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English Vocabulary Exercises for B1 – Describing houses and homes

7 exercícios

1. Complete the types of home with a, e, i, o and u.

  • 1)
    mns n
  • 2)
    frmh s
  • 3)
    vll
  • 4)
    mbl hm
  • 5)
    flt
  • 6)
    bnglw
  • 7)
    h sb t
  • 8)
    trrcd h s
  • 9)
    sm-dtchd h s
  • 10)
    thtchd cttg
  • 11)
    dtchd h s

2. Look at the picture and complete the labels.

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  • 1)
    f
  • 2)
    e
  • 3)
    b
  • 4)
    s
  • 5)
    g
  • 6)
    b
  • 7)
    f b
  • 8)
    p
  • 9)
    c
  • 10)
    s d
  • 11)
    p
  • 12)
    l
  • 13)
    p
  • 14)
    p
  • 15)
    d
  • 16)
    g
  • 17)
    h

3. Listen to someone describing their ideal home. Complete the description with the missing words.

Audio
  • My ideal home is in the city. It’s a 1) flat, in an 2) , modern building in a 3) It’s 4) for shops, restaurants and cinemas. Inside, it isn’t at all 5) In fact, it’s very 6)

4. Write a short description of your ideal home. Include the information below. Use words from exercises 1 and 2 and phrases from exercise 3 to help you.

  • – Where is it?
  • – What type of home is it?
  • – Rooms and other features
  • – Adjectives to describe it

Extra exercises

5. Match the definitions with the types of home below.

  • bungalow flat mansion semi-detached house
  • terraced house thatched cottage
  • 1)
    a set of rooms usually on one floor, often in a tower block
  • 2)
    a house which shares one wall with another to form a pair of houses
  • 3)
    a house without stairs which is on one level
  • 4)
    a small, old house with a roof made of straw
  • 5)
    a house in a line of similar houses
  • 6)
    a very large house

6. Complete the sentences with the words below.

  • attic basement conservatory drive
  • fence landing patio shutters
  • 1)
    We often have lunch outside on the when the weather is fine.
  • 2)
    There’s a wooden around the garden to keep people out.
  • 3)
    They’re building a onto the outside of their house.
  • 4)
    His flat doesn’t get a lot of light because it’s in the
  • 5)
    Go up the stairs to the and the bathroom is on the left.
  • 6)
    All of my old toys are up in the
  • 7)
    It’s dark in here because I haven’t opened the yet.
  • 8)
    Our garage is full of old furniture, so we have to leave our car on the

7. Replace the underlined words with the adjectives below.

  • charming contemporary cosy
  • cramped dilapidated lively
  • 1)
    We’ve just bought a very attractive old farmhouse which we’re going to restore.
  • 2)
    The living room looked extremely warm and inviting in the firelight.
  • 3)
    I’m looking for a place in a fun and exciting part of town.
  • 4)
    Nobody has lived in the family home for years, so today it looks in very bad condition
  • 5)
    Their living quarters are uncomfortably small because four of them are sharing the same room.
  • 6)
    She lives in a flat in a modern building which is very conveniently located.

Como praticar

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  3. 3Clique em 'Mostrar Resposta' para verificar seu trabalho
  4. 4Revise quaisquer erros e tente exercícios similares
  5. 5Passe para o próximo exercício quando estiver pronto

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