Rooms and Furniture

Hook

You can say where things are. Now you need the names of the rooms and the furniture in them, the words you use when you describe your home, look for a flat or buy something for your room.

Notice

  • My flat has a kitchen, a living room, a bathroom and two bedrooms.
  • There’s a big sofa and a TV in the living room.
  • The fridge is next to the cooker.
  • I have a wardrobe and a desk in my bedroom.
  • There’s a shower but there isn’t a bath.

Which words are rooms and which are furniture?

Rule

RoomTypical furniture and things
bedroombed, wardrobe, desk, lamp, chest of drawers
bathroomshower, bath, sink, toilet, mirror
kitchenfridge, cooker, sink, cupboard, microwave, washing machine
living roomsofa, armchair, TV, coffee table, bookshelf, carpet
dining roomtable, chairs
otherhall, stairs, garden, balcony, garage

Types of home: a house (with its own door to the street) · a flat (UK) / apartment (US) in a building · upstairs / downstairs · on the ground / first / second floor.

Furniture is uncountable: a lot of furniture, a piece of furniture (not furnitures).

Watch Out

  • ✗ I need new furnitures. → ✓ I need new furniture. (uncountable)
  • ✗ The fridge is in the bedroom. → ✓ The fridge is in the kitchen.
  • ✗ I live in the second floor. → ✓ I live on the second floor.

Practice

  1. Where do you cook food?
  2. Where do you sleep?
  3. Where do you keep your clothes?
  4. Where do you keep milk cold?
  5. Name two things in a bathroom.
  6. Is furniture countable or uncountable?
  7. Complete: “My flat is ___ the third floor.”
  8. A flat in American English is an ___.
Show the answers
  1. in the kitchen
  2. in the bedroom
  3. in the wardrobe
  4. in the fridge
  5. shower, sink, bath, toilet, mirror (any two)
  6. uncountable
  7. on
  8. apartment

Your Turn

Draw a simple plan of your home and label every room. Write two pieces of furniture in each room. Then write three sentences about your favourite room.

Connect

Our Word Ladder game changes one letter at a time: try house words like bed → bad → bag.

Play Word Ladder →

Match home words to their meanings in our Match the Definition game.

Try our Match the Definition game →

CEFR A1 — Reading / Listening: I can understand familiar words about my home and immediate surroundings.

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