Houses and buildings Scegli l’opzione corretta. one floor 1 A bungalow has ________________. 2 A terraced house has ________________. 3 4 5 6
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C three floors C two direct neighbours C top floor C three rooms C in an industrial zone C aristocrats
A doorstep is found by the front and back door. Rain water flows down a drainpipe. A porch is found inside a house. A basement is situated on the top floor. A path can lead you from the front door to the street. Shutters are placed in front of the foundations. Roofs are covered with either tiles or thatch. You can walk through an open French window.
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B two floors B one direct neighbour B first floor B two rooms B in the country
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A one floor A no direct neighbours A penthouse is situated on the ________________. A ground floor A bedsit has ________________ plus a bathroom. A one room A cottage is usually found ________________. A in the inner city A stately home was originally built for ________________. A butchers
The ground floor of the detached house is made of brick/stone. The cottage is built of stone/steel. The windowpanes are all made of glass/tile. The cottage roof is made of thatch/tile. The beams in the bedsit are made of wood/log.
passivo Completa la descrizione di questa famosa residenza reale inglese con il passivo dei verbi nel riquadro. complete • use • build (x 2)1• restore • design
was built as an addition to Queen’s House in Greenwich, London, (1) ______________ the Tudor Palace of Greenwich and it is England’s first classical building. It (2) ______________ by Inigo Jones for Henrietta Marian, the Queen of Charles I and it is a late addition to the Palace of Greenwich. It (3) ______________ in 1638 after Jones studied Roman and Renaissance architecture in Italy. Queen’s House (4) ______________ between 1986 and 1999 and today it houses a collection of marine paintings and portraits, and it (5) ______________ for different events, among which the 2012 Olympic Games. The elegant Tulip Stairs is an unusual spiral staircase; based on Andrea Palladio’s work, it (6) ______________ by a very skilled mason and architect called Nicholas Stone.
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Tulip Stairs
WRITING Ora descrivi un edificio che conosci bene (circa 80 parole).
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