Task 1. Read the text and fill in the table.

I lived in a big house as a child. It was in the suburbs of Boston, where most houses had a yard, a lawn, a patio and a garden. When I was little, we used to go on holidays to the country and stay in a caravan. In that rural area there were a lot of mobile homes, farms and even houseboats where people lived and spent their holidays. Once we were even invited to a ranch that looked really expensive and seemed like a real villa or a castle to me. Though I’ve never been to a real castle, I enjoyed visiting the Palace of Versailles when we spent our honeymoon in Paris.

In college I lived in the room in the college dormitory, which I shared with two other girls. After the university, when I just started working, I shared a flat or an apartment with my friend. We each had our own bedroom and bathroom and shared a kitchen. Now I live in a townhouse with my husband. It’s a nice duplex (a two-family, semidetached) house. It’s also quite small but it is in a convenient place and we can visit our friends, who live in a condominium (condo) in the modern apartment building. Our friends in Toronto have just moved to a long townhouse, which is also called a terraced house, row house or a linked house.

My grandmother is in a retirement home now but she used to live in a bungalow in the rural area, which I always thought would be quite nice because you don’t ever have to climb any stairs! But when I am older, I think I would like to live in the suburbs in a beautiful white cottage with yellow roses around the door.

Most of our friends love to spend their free time camping, but my least favourite thing to stay in, is most definitely a tent. They are freezing cold and there’s always at least one spider living in them!

Where Has the Author Lived	Places She Visited	Places She Has Never Visited

Task 2. Add to the table the types of dwelling you can meet in the following areas. Tell about the pros and cons of living there using the table.

	Types of Dwelling	Pros of Living There	Cons of Living There
The City/ An Urban Area		Adjectives: bustling, active, modern, futuristic, historic, well-organised. Full range of facilities: shops/ services/ schools/ hospitals, job opportunities, wide variety of entertainment, easy transportation.	Adjectives: noisy, busy, littered, crowded, littered, chaotic. Pollution, high crime rate, fast pace of life, stress, more consumerism.
The Suburbs		Adjectives: calm, spacious, green, environmentally-friendly. Community atmosphere, good facilities, ideal for families.	Adjectives: boring, unfriendly, sleepy, dull. Noisy neighbours, far from the city centre, limited entertainment.
Country-side/ A Rural Area		Adjectives: breath-taking, eye-catching, picturesque, tranquil, quiet and peaceful. Slower pace of life, possibility of garden, pleasant environment, relaxing atmosphere.	Adjectives: off the beaten track, dilapidated, neglected, isolated. Lack of facilities/schools/ healthcare, few job opportunities, boring.

Task 3. Describe your own experience of living and visiting different places by completing the sentences:

1. I have lived in the places like ____________________________. I find them ____________________________________

2. I have visited such places as ______________________________________. I find them ________________________________ 

3. I’ve never been to the places like __________________________________.

Task 4. The Interior of the House. Most houses and apartments can be divided into two big zones: the living space and the non-living space. Divide the parts of this space into two categories and fill in the table.

A living room (a sitting room/a lounge/a family room), a bathroom (shower), a lavatory (toilet), a kitchen, a garage, a storage room (box room), an attic, a bedroom, a nursery, a basement (cellar), a dining room (dining area), a study (an office), a recreation room (rumpus room/television room), a loft, stairs, a stair well, a landing, a workshop, a gym, a library.

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