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People live in all kinds of houses! Match the pictures and descriptions.

This is a very tall

tower block of
apartments called This house is
a skyscraper. made of mud or
‘adobe’ so it is a
mud house. It
This is a house made of looks very square
wood. It stands on legs and has very small
above the ground and is windows
called a ‘stilt house’. This house is
made of blocks of
ice. It has a round
top and is called
an igloo.

This is a small house

This house is usually in the in the forest made of
country. It has a lot of land pieces of wood called
which is used as a farm for logs, so it is called a
animals. It is called a ranch. log cabin.

In the United Kingdom many

Some people do not live in houses are built in pairs (two
houses but on boats. Their houses joined together). These
homes float on the water houses are called semi-
and they live in detached.
houseboats.

This is a very small, cosy house

This is a long house with only which is usually in a village. It is
one storey. It does not have called a cottage. Cottages can be
rooms upstairs. It is called a very old houses.
bungalow.

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