Houses in England

Detached House:

A detached house is not joined to any other.

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Semi Detached House:

A semi detached house is a house which is joined to another house on one side.

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Terrace Houses:

In most towns in England, there are streets of houses joined together in long rows. They are called terrace houses (terraced houses). Lots of these have small gardens at the back.

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Block of Flats:

A flat is part of a bigger building where all the flats share a front door. Only cities and very big towns have flats like the one you can see below.

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Bungalow:

A bungalow is a house which is only on one floor, no stairs. It may be joined to another bungalow or might stand alone.

The bungalow pictured below is made from white wooden planks. It is called a weatherboarded bungalow.

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Oast house:

Many people in England live in buildings which were once built for something else other than a home. Oast Houses were not originally a building where people lived. They were part of farm buildings and were where hops (a plant from which beer is made) were layed out and dried.

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What is it inside an English house?

Sink:

I help my mum wash up the plates in the sink. We wash the dishes in washing up bowl in the sink. We take the bowl out when we wash our hands.

Microwave :

Very quick and easy to use. We use it to cook our food quickly.