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Reading & Speaking Skills 2c

Reading & Speaking Skills

1 Look at the pictures below. Do you know what types of
houses these are?

Listen and read to find out. Villas

Terraced Villas are big houses with large gardens outside. They
Houses are usually in the countryside. The Monticello is near
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. It’s famous because it’s
These houses are usually in big cities. They are Thomas Jefferson’s home. It’s huge and there are a lot of
lots of houses next to each other in long rows. rooms. One of the rooms at the top is in the shape of an
Number 10 Downing Street is in England’s octagon. Outside, there are vegetable gardens and
capital city – London. This house is very famous beautiful flowers and trees. Today, the house is a museum.
because it is the Prime Minister of England’s
house. It is small on the outside, but it is really
very big on the inside. There are three floors and
many rooms and offices. There is a large garden
at the back of the house.

Cottages

Check these words Cottages are cosy and traditional houses in the countryside.
They have got straw roofs and brick walls. They have also
• row • famous got beautiful gardens outside. Adare in Limerick, Ireland, is
• Prime Minister a small but well-known village. There are lots of old-
• office • huge fashioned cottages and it is a popular place for tourists
• top • cosy because it is very pretty.
• countryside
• straw • brick 2 Read the text again and decide if the sentences are T (true) or
• well-known F (false). Write in your notebook.
• old-fashioned
• pretty 1 Terraced houses are in the countryside.
2 Number 10 Downing Street has got a large garden.
3 Monticello is a villa in the USA.
4 The room at the top is in the shape of a pentagon.
5 Adare is a big city in Ireland.

MODULE 2 3 Which house would you like to live in? Tell your
partner.
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