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5.1 Dream Homes

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 Detached house
not joined to another house on either side
 Terraced house
a house that is joined to the houses on either side of it by shared walls
 Apartment
a set of rooms for living in, especially on one floor of a building
 Villa
a large and luxurious country residence
 Private
only for one person or group and not for everyone
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 Attic
a room below the roof of a house, often used for storing things
 Study
a room, especially in somebody’s home, used for reading and writing
 Windmill
a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour
 Cellar
a room under the ground floor of a building, usually used for storing things
 Patio
an area outside a house with a solid floor but no roof, used in good weather for relaxing, eating, etc.
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 Luxurious
very comfortable and expensive
 Central heating
a system of heating buildings by warming air or water at one place and then sending it to different rooms in pipes
 Double glazing
windows that have two layers of glass to keep a building warm or to reduce noise from outside
 Solar panel
a device that changes energy from the sun into electricity
 GRAMMAR (THERE IS/ ARE)
 W e use there is and there are to say that something exists.
 We use there is for singular and there are for plural.
E.g.:
 There is one table in the classroom.
 There are three chairs in the classroom.

 We also use There is with uncountable nouns:

 There is milk in the fridge.
 There is some sugar on the table.
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 The negative is formed by putting not after is or are:
 There is not a horse in the field.
There are not eight children in the school.

 The Negative contractions are:

 There's not = There isn't
 There are not = There aren't
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 To form a question we place is / are in front of there.
 We also use there is / are in short answers.
e.g.:
 Is there a dog in the supermarket? - No, there isn't.
Are there any dogs in the park? - Yes, there are.
Is there a security guard in the shop? - Yes, there is.
Are there any polar bears in Antarctica? - No, there aren't.
GRAMMAR (PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE)
Prepositions of place are used to define a place. They are:
in, next to, in front of, behind, under, on, between, near