TYPES OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

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TYPES OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Houses | Things

1 apartment building, 2 house, 3 duplex/two-family house

4 townhouse/townhome, 5 condominium/condo, 6 dormitory/dorm
7 mobile home, 8 nursing home, 9 shelter
10 farm, 11 ranch,
12 houseboat
13 the city
14 the suburbs
15 the country
16 a town/village

houseboat, castle, igloo

lighthouse, cottage, villa, detached house

wigwam, tent, camper van, cave

semi-detached house, terraced houses,
block of flats: basement, ground floor, 1st floor,, 2nd floor, 3rd floor,
(Apartments)
skyscraper

3. duplex/ two-family house

1. apartment (building)

4. townhouse/ townhome

2. (single-family) house

5. condominium/ codo

6. dormitory/ dorm
9. cabin

7. mobile home/ trailer

10. nursing home

8. farmhouse
11. shelter

12. houseboat

Houses
apartment: a place to live that is part of a larger building, owned by a landlord who collects
monthly rent

They will rent an apartment until they have enough money to buy a house.
cabin:
a small, roughly built house

The family likes to stay in a cabin in the mountains in the summer.

a bedroom on a ship

The cabins on the ship are quite small.

an inside area of an airplane

Those airplanes have a very large passenger cabin.

condominium:
a building or group of buildings whose apartments are individually owned

They are building a new condominium near here.

an apartment in a condominium

As soon as he graduated he bought a condominium in the city.

cottage: a small house of one story

His family has a cottage at the beach, where they go every summer.
house: a building designed as a place to live

They are expecting a baby and want to move to a bigger house.

hut: a small shelter, with no amenities

The children made a hut in the woods.

mansion: a large house

The mayors official residence is a beautiful mansion.

rambler: a house, bigger than a cottage, that has a number of rooms that are all on one
floor.

They are looking for a rambler, because her mother cant climb steps.
townhouse: a house built in a row of houses, with side walls connected

Townhouses usually have a lot of steps.