Home and garden

Here are some English terms related to homes and gardens, including the names of different rooms you can find in a house.

Rooms

attic
bathroom
bedroom
cellar
conservatory
dining room
hall
kitchen
landing
lavatory
living room
loft
lounge
shower room
study
sun lounge
toilet
utility room
WC

Features of a house

back door
bath
ceiling
central heating
chimney
door
doorbell
drainpipe
double glazing
fireplace
floor
front door
guttering
roof
shower
stairs
staircase
wall
window

Other useful words

downstairs
upstairs
gas bill
electricity bill
telephone bill
water bill
to do the housework

The garden

back garden
clothes line
drain
drive
dustbin
fence
flower bed
flowerpot
flowers
front garden
garage
garden furniture
gate
gravel
greenhouse
hanging basket
hedge
lawn
letterbox
logs
orchard
path
patio
plants
pond
shed
swimming pool
swing
trampoline
vegetable garden
weeds
to mow the lawn

Garden tools

axe
fork
hoe
hose or hosepipe
lawn mower
rake
secateurs
shears
spade
trowel
watering can
wheelbarrow
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