Many verbs have different meanings, however this section deals with verbs about eating only as related to rooms. An example is provided only where the verb is commonly used in everyday conversation.
Verbs
| The Verb (infinitive form) | The Meaning | An example (Simple Past Tense) |
Regular /Irregular |
|---|---|---|---|
| To carpet | To cover a floor with a carpet. | My mother carpeted her house, but I prefer wooden floors. | Regular |
| To clean | To make somewhere tidy and clean. | I cleaned the house yesterday. | Regular |
| To decorate | To make a room more attractive with paint/wallpaper. | I decorated the kitchen yellow. | Regular |
| To furnish | To put furniture into a room. | I furnished the lounge with contemporary furniture. | Regular |
| To paint | To cover the surface of a wall or ceiling with paint. | I painted the bathroom pink. | Regular |
| To paper | To stick wallpaper on the walls of a room. | I papered the room in my favourite colour. | Regular |
| To plaster | To cover a wall with plaster or a similar substance. | The walls were very damp so we plastered them. | Regular |
| To rent | To live somewhere you do not own by paying a regular amount of money. | When I was a student I rented a small room at the University. | Regular |