Do you live in a house or flat? Or What kind of housing/accommodation do you live in?

1. Accommodation
1. Do you live in a house or flat? Or What kind of housing/accommodation do you live in?
I live in a house. It is a two-storey brick house.
2. Please describe it a little.
It is a two storey brick house. There’re four bedrooms with attached bathrooms, a kitchen, a
living room and a drawing room. There is a small lawn in the front and a kitchen garden in the
backyard.
3. What’s your favorite room in your home?
My favorite room is my own room, because I’ve decorated it according to my taste.
4. What have you done to your room to make it look nice?
I keep my room spic and span. The walls are painted light pink because it is my favorite color.
There are floral curtains.
5. Who do you live with?
I live with my parents and brother.
6. Which room does your family spend most of the time in?
My family spends most time in the living room. We have our meals there. We watch TV
together and also entertain informal guests in that room.
7. How long have you lived there?
I have lived there since my birth.
8. Do you plan to live there a long time?
Presently I plan to go abroad for my studies. But, but I love my home and would like to come
back there.
9. (If you answer you haven’t lived there long) What’s the difference between where you are
living now and where you have lived in the past?
10. What do you usually do in your house/flat/room?
I do many things in my house. I spend time with my parents, eat there, sleep there, Study
there and entertaining guests in my house.
11. Are the transport facilities to your home very good?
Yes, the transport facilities to my house are very good. The bus service is ready frequent and
the railway station is also very near.
12. Do you plan to move?
I plan to go abroad for higher education. Apart from that I do not plan to move.
13. Would you like to move to another place to live? (Why/why not?)
I plan to go abroad for my higher education. If I like it there, I might think of settling there.
14. Are you prepared to move?
No, I am not prepared to move.

4. Hometown

1. What’s (the name of) your hometown?
I am from Phagwara, which a small but beautiful town between Jalandhar and Ludhiana.
2. Is it a big city or a small place?
It is a town with a population of about 1.5 lakhs. It is on the national highway.
3. Please describe your hometown a little.
My hometown is very beautiful. All facilities are available here. There are good educational
facilities, good hospitals, good job opportunities and already good shopping center.
4. How long have you been living there?
I have been living there since my birth.
5. Do you like your hometown?
Yes, I love my hometown.
6. Do you like living there?
Yes, I like living there.
7. Would you say it’s an interesting place?
Yes, I would say it is an interesting place. The shopping center is very nice. In fact it is called a shoppers paradise. There are many historical places. There are three Sikh temples.
8. What do you like (most) about your hometown?
I like everything about my hometown, but what I like the most is that it does on the main road
and so it is well connected by roadways and railways
9. What’s your favorite part of your hometown?
My favorite part of my hometown is a park, where I go every morning for my morning walk.
10. Is there anything you dislike about it?
As such there is nothing I dislike about my hometown, but yes, the drainage system could be
improved. Whenever there is rainfall there is a lot of water logging on the roads.
11. Do you think you will continue living there for long time?
Yes, I think I would continue living there for a long time. I wish to go abroad for sometime for
my higher education, but would definitely like to come back here.
12. Are there any tourist attractions in your hometown?
Yes, there are two Sikh temples, dedicated to the sixth guru of Sikhs. There is an ancient
Shiva Temple and there is a famous hotel Haveli, which is very popular among the tourists.
13. Did your friends also grow up in the same place as you?
Yes, most of my school friends grew up in the same place.
14. Would you like to live there in the future?
Yes, I would like to live there in the future because it’s a beautiful place.