//Describing your house Conversation Book 2

1 - Warm up
In pairs, match the words below to the correct rooms in the house.

Study Bathroom Bedroom Guest room Hall

Living room Games room Dining room Laundry room Kitchen

2 - Vocabulary
2.1 With a partner, find the following items in the bedroom below.

-Plant -Lamp
-Bed -Alarm clock
-Blanket -Garbage can
-Pillow -Bookshelves
-Chair -Painting
-Telephone -Curtains
-Desk -Closet
-Dresser -Window

2.2 Are there any of the items from Exercise 2.1 where you live? If so, where are they located (e.g. in your bedroom,
kitchen, etc.)?

3 - Target language
THERE IS/ARE
These words are used to indicate existence.

Singular Plural
There is a big TV in my living room. There are some pillows on my bed.
There isn’t a big TV in my living room. There aren’t any pillows on my bed.
Is there a big TV in your living room? Are there any pillows on your bed?

4 - Vocabulary
Fill in the spaces using There is, There are, Are there, or Is there.

a) _____________________________ a big kitchen in my flat.

b) _____________________________ two bedrooms in my house.
c) _____________________________ a bookcase in your room?
d) _____________________________ three floors in your house?
e) _____________________________ five chairs at the table.
f) _____________________________ a new carpet on the floor?

5 - Pair work
5.1 With a partner, circle the incorrect sentences and correct them in the spaces provided.
There is a door in your room? ________________________________________________________________________
Yes, are there! ____________________________________________________________________________________
There are two sofas. _______________________________________________________________________________
There are many pictures in your living room? ___________________________________________________________
There is a window at the front of my house. ____________________________________________________________
There are many good teachers at TopWay! _____________________________________________________________
5.2 Based on the pictures below, ask and respond to questions with your classmate.

Chair / behind the bookcase

E.g. Is there a chair behind the bookcase? (No, there isn’t a chair behind the bookcase.)

Cats / on the roof

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Books / in the drawers
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Rug / under the table
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Pillows / on the bed
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6 - Vocabulary
Get into small groups. Practice your new vocabulary with your classmates by asking each other what objects there
are in the picture below.
(E.g. Is there a piano in the picture? Yes, there is.)

7 - Game
Your teacher has a stack of cards of rooms there might be in a house. Take a card, and respond to your classmates’
questions so they can guess where you are!

- Is there a sink? No, there isn’t.

- Are there chairs? Yes, there are.
- Is there a sofa? Yes, there is.
- Is it the living room? Yes, it is!

8 - Composition
Write a composition describing your dream home, using there is / there are.
(E.g. In my dream home, there is a huge kitchen. There are also many beautiful bedrooms and...)