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A. How much did you understand?

1. “Build homes for yourselves," said the father.
2. “Make me your brother. Let us be friends for ever,” said the second son.
3. "I have built the walls of my first hut already. It is fine and big,” said the first son.
4. “Oh yes, I am building a fine home too," said the second son.
5. “Now I am making the second hut,” said the first son.
6. “And I am making my second home too,” said the second son.
7. “Is anyone there? Visitors have arrived,” said the father.
8. “The hut is empty. There's nothing to eat here,” said the first son.
9. “This is my father and this is my brother,” said the second son.
10. “A real home is not just a collection of huts,” said the father.

B. Houses and homes

1. There's a big new house at the end of my street and three families live in it.
2. When I was a child, my home was in Bale.
3. My husband and I want to move to a different house.
4. That house is empty. No one is living there.
5. Does all your family live here? It's a real home.