Apartment, rooms and furniture in English. Home, clothing, household items in English Home furniture in English

Furniture takes up a huge amount of space in our homes. Moreover, we touch furniture more than anything else in our home. Therefore, if you need to regularly use English in practice, you should definitely know the name of absolutely all the furniture on English language.

If you remember the names of things, it is better to do it systematically. Fortunately, pieces of furniture and the interior of a home can be divided into belonging to a room or department of an apartment/house. This is what we will do.

Furniture in English

First, it’s better to learn how to say the word “furniture” different ways. Whether writing an essay on this topic in English or talking to someone about furniture or about your apartment in general, you will always have to use this word several times.

To make your speech sound more beautiful, it is better to use different synonyms for the same thing:

• Furniture – [ˈfəːnɪtʃə]*– furniture, both generally and in relation to a single item;
• Interior – [ɪnˈtɪərɪə]*– interior; a slightly loose concept that means everything that is inside, but also fits the designation of furniture;
• Furnishings – [ˈfɜːnɪʃɪŋz]*– furniture, household items;
• Layout – [ˈleɪaʊt]*– furnishings, the same as the interior.

*Transcription and pronunciation are British (and will continue to be the same).

Bedroom

The bedroom, also known as the bedroom, contains a sufficient amount of furniture. It’s quite easy to remember them even the first time, especially since the main piece of furniture gave the room its name in both English and Russian.

Attention to the table:

Living-room

The living room is generally the largest room in your home, but it does not have any difficult to remember furniture.

Study

An office is a place where you store papers and work. big table and read books periodically. There is not much furniture here, but all of it is specialized.

Kitchen

There is very little furniture in the kitchen, so remembering every item is not difficult. Since the kitchen becomes too spacious without some furniture (especially without it, the kitchen would be unrecognizable), why not include it in the list? It will be useful to remember.

Note: ambry is a small cabinet compartment with a glass door; glasses, glasses, bottles, etc. are often stored in this compartment. It is difficult to find an analogue in our language; it is simply called a closet.

Bathroom

The bathroom, like the kitchen, becomes much poorer without attributes that, not being furniture, fill the entire space of the room. Yes, even in the name of the room one can see one such thing.

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Hall

In English, the hallway is usually called the word hall, which means “hall”. For us, a hall is a spacious room for any kind of activity. However, in English both the hallway and the hall are called by the same word.

The hallway usually contains special furniture for storing something and for ease of entry into the apartment.

Here is the furniture that is ordinary for this room:

What kind of windows can there be in the house?

Windows, of course, are not furniture, but when describing the furnishings in a house in English, it is useful to know what style windows come in. No, there are no special terms to describe each window shape, don't worry. A window is a window (unless it's a stained glass window). But the window can be of different shapes and consist of different quantities fragments.

Attention to the list:

Varieties of the same thing

In English, many things have several verbal designations, including furniture. Moreover, each subsequent designation is not a complete synonym for the previous one, but carries a certain meaning. This could be seen from the tables above.

Types of beds in English

Our language is full of different types of beds, English is not far behind.

Here are popular examples (most of them have already been mentioned) of furniture intended for sleeping:

• Bed –– regular bed;
• Sofa - [ˈsəʊfə]– sofa;
• Couch– another sofa;
• Divan –– and another sofa;
• Hammock - [ˈhamək]– hammock;
• Bunk– bed;
• Cradle - [ˈkreɪdl]– cradle;
• crib -– baby cot (small size bed);
• Single [ˈsɪŋɡl] bed- single bed;
• Double [ˈdʌbl] bed- double bed.

Types of chairs in English

And the chairs are also different.

There are many types of chairs, sometimes there are several names even for one, for example:

English proverbs about home

It’s difficult to remember so many words that describe furniture. That’s why there are exercises at the end. Well, in front of them you can catch your breath a little and broaden your horizons with English proverbs about home (you can take a break from furniture for a while).

Proverbs:

• Men make houses, women make homes.– A man builds a house, and a woman builds comfort;
• An Englishman's house is his castle.- My home is my castle;
• Every dog ​​is a lion at home.- Every sandpiper is great in its swamp;
• Burn not the house to get rid of it of mouse.- Angry at the fleas, and the fur coat in the oven;
• People who live in glass houses should never throw stones.– Don’t cut the branch you’re sitting on.

Exercises

To remember the names of certain pieces of furniture, it is worth going through assignments for consolidation. For example, exercises in which you need to insert a word before or after a description of a piece of furniture so that it makes sense.

