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IELTS Vocabulary: Accommodation

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Exercise 1

Listen to three people describing their homes and complete the table below.

Exercise 2.

Listen again and answer the questions. Include the words from the recording that give you your answers.

Speaker A

  1. Where did the stone come from?
  2. What makes the ceilings orange?
  3. Is the house large or small?

Speaker B.

  1. Is the computer system new or old?
  2. What makes the apartment functional?
  3. Are the bedrooms large or small?
  4. Are the building around it tall?

Speaker C.

  1. Is this house different from those around it?
  2. Which room does the speaker say is bright?
  3. What shape is the bottom of the staircase? 

We say that you build a house / a hospital etc, NOT build a building. Build up is not used to talk about construction. It refers to increasing or developing something: He went to the gym to build up his muscles. We are trying to build up a relationship with a company in Japan. I had to build up the confidence to apply for the manager’s job. NOT We need to build up a hospital. 

A. 

  1. the local quarry
  2. (they are decorated with) pretty details
  3. small (cosy)

B. 

  1. new (state-of-the-art)
  2. it has a space to suit every purpose
  3. small (cramped)
  4. no (his building towers over everything else)

C. 

  1. no, it is conventional, typical
  2. the living room (it is light and airly)
  3. curved