Meaning: a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside
Sentence: This chimney is made of brick.
Garden
/ˈɡɑːr.dən/
Meaning: a piece of land next to and belonging to a house, where flowers and other plants are grown, and often containing an area of grass
Sentence: Every house had a garden.
Pool
/puːl/
Meaning: a small area of usually still water
Sentence: He jumped into the pool.
Toilet
/ˈtɔɪ.lət/
Meaning: a bowl-shaped device with a seat that you sit on or stand near when emptying the body of urine or solid waste, or another device used for this purpose
Sentence: I need to go to the toilet.
Window
/ˈwɪn.doʊ/
Meaning: a space usually filled with glass in the wall of a building, to allow light and air in and to allow people inside the building to see out
Sentence: Who broke the window?
Staircase
/ˈster.keɪs/
Meaning: a set of stairs inside a building, usually with a bar fixed on the wall or onto vertical poles at the side for you to hold on to
Sentence: How many steps does this staircase have?
Door
/dɔːr/
Meaning: a flat object that is used to close the entrance of something such as a room or building
Sentence: Don’t open the door.
Floor
/flɔːr/
Meaning: the flat surface of a room on which you walk
Sentence: The children sat playing on the floor.
Wall
/wɑːl/
Meaning: a vertical structure, often made of stone or brick, that divides or surrounds something
Sentence: The map is on the wall.
Ceiling
/ˈsiː.lɪŋ/
Meaning: the inside surface of a room that you can see when you look above you
Sentence: Can you reach the ceiling?
Lawn
/lɑːn/
Meaning: an area of grass, especially near to a house or in a park, that is cut regularly to keep it short
Sentence: He hates mowing the lawn.
Path
/pæθ/
Meaning: a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something is moving
Sentence: They walked along a narrow path.
Fence
/fens/
Meaning: a structure that divides two areas of land, similar to a wall
Sentence: She climbed over the fence.
Doorbell
/ˈdɔːr.bel/
Meaning: a bell, operated by a button on or next to the door of a house, that you push to tell the people inside that you are there
Sentence: Didn’t you hear the doorbell?
Doormat
/ˈdɔːr.mæt/
Meaning: a piece of thick material that is put on the floor by a door, used to clean your shoes on when you go into a building
Sentence: Two rooms even have doormats in front of them.
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