One great disadvantage is that there is typically no yard or garden that comes with a unit. As two walls are shared, there is less privacy too.

A flat or an apartment is a part of a larger building. Such building is called an apartment building or a block of flats. A flat can be a studio unit, a one-bedroom, two-bedroom or three-bedroom unit.

Tell me about the house/ flat you live in.

We have a nice flat in a new block of flats. Our flat is on the fourth floor. It has all modern conveniences: central heating, gas, electricity, cold and hot running water, a lift and a chute to carry rubbish down. There are three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall in our flat.

The living-room is the largest and most comfortable room in the flat. My father is used to having a rest sitting on this sofa reading books, newspapers, magazines or watching TV.

The bedroom is smaller than the living-room and not so light. In this room there are two beds with a bedside-table between them.

It’s really wonderful to have a room for yourself. My room is not large but very cosy. There isn’t much furniture in it, only the most necessary. In my opinion, the study is the best room in our flat. But the warmest place in our flat is the kitchen, I think — the place where the whole family gathers every evening not only to have supper together, but also to speak and rest. I like the English proverb: “My home is my castle” because my flat is, indeed, my castle.

What questions will you ask your friend who is going to move about his/ her new home?

- Is your flat far or close to the centre of the city?

- How many rooms are there in your flat?

- Is it far from our school?

- How much time will it take you to get to your school?

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