WHERE WE LIVE
a large and important town
city
a door, gate, passage, etc. used for entering a room, building or place
entrance
a barrier like a door that is used to close an opening in a fence or a wall outside a building
gate
the structure that covers or forms the top of a building or vehicle
roof
a very small town located in a country area
village
a room in a house for children to play in
playroom/nursery
a room or rooms in a building, partly or completely below the level of the ground
basement
a flat, hard area, especially outside a house or restaurant, where you can sit, eat and enjoy the sun
terrace/patio
any area outside towns and cities, with fields, woods, farms, etc
the country(side)
a platform that is built on the upstairs outside wall of a building, with a wall or rail around it. You can get out onto a balcony from an upstairs room
balcony
a structure through which smoke or steam is carried up away from a fire, etc. and through the roof of a building; the part of this that is above the roof
chimney
a series of surfaces that you put your foot on in order to walk to a higher or lower level
steps
the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre
outskirts
a room, especially in somebody’s home, used for reading and writing
study
a room (or sometimes a building) with glass walls and a glass roof
conservatory
a small road in a garden leading from the gate to the house
path
an area where people live that is outside the centre of a city
suburb
a small room or a space in a wall with a door that reaches the floor, used for storing things
closet
a cupboard or small room in a house, used for storing food
pantry
an area of ground covered in short grass in a garden or park, or used for playing a game on
lawn