· 4 lists · 125 words

Home, clothes and the daily round

Rooms and furniture, clothes, the day from waking to sleeping, and running a household.

What holds these lists together

A home in India is often shared by more than two generations, and its vocabulary reflects it: the courtyard and the roof are places where life happens, not just parts of a building, and छत पर, on the roof, is where clothes dry and kites fly. Clothes come in two sets, the Indian and the Western, and both are everyday: कुरता and जींस in the same wardrobe. The daily routine is mostly verbs, many of them reflexive in feeling if not in form — नहाना, to bathe; तैयार होना, to get ready — and the B1 list adds what it takes to keep a household going.

The four lists

A1The homeRooms, doors and windows, the furniture, and the roof that is half the living space in summer.35 words A1ClothesShirts and saris, shoes and sandals, and putting them on and taking them off.20 words A2The daily routineWaking up, washing, getting ready, the housework and going to bed.30 words B1Home and livingRenting, repairs, bedding, housework and the things that go wrong in a house.40 words

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.

Level	Words	Share
A1	53	42 %
A2	32	26 %
B1	40	32 %

Practise this category

Multiple choice and gaps, across all four lists and all 125 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.