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City and Colours 4

Reading and Vocabulary

A. Look at photos A–E and discuss the questions with
a partner.

1. Which of the five places would you most like to live
in? Why?
2. Which do you imagine might be the most
expensive? And the least expensive?
3. What could be the advantages and
disadvantages of living in each of these places?
a.
4. What type of person do you think would choose to
live in each of these places?

c.
b.

d.

e.

B. Choose the odd word out in each set. Use a dictionary to help you.
1. barn igloo silo stable
2. apartment condo flat semi-detached house
3. cabin hut mansion shack
4. bunker high-rise skyscraper tower block

5. ceiling dome entrance roof
6. basement gazebo patio pavilion
7. bizarre practical quaint unusual
8. breathtaking comfortable cosy snug

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