House

Question 1

House

• demolish a house
• renovate a house (=repair a house so that it is in good condition again)
• decorate/ do up a house (bit by bit)
• move into/out of a house
• build/ put up a house
• put a house on the market

Have you had any success with your house hunting?

• a house purchase
• house price
• a house owner

a rented/private house

Question 2

Room

• tidy your room

room with sb: share a room or house with someone, especially at college

a room with/ has a view
a tidy/ untidy room
a bright room

a room overlooks/ looks onto (a lake)

Question 3

Stairs

• take/ use the stairs
• walk up four flights of stairs

Question 4

Floor

• wax/ polish the floor
• scrub the floor
• slip on the (wet) floor
• drop/ fall/ sink to the floor
• (heart) sink through the floor
• a tiled floor
• a bare floor

The shop has 33,000 square feet of floor space.
- floor tiles
- the room smelt of floor polish.
- a floor covering

Question 5

Wall

• paint a wall
• cover a wall with (pictures)
• stick/ hang sth on the wall
• pin sth to the wall
• drill a hole in the wall
• a thick/ thin wall
• an outside wall
• a high/ low wall

Question 6

Ceiling

• touch the ceiling
• stare at the ceiling
  …
• sth hangs from the ceiling
• water is dripping from the ceiling
• a spider on the ceiling
  …
• a high/ low ceiling

Question 7

Door

• knock/ tap/ bang on/at the door
• get the door (= open or close it for someone)
• answer the door
• bolt the door
• break the door
• kick down the door
  …
• a door swings/ slides open/ shut
• a door flies/ bursts open
• a door leads to the (kitchen)
  …
• enter by the (front/back/side) door
• stand outside a door
  …
• the rear door (of a vehicle)
• the passenger door
  …
• door knocker
• door knob
• door handle
• door bell

Question 8

Light

• leave the light on
• switch/turn/put on/off a light
  …
• (the street light) comes on
• the light goes out
• the light is fading
• light streams/floods in
• light shines through/on (the curtain)
• light falls on/across sth
• light illuminates sth
• a beam/shaft/ray of light (from the doorway)
• a pool/circle of light cast by the streetlamp
  …
• (the woods) are bathed in (golden) light
  …
  (on a car)
• tail light
• parking light
• headlight

Question 9

Window

• roll up/down a window (in a car)
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• the view from the window
• see (your) reflection in the window
  …
• window steam up

Question 10

Heating

• install/repair the central heating
• turn the heating on/off
• set the heating to come on/ go off at 9

a house has heating

• the heating breaks down

Question 11

Carpet

• lay a carpet
• replace a carpet
• ruin a carpet
• vacuum the carpet
• a carpet wears (in places)
  …
• a stair carpet
• a plush carpet (= soft and thick)
• threadbare/worn carpet (= very thin and in bad condition)
• wall-to-wall/fitted carpet