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ROOMS IN A HOUSE VOCABULARY



Light bulb	Plug	Socket	Tourch	ceiling light
Lamp	Curtain	Shelf	Telephone

OTHER ROOMS
Attic	Ballroom	Box room	Cellar	Cloakroom
People store things in the attic	A room in stately homes where rich people dance and concerts are held	A small room used for storage	Underneath the house	A small room where people put their coats
Conversatory	Dining room	Drawing room	Games room
A greenhouse attached to a house for the display of plants	A room where people eat	A room in stately homes where rich people entertain	A room in large houses where games are played
Hall	Larder	Library	Lounge	Music room
The entrance passage to a house	A small room used for the storage of food	A room where books are kept	Another name for living room	A room where people play music
Office	Pantry	Parlour	Sitting room	Spare room Guest room
A room where people work	A small room used to store kitchen and dining items	Old fashioned word for living room	Another name for living room	A room where guests sleep
Toilet	Utility room	Changing room	Waiting room
A room where people go to the toilet (often known as WC)	A room where appliances such as washing machines are used

KITCHEN
	Wall cupboard		Kitchen cupboard

	Table	Chair	Bin



Cooker Oven	Microwave	Fridge Refrigerator	Dishwasher	Tap
Coffee maker	Food mixer	Liquidiser


Saucepan	Frying pan	Sieve	Kettle	Teapot
Spatula	Tin opener	Knife	Whisk


Corkscrew

What do you do in the kitchen?
People prepare food in the kitchen	People cook in the kitchen	People eat in the kitchen	People make coffee or tea in the kitchen

BATHROOM
Chair	Basin	Bath	Toilet Loo	Toilet roll Loo roll
Toilet brush Loo brush	Hairdryer	Toobrush	Shaving foam	Razor
			This word is uncountable. This word never takes plural form.
Toilet seat Loo seat	Bin	Toothpaste	Toilet bowl	Toilet soap
To go to the toilet To go to the loo		This word is uncountable. This word never takes plural form
Toilet table	Roll holder	Toilet truck	Toilet bench


What do you do in the bathroom?
People have a shave in the bathroom	People brush their teeth in the bathroom	People take a shower in the bathroom	People have a bath in the bathroom	To flush the toilet

BEDROOM
Bed	Bed side cabinet	Bed side table	Dressing table	Wardrobe
Chest of drawers	Hair brush	Comb	Hairdryer	Pillow
Sheet	Clothes

What do you do in the bedroom?
People listen to music in the bedroom	People sleep in the bedroom	People make their bed	People snore

LIVING ROOM - LOUNGE
Settee Sofa	Armchair	Coffee table	Display cabinet	Hi fi stand
TV cabinet	Television TV Telly Idiot Box Box	Hi fi	Speaker	Cushion
Rug	Twin-bedded room	Dressing room	Four-poster Four-poster bed	Single room
Bunk bed	Water bed	Wall bed	Double bed	Large single bed
Folding bed	Single bed	Murphy bed	Desk	Rocking chair

What do you do in the living room?
People watch TV in the living room	People sit and read a book in the living room	People listen to music in the living room	People talk with friends in the living room
other words
To scrub	To snore	Storey	(on the) window-sill (on the) sill (on the) window-ledge	Spiral staircase
- They were scrubbing. - She scribbed the kitchen tiles yesterday.		A first-storey building A three-storey house A fifty-storey skyscraper
(Lawn) mower	Sunken ship	Sunken bathroom	Sunken treasure	Comfy chair
	Sunken = Describe something that we would not expect to be as low as it is. Ex. The remains of a sunken ship were located near the rocks (furono individuati in prossimità degli scogli i resti di una nave affondata)
A three-legged stool	A six-legged table	One-legged Short / Low-legged	To sit cross-legged
Hallway	Radiator	Uplight	Tile
		It is like a lamp with an upside down lampshade.

I did not get a wink of sleep	Gents
I did not sleep at all!	Gents stands for gentlemen (men's toilet)

GAMES AND EXERCISES

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