Vocab: Houses & Furniture

APRENDE VOCABULARIO DE CASAS Y MUEBLES EN INGLÉS

Look at the pictures above. Now read the descriptions and complete the word:

 

1. You use this to wash your hands and face:
W __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ or B __ __ __ __

 

2. Where do you put milk, cheese, meat and fruit?
F __ __ __ __ __

 

3. You put this on the floor:
C __ __ __ __ __

 

4. If the sofa in the living room is occupied, you have to sit on your own in the…..
A __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 

5. You put your computer here, or use it to write or draw on:
D __ __ __

 

6. Where do you put the lamp in the bedroom? Where do you put your book when you finish reading and go to sleep?
B __ __ __ __ __ __ T A B L E

 

7. A type of wooden sofa for the garden (or park):
B __ __ __ __

 

8. The part of the cooker where you roast meat or bake cakes:
O __ __ __

 

9. A type of cupboard where you keep your (clean) clothes. The Americans call it a closet:
W __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 

10. If you want to heat something like milk or reheat pasta or rice dishes in a few minutes:
M __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 

11. Where you keep your books. It’s a piece of furniture with shelves:
B __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 

12. It’s a table in the bedroom with a mirror where you can do your makeup and brush your hair:
D __ __ __ __ __ __ __ T A B L E

 

13. Where do you keep the spoons, knives and forks in the kitchen?
D __ __ __ __ __ S

 

14. It’s a low table in front of the sofa in the living room:
C __ __ __ __ __ T A B L E

 

15. You take your dirty clothes out of the clothes basket and put it in the…..
W __ __ __ __ __ __ M __ __ __ __ __ __

 

16. Where you wash the dirty dishes:
a) S __ __ __
b) D __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

 

Notes:
‘Living Room’ is often reffered to as ‘Lounge’ or ‘Sitting Room’.

‘Cabinet’ is a useful word when talking about furniture. It can be used to mean a general use piece of furniture: TV Cabinet; Drinks Cabinet; Kitchen Cabinet…..

 

Before I give you the answers- do you know about the different kinds of Houses?
Detached: Separate from other houses.
Semi-detached: Separate on one side, connected on the other.
Terraced: Connected on both sides in a row of houses, unless it is an ‘End of Terrace’
Cottage: Small country house (like in fairy tales)
Flat: One of a number of residences which share the same block.
Apartment: A smaller version of a flat.
Condo: A flat on two floors.
Bungalow: A house with no stairs, only one floor.
Chalet: A wooden house, usually for holidays only.

Answers

1.WASHBASIN or BASIN; 2.FRIDGE; 3.CARPET; 4.ARMCHAIR; 5.DESK; 6.BEDSIDE TABLE; 7.BENCH; 8.OVEN; 9.WARDROBE; 10.MICROWAVE; 11.BOOKCASE; 12.DRESSING TABLE; 13.DRAWERS; 14.COFFEE TABLE; 15.WASHING MACHINE; 16.SINK and DISHWASHER.

 

 

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