At home vs. in the house

[Prateek Parekh]

Test No. express/advan-7 "English Grammar Prepositions", question 6

Are you in on Tuesdays?

(a) at home
(b) in touch
(c) in the house
(d) in the area

Test No. express/advan-7 "English Grammar Prepositions", answer 6

Are you at home on Tuesdays?

Correct answer: (a) at home

Your answer was: incorrect
Are you in the house on Tuesdays?
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Hi,

What is the difference between being "at home" and "in the house" ?

[Torsten]

If you are at home you are at the place where you live. This could be a flat, an apartment, a room you rent, a hotel, a villa, a cottage, a students hostel or any other place.
You can be in a house which doesn't mean that you are at home. It simply means that you are inside a building.
In the House was the title of popular a situation comedy that ran from 1995 to 1999 on CBC.

TOEIC listening, question-response: What time do you expect Ms. Perkins to return?