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This is a house made of This is a very tall

wood. It stands on legs tower block of
above the ground and is apartments called
called a ‘stilt house’. a skyscraper.

This house is made of

mud or ‘adobe’ so it is This house is
a mud house. It looks made of blocks of
very square and has ice. It has a round
very small windows. top and is called
an igloo.

This house is usually in the

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

Some people do not live in

houses but on boats. Their In England many houses are built
homes float on the water in pairs (two houses joined
and they live in together). These houses are
houseboats. called semi-detached.

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

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