The exercises are also filled with adjectives that are useful in describing objects and are worth remembering.

Exercise:

1. _____ is a thing where you can leave your coat but not your shoes.
2. _____ is a chair without a back, some call it tabouret as well.
3. You can sit on a _____ with friends, but it’s not as soft as couch.
4. We can put our shoes on the _____ to keep the floor clean.
5. I’m going to take a warm _____ to relax.
6. _____ is convenient, you can work on it and keep your papers in it.
7. This newborn was asleep, so I put him in his _____.
8. I put my cheeseburger in the _____, so I can eat it later.
9. Faucet is usually connected to a _____ for convenience.
10. _____ is like a bed, but less in size.
11. _____ is the cabinet where you keep your clothes in.
12. _____ _____ is where you put your coffee and magazines while sitting of sofa.
13. _____ must always be locked.
14. My _____-_____ is on the nightstand, so I can turn it off quick.
15. You can’t put all your books in the cupboard, you need a _____ for them.

Answers: (1) Hanger; (2) Stool; (3) Bench; (4) Carpet; (5) Bath; (6) Desk; (7) Cradle; (8) Fridge; (9) Sink; (10)Crib; (11) Wardrobe; (12) Coffee table; (13) Locker; (14) Reading-lamp; (15) Bookshelf.

Conclusion

Furniture items in English are not that difficult to remember. You just need to read it a few times, put in your head what it is and where exactly it is, and try to write a couple of sentences using this vocabulary. The cards will also help you remember the words.

Of course, you shouldn’t copy from the English dictionary and put stickers everywhere with verbs, forms of verbs, furniture, whatever, it will be of little use. It’s better to take a good approach to the matter, and it will be solved.

1 Words on the topic: Apartment and rooms (sound and transcription)

Other words:

apartment- Amer. apartment; apartment house – apartment house; penthouse apartment– penthouse; studio apartment– atelier, workshop; duplex apartment- Amer. apartment located on two floors

room- room; floor- floor; ceiling- ceiling; wall– wall; window- window; entrance (front door) – Entrance door; toilet- toilet

2 Words on the topic: Furniture (sound, transcription)

[ɑːmˈtʃɛː] – chair
[ˈbʊkkeɪs] – bookcase; bookshelf
[ˈkɑːpɪt] – carpet
- chair
[ˈkʌbəd] – cupboard
[ˈfʌɪəpleɪs] – fireplace
- lamp
[ˈmɪrə] – mirror
[ˈsəʊfə] – sofa, sofa
[ˈteɪb(ə)l] – table
- vase
[ˈwɔːdrəʊb] – wardrobe, closet

Other words:

furniture- furniture; couch– sofa, sofa, couch; bed- bed; double bed- double bed; desk- desk

wall(-)paper- wallpaper; curtain- curtain, curtain; cushion- cushion; blanket- blanket

bath- bath; shower cabin(et)– shower cabin; sink- sink; flush toilet- toilet

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3 Videos in English on the topic: Rooms and parts of the house

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4 Song in English: Let's Clean Up / Let's start cleaning!

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5 Vocabulary on the topic: house rooms and furniture (video)

6 Names of furniture items and household appliances in English

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7 Features of the use of English words denoting apartment

Nouns denoting location ( apartment, flat, hall, house) are used to indicate a position in a series of similar ones, as a rule, with a cardinal number and without an article. The numeral is placed after such a noun. These nouns are often capitalized: Room S, Apartment 20, Hall 5.

8 Apartment and furniture in English idioms

bachelor flat (apartment)– (literally bachelor) studio apartment

hell's kitchen- a place that is notorious; crime district
soup kitchen– free canteen (where soup is given to the poor and unemployed)
thieves" kitchen- den of thieves
everything and the kitchen sink- almost everything, necessary and unnecessary

armchair critic- critic, blindly following smb. doctrine, dogma

to be on the carpet– be at the discussion (about the issue); to call smb. on the carpet- call someone to the carpet
to have somebody on the carpet- give someone a scolding
to roll out the red carpet for somebody- give someone a warm welcome
to sweep something under the carpet- try to hide something

chair days– old age
to take the chair– become the chairman of the meeting; open the meeting
Chair!- To order!

cupboard love– selfish love, affection (usually in children, when they want to get something from adults)

upon the table– publicly discussed; well-known
to lay on the table- watered postpone discussion (of a bill)
to turn the tables (up)on smb.– hit the enemy with his own weapon; switch roles
under the table- drunk; secretly, secretly, underground

on the couch- slang. being in a session with a psychoanalyst; undergoing psychoanalysis

