Vocabulary 7

Nouns

Parts of houses and

apartment buildings
Bathroom can I go to the bathroom

Bathtub a container large enough for a person to sit in to take a bath

Bedroom The house has four bedrooms, so it's pretty big

Closet a small room or space in a wall where you can store things such as clothes,
sheets.
Dining room Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8.30-10.
Elevator a piece of equipment, usually in the form of a small room, that carries people
or goods straight up and down in tall buildings
(first/second) floor Don't sit on the floor - you might dirty your dress.
Garage If you're near the garage, could you check to see if the car's ready?

Hall a building or large room used for events involving a lot of people

Kitchen a room where food is prepared and cooked

Laundry room A laundry is also a room in a house where clothes, bed sheets

Living room the room in a house or apartment where people sit or relax together but
do not usually eat or sleep
Lobby a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to do
something

Room the amount of space that someone or something needs

Shower a short period of rain or snow

Stairs a set of steps that lead from one level to another, esp. in a building

Window We have a clear view of the ocean from our hotel window
Yard A cricket pitch is 22 yards long.

Kinds of homes
Cabin We stayed in a cabin in the mountains for two weeks.

beach house
Loft We are planning to convert our loft into an office

Villa a house, usually in the countryside or near the sea

Furniture
Armchair a comfortable chair with two resting places for the arms
Bed I want to finish off this essay before I go to bed.

Bookcase a piece of furniture with shelves to hold books

Chair
coffee table
Cupboard kitchen cupboards
Curtain The audience was still laughing as the curtain fell.

Dresser a piece of furniture with drawers, usually with a mirror on top, used esp.

Lamp I bought a new table lamp.

Mirror The image you see in the mirror seems to be reversed.

picture(s)
Rug a shaped piece of thick cloth for covering part of a floor

Sofa

Appliances
air conditioner
coffee maker
Heater The copper mirror is supported by a thick brass plate, to the underside of which
is glued an electrical heater.

Microwave
Refrigerator
Stove a piece of kitchen equipment having a top for cooking food in containers placed
over gas flames or circles of metal heated by electricity
Other
Bubble Japan's economic bubble

Difference
fan (person)
Fiction
Forest The campsite is set in the middle of a pine forest.

Moon With a good telescope, you can see craters on the moon.

Mountains
Outside afuera It was a sunny day outside.
Rabbit They have several pets - a dog, two rabbits and a guinea pig.

Science

Squirrel a small animal covered in fur with a long tail. Squirrels climb trees and feed on
nuts and seeds.

Stars
story
TV

View
Determiners
Any cualquier Is there any of that lemon cake left?
Lots of mucho o un monton
No

Some We had some friends round for dinner on Saturday.

Adjectives
Another Danny's had yet another car accident.
Big
Clear
Dream (home)

Expensive
Giant Dad terrified us with stories of a big, bad giant who ate little children.
Lucky afortunado or suerte Six is my lucky number.
Outside
Small

Unusual
Verb
love
Adverbs
just (like)

next (weekend)