1. Conversation Questions
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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?

2. 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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