Houses and homes (UK & US)

This type of house is called

• a detached house

• a semi-detached house

• an apartment

A detached house usually has

• two floors

• one floor

• many floors

Sometimes, there is also an attic there.

An attic is...

• a room or a space below the roof of a building

• a room or space under the ground floor of a building

• a storage room

A typical British front/back garden is usually

• big, with lots of trees and bushes

• small with a few flowerbeds, lawn and a tree or two

• full of flowers and herbs

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Two houses joined together where two families live very close to each other is in UK called

• a twin house

• a semi-detached house

• a terraced house

American words for a semi-detached house are...

(pick up TWO words)

• duplex

• colonial house

• Cape Cod

• twin house

In UK you can usually find semi-detached houses...

• in the city centers

• in the countryside

• in the suburbs of cities

A typical feature of bungalows is that...

• they have attics

• they are located in cities

• they have only one story/floor

A terraced house is called a ______________ in the USA.

(More than one option is correct)

• a row house

• a line house

• a town house

• a collective house