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• Do you like the place where you are living? Why or why not? • How are homes different in your country and in other countries you know? • How have you changed your home since you've started living there? • If you could change anything about your present home, what would it be? • How many different homes have you lived in?

o Which one did you like the best? Why?o Which one did you like the least? Why?

• Do you own your flat/house or are you renting it?

• What are the advantages and drawbacks of being a home owner?

• Is your home in a convenient location? • What things in your home couldn't you live without? • What things in your house could you easily live without? • What's your favorite room? Why? • Where would your dream home be?

o What would it be like inside and out?o Describe location, design, materials, colours, landscaping etc

• Which room do you spend the most and the least time in? • Who are your neighbors?

o Do you get along well with your neighbors?o How well do you know them?o What have you done with or for your neighbors?

• What makes 'a house' into 'a home'? • Schools in the UK and the USA have home economics in their curriculum. Is it a good idea?• Have you ever been homesick? • What is your favorite colour to paint a house outside and inside? Why? • What strange materials do you know of that have been used to make houses? • Could you do up your place, eg. painting, putting up or knocking down partitions, etc without help?• How can houses be made more environmentally friendly? • Describe how you go about buying a house in your country. Is it easy to buy and sell houses? What

are the most important things you would look for when choosing a house to live in?• What would be important to consider when designing a city? Was your city planned? Describe a

perfect city • Give some reasons why people become homeless. • What do you think houses in the future will be like? • How important is security? How do you make a house secure? • Do you often entertain (= invite someone to your house and give food and drink to them ) and/or put

up guests at home?• Have you ever been a boarder (=a tenant in someone's house)• List alternatives to a house or apartment. (e.g. igloo, tree house)

o What are the advantages and disadvantages of these alternatives? Which alternative would you prefer to live in?

OTHER ROOMS IN A HOUSE

An attic is an area found directly below the roof of a building or house (also called , loft). While some attics are converted as bedrooms or home offices, complete with windows and staircases, most attics remain hard to get to and neglected, and are typically used for storage.

A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Basements are typically used as a utility space for a building where such items as the furnace, water heater, car park, and air-conditioning system are located.

Conservatories are structures surrounded by windows and are often added to houses for home improvement purposes, such as having more covered space.

A living room, also known as sitting room (especially in the UK), lounge room or lounge (in the United Kingdom and Australia), is a room for entertaining guests, reading, watching TV or other activities. The term front room can also used to describe a living room, because in many homes the front door opens into the living room.

A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use.

A laundry room (also called a utility room) is a room where clothes are washed. In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer,and often a large basin, called a laundry tub.

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