Basic Vocabulary — Home & Family

Rooms, furniture, relatives, and daily objects.

Visual Explanation

Describing home and family

There is / There are+object+in / on / at+place

Examples

My older brother works in a hospital.

There is a big sofa in the living room.

We have a small garden behind the house.

When to Use

Family words: 'Mother' and 'father' are formal. In everyday English, people say 'mum' and 'dad.'
Rooms and furniture: Living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom. A flat has rooms; a house may also have a garden.
Describing your home: Use 'There is' for one thing and 'There are' for more than one: 'There are three bedrooms.'

Tip

'House' means the building. 'Home' means where you live — it can be a house, a flat, or anything. In English, 'home' carries a sense of belonging, not just location. Say 'I'm going home' — it sounds more natural than 'I'm going to my house' in most situations.

Practice Exercises

Multiple Choice
Read the prompt and pick the correct answer from four options. A good way to test recognition before producing language yourself.
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Fill in the Blanks
Complete sentences by typing the missing word or phrase. Tests active recall and spelling accuracy.
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Scrambled Sentences
Drag words into the correct order to form a grammatically correct sentence. Builds structural intuition.
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Visual Explanation

When to Use

Practice Exercises

Multiple Choice

Fill in the Blanks

Scrambled Sentences