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UNIT 2 Lesson 1: Types of Houses

1. Look at the pictures. What can you see?

2. Read about the houses in the pictures.
A My house is made of the hair of animals like camels and goats. We can move from place

to place. There is only one room.
B I live in a modern house in Khartoum. It’s made of bricks. There are two floors and the
bedrooms are on the second floor. It is very comfortable.

C I live in the west of Sudan in a small house made of wood and mud. The house is round.
It is very warm in the winter and cool in summer.
D I live in an old house in Port Sudan. It is made of blocks and is painted white. It has large
rooms and a small garden.

Which house
1 is made of bricks? 2 is made of blocks?
3 is made of mud? 4 is made of animal hair?

3. Read the texts again. Ask and answer the questions.

Reimaz Babiker Yasir Asma
modern house hair house mud house old house

Whose house
A has more than two floors? B doesn’t get too hot or too cold?
C has a garden? D doesn’t have a room for cooking?

4. Ask and answer questions about your house.

What type of house
do you live in?
I live in an
old house...

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