verb · informal
move house
/muːv ˈhaʊs/MOVE HOUSE
Band 5-6speakingtask2
to change your home by moving to a different house or flat
Examples
“We're going to move house in August.”
“After graduation she moved house to be nearer her new job.”
“It took them a week to move house because they hired a small van.”
Band 8 sentence
“After living in the same flat for a decade, we finally decided to move house to be nearer our daughter's school.”
Collocations
- move house next month
- move house because of a job
Word family
move verbmoved / moving verbrelocation noun
Common mistakes
"I am moving to home next week"→"I am moving home next week"
"We will move to house"→"We will move house"
Say it for a higher band
5move to a new house→6relocate→7+move house
Synonyms
relocate
Easily confused
move to a new house
“After graduation, I'm going to move to a new house nearer campus.”
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