{"id":11760,"date":"2025-03-31T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=11760"},"modified":"2025-03-31T22:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T03:56:06","slug":"english-collocations-with-house-and-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/english-collocations-with-house-and-home\/","title":{"rendered":"English Collocations with House and Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/saBtzMjYnsk?si=5yCTpKql5inaKwU7?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-house-home-collocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" rel=\"noopener\">Download lesson PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/1000-collocations-in-10-minutes-a-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" rel=\"noopener\">1000 Collocations E-Book<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/1000-collocations-in-10-minutes-a-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1000colls-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"439\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1000colls-small.png 350w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1000colls-small-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Difference between\u00a0house and home<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The word\u00a0<strong>home\u00a0<\/strong>simply means a place where you live\u00a0(this could be a house, apartment, condo, tent, etc.) and where you feel <em>an emotional connection<\/em> to staying in that place.<\/p>\n<p>The word\u00a0<strong>house\u00a0<\/strong>usually refers specifically to the building. A house is an independent building, different from an apartment which is one unit inside a shared building.<\/p>\n<h3>English collocations with home<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>adjectives + home<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A\u00a0<strong>broken home\u00a0<\/strong>refers to a family in which there are serious problems that separate the family, such as divorce, abuse, or a\u00a0parent being in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The opposite is a\u00a0<strong>secure \/ stable \/ supportive home\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; a family in which the relationships are healthy and it is a good environment for children to grow up in.<\/p>\n<p>There are special types of homes for older people. A\u00a0<strong>retirement home\u00a0<\/strong>is a place where people can live after they retire (after they stop working, around age 65). Retirement homes may be apartments, or they may be individual houses close together. They might often include activities and social events.<\/p>\n<p>People living in retirement homes are usually still active and independent. For old people who need more medical care, they can live in a\u00a0<strong>nursing home. <\/strong>This is a place where old people live and have access to nurses, doctors, and aides who can help them with the tasks of daily life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12525\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/nursing-home.jpeg\" alt=\"A nursing home (Image source)\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/nursing-home.jpeg 849w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/nursing-home-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/nursing-home-768x511.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nursing home (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcotto.com\/planning-on-a-nursing-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>verbs + home<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We often use the verbs\u00a0<strong>come, get, go,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>leave\u00a0<\/strong>with &#8220;home.&#8221; Note that we NEVER\u00a0say &#8220;to home&#8221; &#8211; go to home, come to home, etc. The word &#8220;home&#8221; does not require a preposition before it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When are you\u00a0<strong>coming\u00a0<\/strong><strong>home?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I usually\u00a0<strong>get home\u00a0<\/strong>from work around 6.<\/li>\n<li>We\u00a0<strong>went home\u00a0<\/strong>after the party.<\/li>\n<li>If you\u00a0<strong>leave home\u00a0<\/strong>early, you can catch a less crowded train.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The same applies with\u00a0<strong>bring\/take somebody\/something home\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; the preposition &#8220;to&#8221; is not needed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t eat all your food, you can\u00a0<strong>take the leftovers home.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<strong>brought my kids home\u00a0<\/strong>to change their clothes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12527\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/going-home.gif\" alt=\"Never use the word &quot;to&quot; before &quot;home&quot;! (Image source)\" width=\"296\" height=\"259\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Never use the word &#8220;to&#8221; before &#8220;home&#8221;! (<a href=\"http:\/\/fpkv.dromice.top\/c\/building-house-clipart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>home +\u00a0another word<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>If you bought your own house (you do not pay rent) then you are a\u00a0<strong>homeowner.\u00a0<\/strong>Homeowners might want\u00a0to do some\u00a0<strong>home improvement\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; repairing and changing things about the house to make it nicer to live in and also more valuable.<\/p>\n<p>Your\u00a0<strong>hometown\u00a0<\/strong>is the city where you grew up, and your\u00a0<strong>homeland\u00a0<\/strong>is the country where you grew up.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people really enjoy eating\u00a0<strong>home cooking\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; a meal that has been prepared at home (instead of at a restaurant or purchased pre-prepared). You can also use the adjective\u00a0<strong>homemade\u00a0<\/strong>to describe foods that were made at home:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m going to my grandmother&#8217;s house for some\u00a0<strong>home cooking.