Places and home

Describing places and objects At home

Building materials
• comfortable • private • accommodation
• dirty • tidy • central heating • brick

• local • wide • electricity • glass

• narrow • • water supply • metal

• neat • • • stone

• • wood
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kitchen living room hall

Around a house – phrases
• bin • armchair • calarm
• cloth • bookcase • bell • behind sth

• cupboard • carpet • stairs • downstairs

• dishwasher • curtain • • in front of sth

• fridge • sofa • • in the attic

• kitchen sink • • in the basement

• • • in the middle of the room

• Places • next door to

• next to sth
and home • on the ground floor
• on the roof

Furniture, fittings and appliances

• opposite sth the table
• outside the house
• upstairs
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bedroom bathroom garage
• bedside table • bath • gate
• chest of drawers • shower • ladder
• drawer • washing machine • shelves
• pillow • • tools
• wardrobe • • Phrases
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with do
• do the cleaning
• do the cooking
Verbs Phrasal verbs • do the dishes
• do the gardening
• decorate • let sb in with make • do the housework
• lock • move out
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• make your bed do the ironing
• move • put back
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• make dinner do the washing
• rent • stay in
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• make a mess do the washing-up
• repair • switch off
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• make a noise do the windows
• shut • switch on
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• water (plants) • throw away
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