Key Words for Fluency by George Woolard,Pre-Intermediate

share a room

I used to share a room with my sister when I was young.

share a house

He shares a house with five other students.

run up/down the stairs

I wish the children would stop running up and down the stairs.

stay at sb's house

If you can't find a room in a hotel, you're welcome to stay at our house.

pass sb's house

If you're ever passing our house, why don't you drop in for a cup of tea?

break into a house

Somebody broke into our house last night and stole the television.

fall down the stairs

Unfortunately, I fell down the stairs and broke my arm.

renovate a house

We like buying really old houses and renovate them.

live in a house

We've lived in the same house for over thirty years.

build a house

Do you know when the house was built?

lock yourself out of the house

I locked myself out of the house and I had to climb in the bedroom window.

carry sth up/down the stairs

She picked up the child and carried him up the stairs.

tidy your room

She promised that he would tidy his room, but he left it in a mess as usual.

move house

Moving a house can be very stressful for some people.

let out rooms

My aunt has a very large house. She let out one of the rooms to a student.

the top /bottom of the stairs

My bags were heavy, so I left them at the bottom of the stairs.

climb the stairs

My grandmother finds it difficult to climb the stairs these days. She's 80.

a tidy /an untidy room

My sister's room is always tidy, but mine is always a mess.

use /take the stairs

Shall we use the stairs or take the lift?

demolish a house

The house I was born in is no longer standing. It was demolished 10 years ago.

a bright room

The kitchen is a bright room. It gets the sun most of the time.

a flight of stairs

The lift was broken, so we had to walk up four flights of stairs.