4.1. Describing houses (Focus 2, 2nd ed.)

1. Listen and answer the questions.

1. Rendering of the Keret House design, a cross-section, copyright Polish Modern Art Foundation

2. Keret House seen from Żelazna Street, photo by Tycjan Gniew Podskarbiński, copyright Polish Modern Art Foundation

3. Etgar Keret in Keret House, photo by Bartek Warzecha, copyright Polish Modern Art Foundation

1. Where is Keret House?                [Glasgow, UK, Warsaw, Poland]

2. What does Etgar Keret think of the house?                     [ugly but cosy, small but complete, big but comfortable]

3. How wide is Keret House?            [92–152 cm, 102–202 cm, 152-212 cm]

4. How many floors are there?   [1, 2, 3]

5. How many people can live in it?   [1, 2, 3]

2. Complete with the words and phrases below.

a block of flats, brick, concrete, cosy, glass, the ground floor, historic, in the city centre,
metal, modern, open-plan, spacious, upstairs

Type of house

1. a bungalow

2. a cottage

3. a detached house

4. a semi-detached house

5. a terraced house

6.                 

Location

1. in the suburbs

2. in a village

3. near the sea

4. in the countryside

5. on a housing estate

6.                   

Location in a building

1. downstairs

2. in the basement

3. on the first floor

4. on the top floor

5. on                 

6.         

Building materials

1. stone

2. wood

3. b      

4. c         

5. m      

6. g      

Description

1. traditional

2. m       

3. s         

4. o          

5. c     

6. h         

3. Match the underlined phrases with words or phrases with a similar meaning.

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