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1 Warm up
Match the words and pictures of furniture that you have in your home.
Site on? Keep things in or on? Do your homework at? use at the night? Use to get ready in
the morning?
Answer:
You site on the chair and an armchair; you keep things in a wardrobe or on a shelf;
you do your homework at a desk or table: you use a lamp at night; you use mirror to
get ready in the mornings.
2. Listening
Listen to Andy’s house tour and write the furniture he talks about in order, 1-8.
Furniture Room
5. Desk Study
6. Shelves Study
7. Mirror Bedroom
8. Wardrobe Bedroom
3. Language point
We use there is/there are to say something exists in a place. Cross out the incorrect
answers about the sentences:
1. We use there is/there are with singular nouns.
2. We use there is/there are with plural nouns.
4. Practice
Read what Andy said on his house tour and write the missing words. You can look at
the picture to help. Listen again to check your answers.
Hello, I’m Andy, and I’d to show you my house. Please come in! let’s start in the
living room. There are 1. Two armchairs in this room. I always sit in this one, and my
wife sits in that one. There 2 is also a lamp because I like to read in the evenings. This
is the kitchen, and we also use it as a dining room 3. There is a big table here in front
4 of the window. There are two chairs as well. Now let’s go to the study 5. My wife is
a lawyer, and she works from home. There is 6 a big desk for her computer, and
behind 7 the desk there are shelves 8 where she keeps her books and papers. Finally.
I’ll show you our bedroom. Next 9 to the bed there is a mirror, and on 10 the right
there is space for our clothes in a big wardrobe.
5. Speaking
Work in A/B pairs to practice the vocabulary and grammar from this lesson in a
picture dictation.
A and B will each look at a different picture. First A will describe his/her picture to B. B cannot
see A’s picture; he/she has to listen and draw the room from the description. B can also ask
questions. After 5 minutes, stop and check, and then change places.
Picture A
A: this is the living room. there is a long sofa on the right.
B: is there a rug in the living room?
A: no, nothing. there is a plant on the shelf and two pictures on the wall to the right
Picture B
A: this is the work room. There is a plant on the right side of the work desk and two on the
bottom side on the left.
B: is there a sofa in the work room?
A: no, nothing. there was a picture on the wall shelf and a rug on the floor.
6. Extra practice/homework
Choose the best answer to complete the sentences about a room.
7. Extension
Practice this dialogue in pairs and pay attention to contractions and linking. How fast can
you speak?
• A: Is there_ a mirror_ in your room?