Topic 1: Your House

1.STAIRS

VERB +STAIRS

• Use/take the stairs:Shall we use the stairs or take a lift?
• Climb the stairs:My grandmother finds its difficult to clim the stairs these days.She’s 80.
• Run up/down the stairs:I wish my children stop running up and down  the stairs.
• Fall down the stairs:Unfortunately,I fell down the stairs and broke down.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS

• Carry sth up/down the stairs:She picked up the child and carried him up the stairs
• A flight of stairs:The lift was broken, so we had to walk up 4 flights of stairs.
• The top/bottom of the stairs:I was out of breath when I reached to the top of the stais//My bags were heavy,so I left  them at the bottom of the stairs.

2.HOUSE

VERB+HOUSE

• Build a house:It looks very old.Do you know when the house was built?
• Share a house:My son is a student.He shares a house with 5 other students.
• Demolish a house:The house I was born in is no longer standing.It was demolished 10 years ago.
• Renovate a house:We like buying really old houses and then  renovate them.
• Break into a house:Someone broke into the house last night and stole the televisions.
• Move a house:Moving house can be very stressful for some people.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS

• Live in a house:We’ve live in the same house for over thirty years.
• Stay at someone’s house:If you can’t find a room in a hotel,you’re welcome to stay at our house
• Pass someone’s house:If you’re ever   passing our house,why don’t you drop in for a cup of tea?
• Lock yourself out or the house:I locked myself out of the house.I had to climb in the bedroom window.