Exercices logement anglais : vocabulaire de seconde – PDF gratuit à télécharger et imprimer

Associe chaque mot anglais à sa traduction (a à h).

1. a tenant
2. a landlord
3. a mortgage
4. a deposit
5. the rent
6. an estate agent
7. to afford
8. overcrowded

a. un apport · b. le loyer · c. avoir les moyens de · d. un locataire · e. surpeuplé · f. un prêt immobilier · g. un propriétaire bailleur · h. un agent immobilier

Complète avec la bonne forme de rent, let, own, buy ou afford.

1. Most students ___ a room near the university.
2. Our neighbours ___ their basement flat to a young couple.
3. I’d love a house with a garden, but we can’t ___ it.
4. My grandparents ___ their first house in 1972 for a few thousand pounds.
5. Who ___ this building? A big property company.
6. There is a big « To ___ » sign in front of the house.
7. She has ___ the same flat for ten years and still pays the rent every month.
8. Fewer young people ___ their homes than in the past.

Trouve le mot qui correspond à chaque définition : detached house, semi-detached house, terraced house, flat, bungalow, tower block.

1. A house in a row of identical houses joined together.
2. A house that stands alone, with no shared walls.
3. A tall building with many flats on different floors.
4. A house built on one level only, popular with older people.
5. A house joined to one other house by a shared wall.
6. A set of rooms on one floor of a building.

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris-la correctement.

1. We are looking for a location near the city centre.
2. My uncle rents his flat to students: he is their landlord.
3. They found a housing in Manchester.
4. We can’t afford buying a car and a house.
5. The State built council estates after the war.
6. My parents are landlords: they live in their own house.

Lis le témoignage puis réponds en anglais par des phrases complètes.

1. When did the narrator’s grandmother move onto the estate?
2. Why did the new flat feel like a palace? Give two reasons.
3. How did she become the owner of her flat?
4. Find two adjectives that describe the estate today.
5. What does the developer want to do?
6. Why is the grandmother worried? Which process does her worry illustrate?

Lis le tableau (une famille imaginaire) puis complète les phrases avec un comparatif, used to ou un chiffre.

1. Bill bought his first home ___ years ___ (young) than Karen.
2. Karen’s first home was twenty times ___ (expensive) Bill’s.
3. Bill ___ (rent) a room before he bought his house, but he owns it now.
4. Liam is the only one who is still a ___.
5. Karen hasn’t paid off her ___ yet.
6. Liam belongs to what the media call « Generation ___ ».

Remets ces étapes dans l’ordre logique.

1. Rents and house prices soar.
2. Artists and students move in because rents are cheap.
3. Long-time, low-income residents are priced out.
4. The area becomes fashionable and appears in magazines.
5. Independent cafés, galleries and bike shops open.
6. Developers buy old buildings and turn them into luxury flats.

1. Nous louons un appartement de trois pièces depuis cinq ans.
2. Les jeunes n’ont plus les moyens d’acheter une maison à Londres.
3. Ils ont emprunté de l’argent à la banque pour payer leur maison.
4. Cette cité a été construite par la municipalité dans les années 1960.
5. Le loyer a doublé depuis que le quartier est à la mode.
6. Mes grands-parents sont propriétaires de leur maison.

1. The flat is let to a young couple.
2. She was evicted because she couldn’t pay the rent.
3. They are saving for a deposit with help from the Bank of Mum and Dad.
4. Gentrification has turned this working-class area into a posh neighbourhood.
5. Homelessness has risen in many big cities.

Choisis le mot qui convient.

1. The House of (Lords / Peers / Commons) represents ordinary citizens.
2. Factory workers traditionally belonged to the (upper / middle / working) class.
3. Rich families who owned land for centuries were called the landed (gentry / gentle / gentlemen).
4. Social (mobility / moving / motion) means the chance to move up the social ladder.
5. She grew up in a (middle-class / middle class / class-middle) suburb.
6. He speaks with a very (posh / poor / post) accent.

Écris un paragraphe de 100 à 120 mots en anglais pour répondre à la question : Should governments help young people to buy their first home?

1. Présente le problème (Generation Rent, prix, loyers).
2. Donne un argument pour (au moins un comparatif).
3. Donne un argument contre ou une nuance (on the other hand, however).
4. Utilise au moins quatre mots du cours (mortgage, afford, tenant, affordable housing…).
5. Termine par ton opinion personnelle.