English · A1 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
Rooms at home
Connect rooms to the activities and furniture inside them.
Understand the choice
Room vocabulary becomes memorable through function. Learn where people cook, sleep, wash, relax, store things, and go outside.
Core rule: Use in + room for location; the definite article normally appears with a named common room.
Notice it in context
We eat in the kitchen and sleep in the bedroom.
Comemos en la cocina y dormimos en el dormitorio.
In the kitchen and in the bedroom use the before identifiable rooms in a home.
The sofa is in the living room near the balcony.
The sofa is inside the main room and close to the balcony.
Living room and balcony are linked by near.
The bicycles are in the basement, not the garden.
The bicycles are below the house rather than outside among plants.
Basement and garden contrast indoor/outdoor storage.
What to remember
- At home is a fixed phrase without the.
- Bathroom can mean a toilet room even without a bath.
Common trap: Do not omit the article in ordinary room phrases: in the kitchen.