This document provides information about different types of living places like houses, flats, and neighborhoods. It lists various dwelling types such as bungalows, cottages, detached houses, terraced houses, mansions, and penthouses. It also defines related terms like downtown, housing estate, suburb, and surroundings. The document then provides sentences to translate involving neighborhoods, housing types, and locations. Finally, it discusses furniture items found in living places.

1. LIVING PLACE
Loreta Vainauskiene, English teacher, Kruonis Gymnasium
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2. Types of houses and flats
• bungalow
• converted loft
• cottage
• detached house
• semi-detached
house
• mansion
• manor
• penthouse
• skyscraper
• terraced house
• country house
• villa
• bedsit
• studio flat
• block of flats
• apartment house
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3. Bungalow
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4. Country
house
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5. Penthouse
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6. Converted loft
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7. Cottage
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8. Detached house
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9. Semi-detached house
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10. Terraced house (terrace-house)
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11. Block of flats/apartment house
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12. *Mansion *Manor
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13. Villa
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14. Hut – humpy - lūšnelė
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15. *Studio flat *Bedsit
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16. Floor/storey
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17. Neighbourhood
• dweller (city/town)
• resident
• Inhabitant
• downtown
• housing estate
• settlement
• area
• district
• environment
• outskirts
• region
• suburb
• surroundings
• territory
• neighbourhood
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18. Read and translate
1. We live in good and healthy neighbourhood.
2. I didn‘t feel that the neighbourhood was a
very safe environment for kids.
3. He was elected to represent his district.
4. It took me a few weeks to get used to my new
surroundings.
5. They would rather live in the suburbs than in
a city centre.
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19. Read and translate
6. Her parents lived in a mansion on the
outskirts of Manchester.
7. The Manchester site, Collyhurst, is a post-war
housing estate on the north-east edge of
the city centre.
8. She lives in a really beautiful apartment in
downtown Miami.
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20. FURNITURE
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21. *armchair*swivel chair*rocking chair
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22. * cupboard *display cabinet
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23. Wardrobe/closet
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24. *Carpet *rug *cushion
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25. *bedside table/nightstand
*dressing table
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26. dishwasher – sink - washbasin
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27. Chest of drawers
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30. Speaking:
dialogue or roleplay?
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31. Speaking: dialogue
• agree: certainly, Yes, that’d be perfect, Good point,
OK, let’s do that.
• disagree/partly agree: I see your point, but…, I don’t
think they’re that important; I agree that would be
ideal, but…
• ask the other person’s opinion: can we?, don't we?,
Where would you like to live? How about other
criteria?
• suggest an additional option: But I think one more
thing is essential.
• confirm what has been agreed: So, we’ve decided
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32. DESCRIBING
PLACES

33. INTRODUCTION
• Give general information about the
place or building:
• What is it?
• Who built it? When?
• Where is it?
• Why is it interesting?
• Why are you writing about it?
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34. MAIN PART (BODY)
Describe the place:
• What does it look like?
• What are the important features of it?
• What makes it special?
• What can you see there?
• What is the atmosphere of it?
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35. CONCLUSION
Conclude by summarizing the points
and include a general comment or say
how you feel:
• What is your general opinion of the
place/building?
• How do you feel about the
place/building?
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