Buying a house

Click here to do a listening activity about buying houses.

Homes of the future

What kind of homes will we live in in the future? What kind of technology will we have? Watch this video for a glimpse of the homes of tomorrow and do the activities.

How to talk about a dirty house

New Home

Listen to Eucharia talking about her new house in Japan.

David and Samantha Cameron's kitchen

Click here to see and read about this famous kitchen.

Inside the British Home

Click here to see an interactive presentation showing how domestic spaces evolve from Saxon times to the post-modern area.

HOMES VOCABULARY

1. Click here to learn about house types.
2. In the kitchen
3. In the bedroom
4. In the bathroom
More vocabulary and exercises about different parts of the house
Learn some housing ad abbreviations.


Have a look at old posts about houses!

Roommates

Click here to listen to two roommates talking about some problems. 

Types of houses

Click here to learn about different types of houses.

Have a look at old posts about houses. There are vocabulary and listening activities.

House Hunters Madrid

Watch this video 2’55 to 6’56”. Complete the sentences or answer the questions. Check your answers in ‘comments’.

1. _____________ in central Spain, Madrid is the largest city on the Iberian península. A major _____________, political and _____________ hub.

2. What is this Cosmopolitan city known for?

3. Why is location going to be a challenge?

4. How are Miguel and Celsie’s tastes different?

5. What should the house be like?

6. What’s high in central Madrid?

7. Where’s the first house?

8. Is it near public transport?

9. House 1 is a _____________  _____________ _____________ one bedroom. It offers an easy _____________ to school or a quick _____________ _____________ for a midday siesta.

10. What’s the problem?

11. What do they like about the living room?

12. What’s the problem with the view?

13. What do they think of the kitchen?

14. What do they think of the bathroom?

15. What’s the problem with the bedroom?

16. What are their general views on the house?

17. What’s the problem?

View it, love it, live it

TOWAN VALLEY

Watch the video from 2’20” to 4’50” and complete the sentences. Check your answers in ‘comments’.

1.       Each property has its own ____________  ____________ and secure ____________  ____________  ____________.

2.       It’s a ____________  ____________ beach house that has been built with loving care and the ____________ in mind.

3.       Many of the ____________ have been sourced from the ____________  ____________.

4.       It’s ____________, comfortable, really ____________  ____________.

5.       You’ve got ____________ and digital television.

6.       The kitchen’s been fitted with all the ____________  ____________ that you require for a ____________ ____________.

7.       ____________ there are 3 bedrooms,  ____________ up to six people and a ____________  ____________.

8.       The master bedroom has an ____________ bathroom.

9.       There’s an onsite ____________ and it’s ____________ friendly as well as family friendly.

10.   In the area you there’s a lot to do: ____________  ____________ , beach and cliff ____________... The North Cornish Coast is a ____________.

11.   Each property also has a lovely little ____________ to enjoy the evenings.

12.   Towan Valley offers a ____________  ____________ in holiday experience. You can choose to ____________  ____________ from it all or you can stay right there and meet some ____________  ____________  ____________.

LOOK AT OLDER POSTS ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC: HOUSES

HOUSES

VOCABULARY
1. Have a look at this slide presentation to learn about different kinds of houses.
2. On this website you can learn some vocabulary about parts of a house (you can listen to it and if you click on 'options' you can do a quiz or see the spelling).
3. Some places. 

MORE ABOUT HOUSES

1. Listen to a woman talking about a house. First choose the best title, then listen and do the exercises and finally read the transcript.
2. Listen to three extracts in which a man talks about renovations. Unfortunately, to listen to the first part you have to click on the tick that leads you to the answers (they forgot to include the recording on the previous page).

HOUSES

1. Learn about houses in England. Do this vocabulary exercise (answers in "comments").

2. Listen to this phone conversation in which a man is asking questions about a house he wants to rent. (easy)

3. Listen to this conversation about renting apartments and choose the right answer. Then you can listen and read the script and learn some vocabulary.