An interesting house When we visit my uncle and aunt in the countryside,
we pass a very
unusual house. It's quite big and very
pretty, but the strange thing about this house is that
it's got grass on the roof. It looks like a garden on
top of the house
Dad saw an article about this house in the
newspaper
It's a good idea to put soil and grass on the roof because it saves energy and it is extremely
good for the environment. The soil keeps the house quite warm in winter. In summer, it feels
quite cool inside
I would love to live in this house. It's not very close to the town, but it's interesting and fun, and we
could play on the roof!
When you write about a building, use it's got to describe its different parts:
It's got a red door. It's got grass on the roof. It's only got one room.
Use extremely, very, quite and not very to describe the house:
It's very big. It's quite big.
Say why the building is interesting:
The unusual / strange thing about this building is that ...
Reus
8 Complete the sentences using extremely, very, quite and not very
1 Mount Everest is
high.
2 My building's got eight floors. It's
tall.
3 Sardines
big fish, they are only about 10 cm long.
4 Blue whales are
big - they can be up to 27 metres long.
5 Summer in England is
warm.
6 It is usually
hot in Antarctica.​

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