Modern House

iTalki – 房子

Is your home clean? Are you a very organized person?

你的房子乾淨嗎?你是一個很有組織性的人嗎?

Do you have a lot of decorations in your home or is it bare?

你家裡有很多裝飾嗎?還是你家很空呢?

Are you happy with the size of your home?

你希望你家可以大一點嗎?

What is your favorite appliance, electronic device, or piece of furniture in your home?

你家裡最常用的家具是什麼?

If you had $3,000 to improve your home, what would you spend it on?

如果你有三千塊可以改造房子,你最想要修改哪個部分?1

Do you agree with the saying “Wherever I lay my head is home.”?

你是到任何地方,就可以躺下來睡的人嗎?

How is your home different from your childhood home?

你小時候曾經搬過家嗎?你還記得小時候睡覺的地方嗎?

What would you say the decoration style of your home is?

你家的裝飾風格是什麼呢?

What would your ideal house or apartment look like?

你理想的房子或公寓長什麼樣子?

What do you do to maintain your home?

你如何維修你的房子?

What household chores do you hate doing?

你最討厭做什麼家事?

  • Can you describe each room of your house?
  • What does the outside of your house look like?
  • Where do you park your car at your house
  • Do you like the place where you are living? Why or why not?
  • What is your favorite room in your house? Why?
  • How are homes different in your home country and in this country?
  • How have you changed your home since you’ve started living there?
  • How long have you lived where you are living now?
  • How many different homes have you lived in?
    • Which one did you like the best? Why?
    • Which one did you like the least? Why?
  • How many rooms are there in your house?
  • How much is your rent? (Some people may not consider this to be a polite question.)
  • If you could change anything about your present home, what would it be?
  • Is your home in a convenient location?
  • What changes would you like to make to your home?
  • What do you like about your home? What don’t you like?
  • What do you think is the worst color for a living room?
  • What is in your bedroom?
  • What things in your home couldn’t you live without?
  • What things in your house could you easily live without?
  • Where would your dream home be?
    • What would it be like inside and out?
  • Which room do you spend the least time in?
  • Which room do you spend the most time in?
  • Who are your neighbors?
    • Do you get along well with your neighbors?
    • How well do you know them?
    • What have you done with your neighbors?
  • Who lives with you? / Who do you live with?
  • Would you prefer to live in a house or an apartment? Why?
  • Is every house a home?
  • What makes ‘a house’ into ‘a home’?
  • Have you ever been homesick?have you changed anything in your house recently? If so, what was that?
  • What would you like to change in your house?
  • What is the color of your front door?
  • What kind of housing would you prefer?
  • What is your dream house?
  • Do you like to keep pets in your home?
  • Are there any parks near your home?
  • What strange materials do you know of that have been used to make houses?
  • Could you build a house for yourself? How would you do it? (you cannot have a builder help you)
  • How could you live without electricity? Could you make your own electricity? How?
  • How can houses be made more environmentally friendly?
  • Describe how you go about buying a house in your country. Can you borrow money from a bank? Is it easy to buy and sell houses?
  • What would be important to consider when designing a city? Was your city planned? Describe a perfect city
  • Draw/describe your dream house (money is no problem) where, materials, design, interior, landscaping etc
  • Imagine you have arrived in a country where they don’t speak your language. You have no money or friends there. What would you do for accommodation?
  • Give some reasons why people become homeless.
  • What problems do home owners have? What can they do about them?
  • Is it better to rent or buy? Give reasons for your answer.
  • What do you think houses in the future will be like?
  • How important is security? How do you make a house secure?
  • Make a list of the 10 most important things you would look for when choosing a house to live in.
  • Some people say houses are too much like boxes or cages. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of a home stay?
  • List alternatives to a house or apartment. (e.g. igloo)
    • What are the advantages and disadvantages of these alternatives? Which alternative would you prefer to live in?
  • Which are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small house/flat/apartment? And living in a big one?
  • Do you have a nice garden at your home? Do you plant flowers and trees in your garden? Do you help your mother/father to water those plants/flowers?
  • Do you raise fish in your home? If so, what type of fish?
  • Which do you like better, a home with a nice garden or a home without one?
  • Do you have a mini swimming pool in your home?
    • A basket ball court
    • A ping pong table?
  • Do you help to mow the lawn in your garden?
  • Do you like spending time at home?
  • Where do you live and lived before?
    • Who do you live with?
  • When you were a child, did you have to share a bedroom with your siblings?
    • Did you like it or did you want your own room?
  • Which part of town do you live in?
    • What are good and bad areas to live in your town?
  • What would be your ideal living arrangement?
    • house in a city
    • flat
    • studio
    • cottage
    • castle
    • Why?
  • What part of your country would you ideally like to live in?
    • capital
    • big city
    • small town
    • seaside town
    • village
    • countryside
    • mountains van island
    • Why?
  • If you could buy land and build your dream house, what would it look like?
    • old fashioned
    • modern
    • big
    • small
    • flat
    • spacious
    • one floor
    • two floors
  • How many and what rooms would it have?
    • cellar
    • hall/corridor
    • living room
    • bedrooms
    • kitchen
    • bathrooms
    • study
    • guest room
    • TV room
    • library
    • balcony/veranda
    • conservatory
    • attic, roof
    • How big would they be?
  • Which room is the most important for you in your home?
  • How would you decorate it inside?
    • wood
    • metal
    • glass
    • carpets
    • tiles
    • paintings
    • mirrors
    • musical instruments
    • what kind of furniture
      • sofas
      • table and chairs
      • fireplace
      • animal skins
  • What colors and lightening would you use?
  • Do you collect a lot of things?
  • Is it important that your house is ecologically friendly?
  • Is it important to have a garden/lawn?
  • Do you keep plants inside your house? Why or why not?
  • Do you like having guests / sleepovers in your house?
  • Do you like spending time in other peoples’ houses?
  • Do you like house parties?
  • Do you like keeping animals in you house?
  • Is it important to keep your house very clean or do you feel more comfortable with a bit of an ‘organized chaos’?
  • If you could change one thing about your current house to make it more comfortable, what would it be?
  • How difficult is it to get a mortgage and buy your own house in you country?
  • How many generations should live together do you think?
  • When is good time for children to move out of their parents’ house?
  • Have you ever shared a house/flat with your friends?
    • Was it a good experience?
  • Are there any rules in your house that make peoples’ lives easier?
    • What are they?
  • If you have lived abroad, what living arrangements have you experienced there?
    • Did you like them?
  • Do you like staying in hotels? Why or why not?