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Vocabulary - Home (Rooms and Objects)

Rooms and Places in the Home
Bedroom

A room used for sleeping in.

Living room (UK also sitting room, AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH also lounge room)

The room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing, and

entertaining guests, but not usually for eating.
Bathroom

A room with a bath and/or shower and often a toilet.

Hall

The area just inside the main entrance of a house, apartment or other

building which leads to other rooms and usually to the stairs.

Utility room

Usually just for washing machine, freezer etc.

Shed

A separated building from the house usually for storing garden tools.
Loft

Space in the roof of the house usually used only for storage.
Attic

Room in the roof space of a house (could be lived in.)

Cellar

Room below ground level without any windows used for storage.
Basement

Room below ground level, with windows, used for living and working.
Landing (descansillo, rellano)

Flat area at the top of a staircase.

Hall

Open area as you come into the house.

Porch

Covered area before the entrance door.

Pantry or larder
Large cupboard used, especially in the past, for storing food.
Terrace or patio

Paved (= pavimentada) area between the house and garden for sitting

and eating, etc.

Study

A room for reading, writing, studying in.

Balcony

An area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a
building on an upper level.

Types of houses / Places Where People Live

House

A building which people, usually one family, live in.

Detached house

Describes a house that is not connected to any other building.

Semi detached house

A house that is semi-detached is one that is joined to another similar

house on only one side.
Apartment (UK usually flat)

A set of rooms for living in, especially on one floor of a building.

Terraced house

A house that is joined to the houses on either side of it by shared walls.

Cottage

A small house, usually in the countryside.

Bungalow

A house that has only one story/floor.

Bedsit = estudio

A rented room which has a bed, table, chairs and somewhere to cook in it.
Villa

A house usually in the countryside or near the sea, particularly in southern

Europe, and often one which people can rent for a holiday.
Time share = multipropiedad
A holiday house or apartment which is owned by several different people,
each of whom is able to use it for a particular period of the year.
Objects of the home

Remote control Power point Plug

Television Armchair Chair

Dining table Door Door handle

Table mat Wardrobe Bed

Bedside table Mirror Carpet

Curtain Drawer Cupboard

Towel Bookshelf Vase

Vocabulary Exercise - Home

Choose the right word:

1. I've got a dark room in the              where I develop films. It's

perfect because there are no windows down there.
2. Is there a              where I can plug in this radio?

3. You'd better have a              under your drink in case you mark
that side table. It's an antique.

4. The              is full again. I'll empty it.

5. We keep our skis up in the              during the summer. They

are out of the way up there.

6. You'll find the the garden chairs in the              at the bottom
of the garden. Bring them up and we'll have a drink on
the              and watch the sunset.

7. The light-switch for the stairs is on the              as you come

out of your bedroom.

8. I've moved to a              now as I found I couldn't manage the

stairs any more at my age.

9. People use a              to store their food in their houses.

Vocabulary Exercise - Home

Choose the right word:

1. I've got a dark room in the              where I develop films. It's

perfect because there are no windows down there.
2. Is there a              where I can plug in this radio?

3. You'd better have a              under your drink in case you mark
that side table. It's an antique.

4. The              is full again. I'll empty it.

5. We keep our skis up in the              during the summer. They

are out of the way up there.

6. You'll find the the garden chairs in the              at the bottom
of the garden. Bring them up and we'll have a drink on
the              and watch the sunset.

7. The light-switch for the stairs is on the              as you come

out of your bedroom.

8. I've moved to a              now as I found I couldn't manage the

stairs any more at my age.
 9. People use a               to store their food in their houses.

B2 Listening: Describing Places:

https://www.examenglish.com/B2/b2_listening_describing_places.htm
Listen to a radio journalist describing the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Choose true or false.

B2 Listening: Describing Places:

https://www.examenglish.com/B2/b2_listening_describing_places.htm
Listen to a radio journalist describing the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Choose true or false.
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VOCABULARY EXERCISE

1. I've got a dark room in the cellar   where I develop films. It's perfect because
there are no windows down there.
2. Is there a power point   where I can plug in this radio?

3. You'd better have a coaster   under your drink in case you mark that side
table. It's an antique.

4. The waste bin   is full again. I'll empty it.

5. We keep our skis up in the loft   during the summer. They are out of the way
up there.

6. You'll find the garden chairs in the shed   at the bottom of the garden. Bring
them up and we'll have a drink on the terrace   and watch the sunset.

7. The light-switch for the stairs is on the landing   as you come out of your
bedroom.

8. I've moved to a bungalow   now as I found I couldn't manage the stairs any
more at my age.

9. People use pantry   to store their food in their houses.

LISTENING EXERCISE

1. The Arc de Triomphe stands in formal gardens: False!

2. The author recommends the Champs Elysees to tourists visiting Paris. False!
3. The shops no longer sell quality products: True
4. Well-dressed men are hired by stores to greet female shoppers: True
5. People can pay to hire a sports car on the Champs Elysees: True
6. The speaker thinks the sports cars in the Champs Elysees look elegant: False!
7. The Champs Elysees is more romantic by night than by day: False!
8. You can hear loud accordion music on the Champs Elysees at night: False!
9. Hardly any of the people who frequent the Champs Elysees are French: True
10. The Champs Elysees is a popular place to see lights at Christmas: True