An Englishman's home is his castle

• How many rooms are there in your … ?
• What’s your … town? – Bugulma.
• What kind of … have you got?
• I’ll be … all day Tuesday.
• I live in the beautiful three-bedroom … .
• There is no place like … .
• On the way … from school, I met Sue.

Match English proverbs

with Russian equivalents

• An Englishman's home is his castle.
• East or West home is best.
• Every bird likes its own nest.
• Every dog is a lion at home.
• The wider the roam, the welcomer home.
• Men make houses, women make homes.

• Всякому мила своя сторона.
• Мужчины создают дома, а женщины – домашний очаг.
• Мой дом – моя крепость.
• Всяк кулик на своем болоте велик.
• Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит.
• В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше.

Detached house

Semi-detached house

Terraced house

Block of flats

neighbourhood ['neibəhud] – соседство

residential area [ˏrezi'denʃəl 'eəriə] – район частных домов

a restaurant ['restr Ɔ :ŋ] – ресторан

at the back - сзади

at the front – спереди

Fill in the missing words.

Mr Philpott … not far from … in the area called Bloomsbury. It’s very close to a beautiful … . Bloomsbury is a … area. It’s popular with … . There are a lot of …, some … and souvenir … .

Mr Philpott and his family live in a … house. They have three …, a …, a … and a … . There are two … near the house.

Castle

Manor house

Palace

Tudor house

Cottage

Bungalow

• Georgian house
• Victorian house

• .
• You see a big variety of English houses. A lot of the houses are very old, some of them are several centuries, but they look very beautiful. They are the places people live in. Englishmen like their houses, they treat them as children. No doubt, «My house is my castle» - is the motto of every Englishman.