Name: Patricia Mª Ariza Cadenas - 3TSEI semipresencial

      A DREAM HOUSE
 
This  magnificent  house  has  got  everything!  There  are  more  than  forty  rooms,  
including  five  bathrooms  and  garages  for  five  cars.  It  has  also  got  two  lifts  and  two  
staircases.  A  dream  house?  Yes,  but  there’s  one  small  problem.  This  is  Queen  
Mary’s  Doll´s  House,  so  there  aren’t  any  people  in  it!  
 
Everything  in  the  house  is  tiny,  but  the  amazing  thing  is  that  it  all  works.  For  
example,  there  is  hot  and  cold  water  in  the  bathrooms  and  the  books  have  got  real  
stories  in  them.  The  house  has  even  got  electricity  and  the  lifts  can  go  up  and  
down!  
 
Queen  Mary’s  Doll’s  House  is  ninety-­‐four  years  old.  You  can  see  it  in  Windsor  
Castle,  near  London.  Many  people  visit  the  Castle  just  to  see  the  Doll’s  House!  It  is  
one  of  the  most  beautiful  houses  in  Britain-­‐  what  a  pity  nobody  lives  in  it!  
 
 
Reading  Comprehension  
 
1. Where  is  this  dream  house?   The dream house is in Windsor Castler, near London.

2. How  old  is  it?   It´s ninety four years old.

3. Why  doesn’t  anybody  live  there?   Nobody lives there because it´s a dollhouse.

4. How  many  rooms  are  there?   The dream house are more than forty rooms.

 
Read  the  text  again  and  find…  
 
1. Two  things  in  paragraph  1  that  we  can  use  to  get  from  one  floor  to  another.  
The lifts and the staircases
2. The  opposite  of  the  word  “hot”  in  paragraph  2.   cold

3. Another  word  in  paragraph  2  that  means  “small”.   tiny

4. A  word  in  paragraph  3  that  means  more  or  less  the  same  as  “lovely”.   beautiful

 
Writing  
 
Write  about  your  home:  (100-­‐120  words)  
 
Do  you  live  in  a  house  or  in  a  flat?  How  many  rooms  are  there?  Have  you  got  a  
garden  or  a  garage?