9 Games, songs and stories: apartment rooms and furniture in English (flash)

Differences between British and American English in names residential premises and furniture

Buildings, apartments, residents, agents

Housing area - housing development(Am) – housing estate(Br)
apartment hotel – apartment hotel(Am) – service flats(Br)
residential area, residential suburb – bedroom(Am) – dormitory(Br)
apartment house - apartment building / house(Am) – dwelling house, block of flats(Br)
apartment building (in which apartments are privately owned); apartment in such a building - condominimum, condo(Am) – apartment(Br)
apartment - apartment(Am) – flat(Br)
one-room apartment – studio(Am) – bed-sitter(Br)
lodger, lodger - roomer(Am) – lodger(Br)
furniture store - furniture store(Am) – furniture shop(Br)
real estate agent - realtor(Am) – estate agent(Br)

Rooms

Lobby, foyer – lobby, foyer(Am) – entrance hall, foyer(Br)
corridor, hallway - hallway(Am) – hall(Br)
children's Corner - kidspace(Am) – children's corner(Br)
living room - living room(Am) – sitting room, lounge, drawing room(Br)
restroom - recriation room(Am) – restroom(Br)
study - day, study(Am) – home office(Br)
toilet - bathroom, toilet, john, restroom(Am) – lavatory, battery(Br)
lumber room - lumber room(Am) – box room(Br)
pantry – pantry(Am) – larder(Br)

Furniture and more

Chest of drawers (for clothes) – bureau, dresser(Am) – chest of drawers(Br)
wardrobe, buffet - closet(Am) – cupboard(Br)
sofa – couch, davenport(Am) – sofa, settee(Br)
folding bed – cot(Am) – camp bed(Br)
curtains (tulle) – sheers, underdrapes(Am) – net curtains(Br)
curtains, blinds – (window) shades(Am) – blinds(Br)
bath - bathtub(Am) – bath(Br)
Water taps) - faucet(Am) – tap(Br)
sewer – soil / sewer pipe(Am) – drain(Br)
electric outlet – electric outlet(Am) – power point, socket(Br)
elevator - elevator(Am) – lift(Br)

From the book by M. S. Evdokimov, G. M. Shleev “A Brief Guide to American-British Correspondences.”

English Poems that Mention House Parts and Furniture

I Never Want to Go to Bed
Kenn Nesbitt

I never want to go to bed.
I like to stay up late.
I"m bouncing off the bedroom walls
and, frankly, feeling great!

I"m dancing like a maniac
instead of counting sheep.
My mom says, "Time for bed."
My dad yells, "Get your butt to sleep!"

I"m not sure what my bottom
has to do with anything,
but that"s okay because I"d rather
jump around and sing.

I don't know what it was
that made me feel so wide awake.
Could it have been the Red Bull
and the double-chocolate cake?

I wonder if the seven cups
of coffee plus dessert
of Hershey bars and Skittles
are what left me this alert?

Whatever it turns out to be
that made me feel this right,
I hope I track it down
so I can stay up every... ZZZzzzzz

The Kitchen

A home is made of many rooms
To rest, to sleep, to shower,
To play, and read, and talk a lot,
Do hobbies by the hour.

But the kitchen, ah, the kitchen
Is a room that"s made of dreams
Of fantasies... created by
A love of cooking schemes.

To touch, to smell, to visualize
The wonders that occur...
And then to taste, and then to taste
Results of things that were.

At one time just "ingredients,"
In their places on the shelves
But become a wondrous mixture
As though transformed by elves.

Yes, a home is made of many rooms.
Each one has it's pleasures,
But the kitchen is the best of all
For finding hidden treasures.

Please remember – don"t forget...
Mabel Lucie Attwell

Please remember – Don’t forget!
Never leave the bathroom wet.
Nor leave the soap still in the water. –
That’s a thing we never ought"er! –
And as you"ve been so often told,
Never let the "hot" run "cold";
Nor leave the towels upon the floor.
Nor keep the bath an hour or more –
When other folks are wanting one;
Just don"t forget – it isn’t done! –
An" if you"d really do the things –
There's not the slightest need to sing!

The topic “Furniture” in English is one of the compulsory subjects when learning the language. It is not difficult to learn pieces of furniture in English, because this topic is very visual - students, as a rule, are happy to draw plans for their “ideal” rooms or houses, immediately applying new words in practical tasks.

