Match the description of places 1-6 to the pictures a-f.

Different kinds of homes

Match the description of places 1-6 to the pictures a-f.

1. I live in a tiny little studio flat in the city centre.

2. I live on the tenth floor of a bigblock of flats.

3. I live in a nice cottage out in the country.

4. He lives in a huge detached house out in the suburbs.

5. They live in a little bungalow.

6. We live in a ground-floor flat in a four-storey building.

A B

C D

E F

Which of the places above would be the best/worst to live in if...

1. you're quite elderly and not very mobile?

2. you've got two young children?

3. you're a student and you don't have much money?

Have you ever lived in any places like those described above? Where? What were they like?

Match the sentences (1-10) with the follow-up comments (a-j)

1. It's lovely and bright in the summer.

2. It's nice and compact.

3. It's very central.

4. It's very convenient for transport.

5. It's very spacious.

6. The rent's very affordable.

7. I'm renting a room in a shared apartment.

8. I live in a newly-built block of flats.

9. It's quite cramped with four of us living there.

10. It's quite old and run-down.

a) It's the biggest place I've ever lived in.

b) I don't need that much space and it's easy to keep clean.

c) I'm only paying ?80 a week plus bills.

d) Luckily, I get on OK with the five other students.

e) I can walk into town in ten minutes.

f) I mean, it's only a two-bedroom flat and there's only one bathroom.

g) It's great - and obviously I don't need to do any work on it!

h) It faces south, so we get a lot of sunlight.

i) We'll need to do some work on it.

j) There's a station five minutes' walk away and several buses to go into town.

Work in pairs. Discuss which of the words in bold describe where you live. Explain why.

Developing conversations

Correct mistakes in the sentences. You may need to add extra words.