Ex. 2 A) Match the two columns.
1) Terraced house (BrE)
2) Semi-detached house
3) Single-family dwelling
4) Apartment
5) Retirement community
6) Detached house
7) Caravan (BrE) = trailer (AmE)
8) Hut
9) Bungalow
A) a house that is joined to the house next door by a shared wall
B) a vehicle that a car can pull and in which people can live and sleep when they are on holiday
C) (in the USA) a house which usually has a front and backyard
D) a small, simple building with only one or two rooms
E) a set of rooms for one family, usually in a house or building which is divided into several sets of rooms
F) a house which is often on one level
G) a long two or three floor house divided into apartments vertically instead of horizontally, so that each family has a separate entrance, garden, etc
H) a particular area or place where older citizens live together
I) a house which is not joined to any other house
1) Terraced house (BrE) C) (in the USA) a house which usually has a front and backyard
2) Semi-detached house A) a house that is joined to the house next door by a shared wall.
3) Single-family dwelling E) a set of rooms for one family, usually in a house or building which is divided into several sets of rooms
4) Apartment G) a long two or three floor house divided into apartments vertically instead of horizontally, so that each family has a separate entrance, garden, etc
5) Retirement community H) a particular area or place where older citizens live together.
6) Detached house I) a house which is not joined to any other house.
7) Caravan (BrE) = trailer (AmE) B) a vehicle that a car can pull and in which people can live and sleep when they are on holiday.
8) Hut D) a small, simple building with only one or two rooms
9) Bungalow F) a house which is often on one level.