Conventionally, for ease of learning, you can “divide the furniture into rooms.” Of course, some words will be common to several rooms, that is, furniture can be in both the living room and the bedroom, for example. But the more room for creativity. Our task is to cover as many words as possible, dividing them into semantic groups. In the signs we will include not only words on the topic of furniture in English with translation, but also the names of some items that, although not furniture, are familiar and necessary in a particular room.

Bedroom - bedroom

Living-room - living room

Study (den) - study

Kitchen - kitchen

Bathroom - bathroom

Hall - hallway

We got acquainted with the basic words on the topic of furniture in English. Now you can start learning new words. If your own home doesn't inspire you to put all of these words into practice, the Internet provides students with a variety of illustrated dictionaries.

Don't forget to say new words out loud. The combination of visual and auditory memory will serve to quickly memorize them. At the beginning of the article, plans for a “dream house” were mentioned. We recommend that you spend some time creating such a plan. The more detailed you draw the layout of the rooms, the more objects you “arrange” in them, the better the words will be remembered. Once the plan is ready, talk about the location of each item in each room relative to each other, window (window), wall (wall) and door (door). Use prepositions in sentences:

• next to
• opposite - opposite
• to the left - to the left
• to the right - to the right
• behind - behind
• between - between
• in front - in front of

For example: There is a big mirror between the armchairs in the hall.- Between the chairs in the hallway there is a large mirror.

Online exercises on the topic "Furniture"

To maximize the benefits of learning new material, we suggest completing online exercises on the topic “Furniture.”

Please indicate the correct translation of the word.

Choose a piece of furniture that makes sense.

Make sentences from words.

Armchair next to the sofa
... is to the armchair sofa next The ... is to the armchair sofa next The ... is to the armchair sofa next The ... is to the armchair sofa next The ... is to the armchair sofa next The ...is to the armchair sofa next The.

The oven is to the right of the stove.
... is to cooker of the the right The oven ... is to cooker of the the right The oven ... is to cooker of the the right The oven ... is to cooker of the the right The oven .. .is to cook of the right The oven.

Why is it important to know the names of household items? First, learning these words will increase your vocabulary. Secondly, interior items are something that we have to deal with every day. Whether it's going to a furniture store, describing your dream home to English-speaking friends, or searching for bath products in the supermarket aisle.

I will give you an example of a comical incident that happened to me several years ago. I was visiting friends in England, this was my first visit to them. One day at lunch the topic came up national cuisine. I tried traditional English dishes, but my host family didn’t taste anything Ukrainian. It was decided to cook dinner together in the large kitchen the next day. Being deeply confident that knowing the names kitchen utensils I don’t need it, I successfully skipped this section of vocabulary back in student years. And here the most interesting thing began: in a huge foreign kitchen, where everything was hidden in cabinets, I couldn’t say that I needed a grater, cutting board and a ladle. A simple explanation saved the situation, but upon returning home, the first thing I did was learn vocabulary related to interior items, which I now offer to you.

Living room - living room

Let's take a walk through the rooms. Let's start with the living room ( ) is the place where we watch TV, read books or receive guests.

Dining room - dining room

What could be more pleasant than a family dinner in a cozy dining room ( )? Let's see what the furniture in this room is called.

Bedroom - bedroom

Sleep is definitely important. There is a saying in English Sleep brings counsel(The morning is wiser than the evening). The most cozy place for relaxation in the house - this is the bedroom ( ). I propose to consider what pieces of furniture are in the bedroom.

Bathroom - bathroom

Where are toothbrushes, towels and cosmetics stored? Of course, in the bathroom ( )! Let's go there.

*Term waterpik requires a separate explanation. An irrigator is a device for cleaning interdental spaces using a thin stream of water, which is supplied under pressure.

Kitchen

Now we will head to the “holy of holies” of every housewife - the kitchen ( a kitchen room). What's missing here! A lot of items that we use every day. So, let's begin:

How to learn words

There is quite a lot of new vocabulary presented above, but how to remember it? You've probably seen more than once in the apartments of people studying a foreign language, sticky stickers on every household item with the name of this item on it. foreign language. Why not do this in own apartment? This will help you and your family members easily remember the words needed for daily communication, automatically paying attention to them every day.
Another unobtrusive way to memorize words after familiarizing yourself with them is repetition on objects around you. Walk through the house, naming everything you see that you remember. Those words that you cannot remember need to be repeated again. Not everyone's house is so full various items interior and everyday life. Trips to furniture stores or a trip to IKEA will be useful: while walking from department to department, name everything you see in English. There is definitely a place to practice there!