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>She brought some\u00a0<strong>homemade\u00a0<\/strong>brownies\u00a0to the office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-house-home-collocations\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/househomepdf-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/househomepdf-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/househomepdf-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/househomepdf-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/househomepdf.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-house-home-collocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" rel=\"noopener\">Download lesson PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>English collocations with house<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As you can see, most of the collocations with &#8220;house&#8221; refer to features of the building itself.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>adjectives + house<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We can describe a house as\u00a0<strong>single-storey, two-storey,\u00a0<\/strong>etc. to say how many floors (levels) it has. We can also say it&#8217;s a\u00a0<strong>one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom house,\u00a0<\/strong>etc. to describe how many bedrooms it has.<\/p>\n<p>Some POSITIVE adjectives to describe a house include: a\u00a0<strong>luxurious \/ magnificent \/ splendid \/ lovely \/ delightful \/ comfortable \/ spacious house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some NEGATIVE adjectives to describe a house include:\u00a0a\u00a0<strong>dilapidated \/ shabby \/ dingy\u00a0house\u00a0<\/strong>(= the house is in bad condition and probably rather dirty) and a\u00a0<strong>cramped house\u00a0<\/strong>(= the house doesn&#8217;t have enough space).<\/p>\n<p>A neutral way to say a house is regular and not especially fancy\/expensive is to call it a\u00a0<strong>modest house.\u00a0<\/strong>A neutral\/positive way to say a house is small is to describe it as a\u00a0<strong>cozy house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If nobody is living in a house, then it is an\u00a0<strong>empty \/ unoccupied \/ vacant house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12526\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vacant-house-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A vacant house (Image source)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vacant-house-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vacant-house.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vacant house (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/story\/23617365\/bridgeport-vacant-house-gets-a-facelift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>verbs + house<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>You can\u00a0<strong>buy a house\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>sell a house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are paying money every month to live in a house, then you are\u00a0<strong>renting the\u00a0house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you own the house and someone else is paying YOU money every month to live there, then you are\u00a0<strong>renting the house out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Construction companies\u00a0<strong>build houses,\u00a0<\/strong>and also <strong>demolish\u00a0<\/strong><strong>houses<\/strong>\u00a0(destroy them \/ knock them down) that are old and no longer safe.<\/p>\n<p>If a homeowner borrowed money from the bank to buy the house, but then has financial difficulty and\u00a0stops paying the bank back, then the bank might\u00a0<strong>repossess the house\u00a0<\/strong>(take the house away from the owner so that now the bank owns the house).<\/p>\n<p>Other ways to talk about home improvement &#8211; changing things about the house to make it better and nicer to live in &#8211; include\u00a0<strong>redecorating, refurbishing, remodeling,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>renovating the house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12528\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/remodeling.jpg\" alt=\"Before and after remodeling a kitchen (Image source)\" width=\"533\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/remodeling.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/remodeling-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before and after remodeling a kitchen (<a href=\"http:\/\/kitchens.ibisphotography.net\/smart-kitchen-remodel-ideas-before-and-after\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>house + other words<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>When you are looking for a place to live, you are\u00a0<strong>house hunting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After you move into a house, you might throw a\u00a0<strong>housewarming party\u00a0<\/strong>to celebrate the fact that you entered your new residence.<\/p>\n<p>A married woman who takes care of the house and kids\u00a0while her husband works can be called a <strong>housewife.<\/strong>\u00a0If the situation is reversed (the woman works and the husband stays home), then he is a <strong>house husband<\/strong>. These people can also be called a\u00a0<strong>stay-at-home mom\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>stay-at-home dad\u00a0<\/strong>if they have children.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Learn the common combinations of words used by native English speakers!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/1000-collocations-in-10-minutes-a-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1000colls-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"439\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1000colls-small.png 350w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1000colls-small-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/1000-collocations-in-10-minutes-a-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about this e-book<\/a><\/center>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download lesson PDF 1000 Collocations E-Book Difference between\u00a0house and home The word\u00a0home\u00a0simply means a place where you live\u00a0(this could be a house, apartment, condo, tent, etc.) and where you feel an emotional connection to staying in that place. 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