Places - Buildings People Live In
Here are the principal definitions of each word with an example sentence using the target word in context.
| apartment | living area within a building | My apartment building is on the fifth floor. |
| block | area between two streets in a city | He lives two blocks from here. |
| apartment block | large apartment building | They live in an apartment block on 56th street. |
| block of flats (British English) | apartment building | We live in that block of flats over there. |
| bungalow | small one story house | We rented a bungalow on the beach for our last summer vacation. |
| cottage | small house | They bought a quaint cottage in the English countryside. |
| flat (British English) | apartment | Jeffrey bought a marvelous little flat in the center of London |
| floor on the ground / first / top floor | story or level of a building | They have a marvelous view from their apartment on the top floor. |
| house | residential building | We've finally bought a new house for our family. |
| detached house (British English) | separate residential building | After twenty years, we were finally able to afford an detached house all our own. |
| semi-detached house (British English) | residence with two homes | Many people live in a semi-detached house in the suburbs and commute to work by train from the suburbs. |
| terraced house | a home on two levels | They build a terraced house on the hill. |
| story - ten / multi-story building (British English - storey) | floor or level of a building | They live in a fifteen story building. |
| duplex (American English) | residence with two homes | Many people live in a semi-detached house in the suburbs and commute to work by train from the suburbs. |
