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Overview
Write your own floor plan description
Study the drawing below. Practice the expressions we learned and write a desciption of the room layout. There’s no perfect answer.
Try to use some of the expressions we’ve studied:
RELATIVE POSITION
perpendicular to
parallel to
spaced equally
extends out / from / to
aligned with
centered between
adjacent to
directly adjacent to
close to
near
between
centered between
next to – beside
immediately/directly next to
right next to / beside
just next to / beside
along
is along
distributed equally along
spaced evenly along
arranged along
IMPORTANT VERBS
position
how is it positioned relative to other things?
locate
where is it on the overall plan?
set
permanent things are set
install
systems and objects are installed
arrange
many things are arranged
place
smaller, movable things are placed
ORIENTATION AND LOCATION
in the northwest / northeast / southwest / southeast corner (of)
looking north / south / east / west
on
along
+ north / south / east / west + wall / side / face / end
between gridlines X and Y
along gridline X
near gridline intersection XY
in room __
Instructions
1. download and study the plan PDF –>
2. use a word processor to write your description (notepad, msword, etc)
3. When you’re finished, copy and paste your final text description below
Don’t use AI.
Mistakes are good!