IELTS Speaking: Accommodation Vocabulary

Tell me about where you live?
Describe a house or apartment you would like to live in
Is it better to own your own home or rent?
Tell me about where you live 
These are all questions you could hear in a speaking test, and do you know what you can talk about? Here are some things you could consider
IELTS Speaking vocabulary


En suite (ɒn ˈswiːt) – When a bathroom is joined to a bedroom.

Student halls / digs/accommodation/dormitory – The place where students live together, whether it is on campus or off campus

Spacious (ˈspeɪʃəs) – When your room or home has plenty of room

Apartment block – A large building made up of apartments.

Detached house – A house that has no other house physically touching it

Semi-detached house – Two houses joined together, but otherwise no other house is physically touching them

Terraced housing – A long row of houses all joined together.

Dream home – The home, which is everything you want it to be

A mortgage (ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ) – When you borrow a large amount of money, so you can buy a house.

First-time buyer – Someone who is buying their first home, and is probably taking out a mortgage.

Fully-furnished – A rented home, which includes all the furniture

The property ladder – Buying a home with the aim of eventually buying a bigger or more expensive one later in life

Home comforts – The things that make your home feel comfortable

House hunting – Looking for somewhere to live

House-warming party – The party where you celebrate moving into a new home

Live on campus – When you live on the university grounds

Live off campus – When you do not live on the university grounds
To move into – The phrasal verb to describe when you begin to live somewhere

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