Types of houses

Vocabulary
BLOCK OF FLATS: Bloque de apartamentos (UK)
APARTMENT BUILDING: Bloque de apartamentos (USA)
DETACHED: Tipo de casa que no comparte paredes con otras viviendas (Casa
aislada).
SEMI-DETACHED: Tipo de casa unida a otra vivienda por uno de sus lados
(Adosado por un lado).
TERRACED: Tipo de casa unida a otras viviendas por ambos lados (Adosado por
ambos lados).
BUNGALOW: Tipo de casa pequeña con una sola planta.
COTTAGE: Casa de campo.
PENTHOUSE: Ático, por lo general, lujoso.
CONDOMINIUM: Condominio.
DUPLEX: Tipo de casa con dos pisos (Dúplex).
IGLOO: Iglú.
TEEPEE: Tipi (cabaña india).
TENT: Tienda de campaña.
TOOLSHED: Cobertizo.
APARTMENT: Apartamento

 Detached  Semi-detached  Terraced

     
  Penthouse  Cottage  Block of flats

     

QUESTIONS

Where do you live?

How many bedrooms are there in your house?

What's in your bedroom?

What color are the walls?

How many windows are there?

Is there a balcony?

What does it mean that a place is urban?

What does it mean that a place is rural?

How would you describe where you live: urban or rural?

what do you think urbanization means?

COUNTRYSIDE The advantages of living in the
countryside:

Nature is cleaner, that is, less

contaminated.
People feed more naturally.
You have healthy habits.
You live with more tranquillity.
The disadvantages of living in the
countryside are:
Do not be civilized.
Have hospitals away.
Not having social spaces where
people can live together.
CITY The advantages of living in the city
are:

Have recreational places nearby as

shopping centers.
Possibilities of social coexistence.
Possibility of finding work.
Keep medical services nearby.
The disadvantages of living in the city
are:
Nature conservation is little.
The little transport that is found.
The lack of various inputs.
The shortage of offers.