The place where I liveA The town / village where you live
B The neighbourhood
C Your house/flat; rooms and furnishing
A
1. Where do you come from? (I live in a small town in the west of Hungary, in Sopron, in Győr-Moson-Sopron county.)
How long have you lived there? (I havelived there for 10 years / since I was born.)
2. How far do you live from the county seat/town? How can you get there if you have to go there?
3. Are you happy to live there? What do you like the most in the town/village where you live?
4. What is your town/village/area famous for? Are there any tourist attractions? (historical buildings, a spa)
5. What kind of entertainment facilities are there? (cinemas, theatres, clubs, discos, parks, playgrounds etc.)
What kind of facilities are there for sports? (swimming pool, lake, river, lido/spa, football pitch, gym, golf course, tennis court, leisure centre)
6. What is the population in your town/village? (How many people live there?)
B
1. Where exactly in the town/village do you live? Is your street close to the centre or far from it?
2. Useful vocabulary:in the town centre
in the suburbs / in a suburban street
in one of the 11 streets of our village
3. What facilities are there around? (shops, surgery ,post office, bus stop/station, railway station)
4. What are the people in the street/block like?
C
1. Do you live in a house or a flat (in a block of flats on a housing estate)?
in a block of flats:house:
a flaton the ground floordetached house
on the top floorsemi-detached-house
on the second floorterraced house
with a balconywith a small/big garden
2. Is your house/flat big/small/medium-sized?
3. Is it old or newly built?
4. Is it big enough for the family?
5. How many rooms are there in it? Which is the one where the family often spends time together? Which do you like the most?
6. Is there a room for the guests?
Rooms: (downstairs / upstairs) There is / there are szerk. használata!
hallliving roomdining roombedroombathroom
kitchencupboardpantrytoilet
7. Have you got an attic/cellar? What do you use them for? (for storing old furniture, books and clothes)
cellar/basement: boiler room, freezer, workshop
8. Have you got a balcony/terrace? What do you use them for? (balcony: We grow pot plants there. // terrace: We have breakfast/lunch there if the weather is good. / I can sunbathe there in summer. / In summer we light candles and gather for a chat there in the evenings.)
9. Have you got a shed? What do you use it for? (We keep our bicycles and the garden tools there.)
10. Do you have your own bedroom or do you have to share it with your sister/brother?
11. How is your bedroom furnished?
Furniture:
curtaincarpetbookshelfwardrobecupboardchair
tabledeskcoffee tablesofaarmchairchest of drawers
bedsingle/double bedbunk bedsbedside tablepot plants
Useful words for the description:
next tooppositein the middle (of)in front ofbetweenunder
abovebehindon top of the…
12. What is the view from your bedroom like? (I have a nice/wonderful view of the garden etc. from my room.// My window overlooks the garden/the street which is very peaceful./pretty busy, especially during the rush hours.)
13. Do you have a garden? What do you use it for? Do you grow vegetables or just have grass?
14. Do you have a garage?
15. Do you like your house? Is there anything you would like to change? Is there anything you need to make it more comfortable?
Some useful adjectives to describe your home/rooms: nice, cosy, comfortable, spacious, friendly
Public buildings
town / village hallprimary schoolhotel
churchvocational schoolguest house
police stationgrammar schoolcastle
pedestrian areakindergartenstatue
old cottagesport / leisure centrepost office
boating / fishing lakechemistry / pharmacyfire station
rivertourist information centrebank
railway stationtravel agencyrestaurant
bus station / stoplibrarypub
companyhospitaltheatre
small shop / groceryhealth centrecinema
shopping centresurgeryplayground