Housing in Great Britain

1.

Housing
in
Great Britain
English teacher
Mikhailova M. I.

2.

Skyscraper
a high-rise
residential
building
an administrative
building
an office building
a business
a shopping
center

3.

A penthouse
a very expensive apartment on the top floor
of a high-rise building or skyscraper
usually occupies the entire floor
may have its own elevator and separate
entrance

4.

Tower block
a modern
high-rise
building
divided into
apartments
or separate
offices
this term is
mainly used
in British
English

5.

Block of flats
an
apartment
building
this term is
mainly used
in American
English

6.

High-rise
building
Multistorey
building

7.

Low-rise building

8.

Detached house
house for
one owner
such houses
can be found
in the
suburbs,
countryside
usually
around is a
garden

9.

Semi-detached house
a house having
two apartments
with separate
entrances
apartments have
an adjacent wall
and most often
have a mirror
layout
sometimes are
called a “house
for two owners”

10.

Terraced house
a series of
identical or
very similar
houses
adjacent to
each other,
with
separate
entrances
to each
apartment
is typical
for
European
cities

11.

Bungalow
a
residential
one-story
house
a summer
residence
all living
spaces are
on the
ground
floor

12.

Maisonette
a small
house or
two-level
apartment

13.

Castle

14.

Palace

15.

Mansion
luxurious
detached
house
belonging
to a
wealthy
family

16.

Manor house
the main
house of
the estate,
in which
the
owner's
family
lived

17.

Villa
a detached
large
country
house with
a garden
often
rented to
vacationers

18.

Country house
vacation house
almost the same
as mansion
the English
aristocracy
preferred to live
in the city, and
periodically
travel to a
country house
a large building
with many rooms

19.

Cottage
a small
country
house
it usually
has one
floor and an
attic
can be
found in the
countryside,
in the
village

20.

Caravan
trailer on
wheels,
van on
wheels
In
American
English –
«trailer»

21.

Mobile home
a trailer
that is
taken off
the wheels
always
stands in
one place
serves its
owners
only as a
house.

22.

Log cabin or log house
built
without
the use of
nails

23.

Houseboat
a house on the
water, a vessel
adapted to
serve as a
dwelling
equipped with
necessary
furniture
some of these
boats do not
have motors,
they always
stand in one
place

24.

Tree house
used more often for children's
games
some people live in such houses

25.

Shanty, Hovel, Shack

26.

Hut
poor
housing,
temporary
shelter,
booth