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English Vocabulary for Places to Live

Learn Different Types of Houses in English

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This is a lesson to help you learn English vocabulary on houses and different places to live. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including five different games and three different types of flashcard. At the end, there are three example sentences for each word.

Vocabulary Games for

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Table of Contents

  • Match-the-Pairs Game
  • Memory Game
  • Basic Flash Cards
  • Spell-the-Word Game
  • Multi-Choice Test
  • Learn with Hangman!
  • "Sentence" Flash Cards
  • "Missing Word" Flash Cards
  • Example Sentences
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Match-the-Pairs Game

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  • Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
  • There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
  • Click on your first square to start. Good luck!
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Memory Game

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  • Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
  • Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
  • This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
  • Click on your first card to start. Good luck!
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Basic Flash Cards

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "places to live" category. Choose your first letter to start.
  • Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
  • If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
  • If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
  • If the gallows are completed, you lose.
  • Good luck!
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Create Your Own Version of This Game

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"Sentence" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the word in a sentence.

"Missing Word" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.

Example Sentences

Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "places to live" category:
  • house, apartment, tent, cottage, farmhouse, mansion, detached house, castle, bungalow, terraced house
    house vocabulary list

    house

  • My house is next to a park.
  • My house has a red door.
  • My grandmother’s house is very small.
    apartment vocabulary list

    apartment

  • My apartment is on the third floor.
  • We have a small balcony in our apartment.
  • My mother is moving to a new apartment this weekend.
    tent vocabulary list

    tent

  • Our tent is yellow and blue.
  • The tent is not very comfortable, but it is fun to sleep in.
  • My brother always builds the tent when we go on holiday.
    cottage vocabulary list

    cottage

  • My grandfather lives in a beautiful cottage.
  • The cottage is very quiet and far from the city.
  • We have a small cottage in the mountains.
    farmhouse vocabulary list

    farmhouse

  • We have chickens and cows at the farmhouse.
  • Janet picks apples from the trees at the farmhouse.
  • My dad works on the farmhouse every weekend.
    mansion vocabulary list

    mansion

  • The mansion has many rooms and big gardens.
  • She visited a beautiful mansion last weekend.
  • The mansion has a library and a cinema.
    detached house vocabulary list

    detached house

  • I live in a detached house with a big garden.
  • We added a third bedroom to our detached house.
  • My detached house doesn't have a garage for our car.
    castle vocabulary list

    castle

  • The castle in Edinburgh looks very beautiful at night.
  • We saw many old paintings inside the castle.
  • I saw many old castles in Wales.
    bungalow vocabulary list

    bungalow

  • The bungalow has big windows with a nice view of the mountains.
  • Our bungalow has a big kitchen and a comfortable living room.
  • My grandmother and grandfather live in a bungalow with their parrots.
    terraced house vocabulary list

    terraced house

  • I live in a terraced house in the city with my sister.
  • He prefers terraced houses with red bricks.
  • Amelia's terraced house is near the park.
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This page was written by Craig Shrives.

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