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Finding a home

Look at the newspaper adverts and do the exercises to practise and improve your reading skills.

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise first. Then read the adverts and do the other exercises.

Preparation

Do this exercise before you read.

Reading

Finding a home

TO RENT

A: Quiet flat in Greenwood

  • 2 bedrooms, large kitchen
  • Near shops and restaurants
  • £600 a month

Phone 07348 0848153

B: Small 3rd-floor flat in central London

  • 1 bedroom
  • 2 minutes from train station
  • £650 a month

Phone 020 933 9458

C: House available in Hoburn from end of September

  • 3 bedrooms, small garden
  • Near the university
  • £1000 a month

Phone 07122 7476933

Worksheets and downloads

Finding a home - exercises437.27 KB
Finding a home - answers184.53 KB
Finding a home - advert485.39 KB
Discussion

Do you live in a house or a flat?

Language level
A1 Elementary
Topics
house and home
advertising
Average: 3.7 (18 votes)
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Submitted by tokitomuchiroking on Sat, 09/07/2024 - 03:13

i got a house now, is so pretty
i love my house forever :D

Submitted by Şöhret on Sat, 02/10/2024 - 08:41

I live in a flat

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Submitted by Muhammad Hamay… on Tue, 12/06/2022 - 19:08

I live in a house with my small family. my house has only three rooms and one small kitchen.

Submitted by Adelyatam on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 20:26

I want to live in a flat

Submitted by Adelyatam on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 20:20

I live in a house

Submitted by ahgima099 on Sat, 08/20/2022 - 12:23

I live in a house with my big family. I want to live in a flat alone when I will be adult.

Submitted by Gorkem2006 on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 18:36

I live in a house, but house prices are increasing, I hope to buy another house in the future.

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Submitted by Ebrarr on Wed, 06/08/2022 - 06:46

house rent is very expensive, i hope we will have a house where we still live in the future.

Submitted by JamieKirumato1795 on Sat, 03/12/2022 - 04:22

Hm, I live in a house with my dad and I love it very much. Because I live in my house when I was born. Our house is 4 floors with 1 garden, 1 living room, 1 kitchen, 1 library, 2 bedrooms, 1 gym room. It's near shops and restaurants so I can buy everything when I go out. I think the perfect house or apartment, flat, or something else is emotions and memories. Actually, you can live everywhere you want but I think the most important is that. Great day, my friends!

Submitted by ExtremeBoka on Wed, 03/02/2022 - 03:23

I prefer a house because they're bigger and private than a flat but maybe living in a flat would be cool too. Specially if you live alone because you don't need much space.

Submitted by Shizu_Diana5A on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 02:25

I live in a house, it has a big patio but a small kitchen.

Submitted by Fenic on Mon, 10/11/2021 - 04:47

I live in a house.

Submitted by Hoang123 on Fri, 10/01/2021 - 09:22

I live in a house. near the gas station
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Submitted by fanny on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 16:45

I live in a house. It insn´t near a train station.
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Submitted by FlowerQueen on Thu, 07/29/2021 - 18:37

I live in a house.

Submitted by hermione123 on Sat, 05/08/2021 - 09:12

i live in a three floor house. but most parts of the first floor is used as my mom's shop. so, my family just use the other 2 floors.
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Submitted by Kostantinus on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 07:29

I live in a flat on the 9th-10th floors. My flat has big kitchen and two bathrooms. It is quite big new flat, but it needs decoration. All rooms have nice view through the windows. My dream is to live in a house, because I like gardening. I understand that house is much more expensive than a flat.

Submitted by nimdini on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 14:44

I live in a big house which near a beautiful paddy field.
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Submitted by rafaelyeshua on Sun, 12/13/2020 - 16:48

i live in a flat with my mother and it's very confortable

Submitted by Luna on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 14:39

I live in a house and I live in flat, too.
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Submitted by IANPAUL on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 18:16

I live in a house.

Submitted by Tonaya on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 21:37

He lives in a small house has two floors two patios one forward and one behind the bathroom is very small the kitchen is small

Submitted by Gongo07 on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 21:16

my house is spacious with two floors, I sleep in my room upstairs, at first there is the living room, then the dining room and then the kitchen and a room downstairs and two small bathrooms, upstairs there are six large rooms and on the third floor there are two large empty rooms

Submitted by Bobtoronja on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 20:34

I live in a house, this large one has a very pretty garden and is melon color

Submitted by jocelyn_30 on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 20:14

my house is own, it has three rooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom is close to a female prison and IMSS

Submitted by Naaath26 on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 19:55

I live in a house divided into two apartments, the two have 3 medium rooms, there are 4 bathrooms, a large patio and two small ones and it is close to a market and three primary

Submitted by JARS147 on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 18:51

I live in a house with large space, with my family.

Submitted by Tamalverde on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 18:45

I live in a house with 6 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms and a large garden

Submitted by bumerjuarez on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 17:59

I live in a small house where there is no garden but if there is a large patio, I also have a mery small kitchen and the rooms are also amall

Submitted by Grace19 on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 17:04

I live in a house, which has 2 rooms and is close to a playground, soccer and basketball courts.

Submitted by LingFenton on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 06:41

I live in a flat, the place is beautiful, it is spacious and I really like why it is always cool, whether the weather is hot or cold

Submitted by Ponyy on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 03:33

I live at home

Submitted by Alexaaa on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 01:11

I live in a house with my family is 9 minutes from a square and near a school

Submitted by Lafarrukita on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 03:50

I live in an apartment

Submitted by idkpleaseu on Fri, 02/07/2020 - 18:19

I live in my parent's house.

Submitted by Nandauva on Fri, 02/07/2020 - 04:42

I live in an flat whit my family

Submitted by Elife on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 00:18

I live in a house.

Submitted by Makam on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 21:35

I live in a house.

Submitted by Vietnamesepeople on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 13:31

I'm from a village there I live in house. It's very big house,it has a very big garden. Now we move to city here we live in flat, it's very small in front of our village house

Submitted by Robothynot123 on Thu, 09/19/2019 - 04:07

I live in the house.
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Submitted by empty on Tue, 07/02/2019 - 15:20

I live in a flat with my family and it's great . It's got a living room , a kitchen and 2 bedrooms . The flat is quite close to my school and It's very big .

Submitted by staceychoi on Mon, 06/10/2019 - 15:08

I live in a flat but I really want to move and live in a house !

Submitted by toroslar on Tue, 02/26/2019 - 10:22

I live in a house.İt doesn't have a garden.
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Submitted by Shashi on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 12:52

I live in a house. It is a big living room, three bed room, kitchen and dining room. I don't like a flat . I like a house.

Submitted by Tossa on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 17:33

I live in a house now with my parents and my pet, but soon I will go to university, so I should look for a flat, because I believe it is more advantages for me.

Submitted by KoThura on Wed, 01/02/2019 - 03:28

I live in flat

Submitted by shopnobaz on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 16:11

I need a small house

Submitted by UrbaezEdith on Mon, 07/16/2018 - 15:08

I live in my paren´s house

Submitted by msmail on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 16:45

I live in my lovely flat with my family.
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