Learn and practise house and home vocabulary with puzzles, quizzes and exercises.
📖
House and Home Exercises
House and Home Exercises focuses on the basic vocabulary and structures needed for social interaction and everyday experiences. There are puzzles and quizzes to reinforce your learning so you feel confident using different texts about the house and home.
⏱️ About 15–20 minutes.
💡 Strengthening new vocabulary about the house and home.
📶 Developing stages of learning English.
Match each word to its pair. Click one card, then click the card you think matches it.
🧠 Try to remember where each card is as you turn them over.
⏱️ Try to finish with as few tries as possible!
New to these words? Check the Key Vocabulary tab first.
Choose your level to start playing
Log in to save your progress and unlock personalised levels.
🃏 Matching Pairs
1Tap a card to flip it
2Find its matching pair
3Match all pairs to finish
💡Tip: Use your language to check understanding — then try switching to English-only mode to challenge yourself!
Use the clues to complete the crossword with house and home vocabulary. Click on a numbered box to reveal its clue, then type your answer into the grid.
🔢 Across clues run left to right; down clues run top to bottom.
💡 Stuck on a clue? The Key Vocabulary tab has definitions for the trickiest words.
✅ Check your spelling carefully — one wrong letter can affect a crossing word too.
New to these words? Check the Key Vocabulary tab first.
Choose your level to start playing
Log in to save your progress and unlock personalised levels.
apartment / flat — the same thing — apartment is more common in American English, flat in British English
elevator / lift — the same thing — elevator is American English, lift is British English
ceiling / floor — opposites — the ceiling is above you, the floor is below you
furniture — an uncountable word for chairs, tables, sofas and similar items — there is no plural “furnitures”
house / home — a house is the building itself; a home is the place where you live and feel you belong (a home doesn’t have to be a house — it can be an apartment too)
Useful Language
Rooms in a home: bedroom · bathroom · kitchen · dining room · study room
American English / British English pairs: apartment/flat · elevator/lift
Vocabulary Tip
Some words on this page mean exactly the same thing but come from different varieties of English — apartment (American) and flat (British) both mean the same kind of home; elevator (American) and lift (British) both mean the same machine. Group the rest of the words by room (bedroom items, kitchen items, bathroom items) to help you remember them.
Can You…?
✅ Name 3 rooms in a home?
✅ Give the American English word for flat?
✅ Explain the difference between a house and a home?
✅ Use furniture correctly in a sentence (remember — no plural!)?
🗣️ Speaking practice
Talk about your home.
🏠 Describe your home. How many rooms does it have?
🛋️ Talk about your favourite room. What is in it?
🏙️ Would you rather live in a house or an apartment? Say why.
✍️ Writing practice
Write a short description (25 words or more) of your bedroom.
📝 Use at least four house and home words from this page.
🛏️ Say what furniture is in the room.
🔎 Vocabulary challenge
These words are not explained on this page — look them up, then write your own sentence for each one.
🪟 curtain
🛏️ pillow
🚗 garage
🪞 mirror
🧩
Extra House and Home Exercises
Practise what you have learned with these exercises.
📚
A2 Key Vocabulary
Practise topic-based vocabulary to support every part of the A2 Key exam.
Explore free English vocabulary exercises by topic, ideal for building the words and phrases needed at A2 Key (KET) level and beyond.
Cambridge English exams are designed for learners at all levels, from the elementary level Cambridge English: Key (KET) to the very advanced level Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE). These exams give candidates proof of their ability to use English in a wide variety of contexts, relevant to work, study and leisure activities.
