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2
Chapter
Home Sweet Home

Additional Practice 1
Reviewing Vocabulary
In Chapter 2, you study words and phrases for writing about homes and what is in them. Do the
following activity to review the vocabulary from the chapter.

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the boxes below.

bookcase coffee table curtains house living room

chairs couch dining room in next to

My family lives in a house in a nice neighborhood. It has a big

(1)

(2)
. In this room, we read, watch TV, and play games every evening.
There’s a comfortable (3)
in front of the TV and a (4)
with games on it. (5)
the TV, there is a (6)
with lots of
books. There’s a big table (7)
the (8)
. We always eat in
this room. There are six people in my family, so we have six (9)
around the table. Both rooms are very bright because there are no

(10)
on the windows.

apartment building bedroom kitchen rugs under

bathroom in the corner laundry room shower yard

Alison lives in a small apartment in a(n) (11)

near school. Her
apartment has four rooms. It’s small, but it’s comfortable. There are

(12)
on the floor in the living room. There is no dining room, so
Alison eats in the (13)
. There is a small table (14)
of the
room. There are two small beds in the (15)
. There is no bathtub in the

(16)
, but there is a (17)
. There’s a (18)
in the
building. Alison washes her clothes there. There’s also a tiny (19)
with
a big tree. There are pretty flowers (20)
the tree.

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Chapter
Home Sweet Home

Additional Practice 2
Reviewing Grammar
In Chapter 2, you study there is / there are and has / have.
• singular form Examples: There’s a fireplace and two chairs in the room.
The room has a fireplace and two chairs.
• plural form Examples: There are curtains on the windows.
The windows have curtains.
• negative statements Examples: There’s no refrigerator in the kitchen.
The kitchen has no refrigerator.

Read the sentences below. Circle is or are, or has or have.

In my dream house, there is / are a big living room. The living room has / have
(1) (2)
a fireplace. There is / are a big TV over it. The living room also has / have two
(3) (4)
chairs in front of the fireplace, and there is / are a comfortable couch to the right
(5)
of the fireplace. The living room has / have a beautiful rug on the floor. There
(6)
is / are lots of windows. The room is bright because the windows has / have no
(7) (8)
curtains. There is / are a table and six chairs in the dining room. There is / are no
(9) (10)
windows in the dining room, but there is / are two beautiful lights on the walls.
(11)
The dining room has / have no rug because it has / have beautiful wooden floors.
(12) (13)
The kitchen has / have long counters and a big stove. There is / are a small table
(14) (15)
and two chairs in the kitchen. My dream house also has / have three bedrooms,
(16)
and there is / are three bathrooms, too. The bathrooms has / have big bathtubs
(17) (18)
and showers.

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Additional Practice 3
Revising and Editing
Revising
In Chapter 2, you learn to connect your ideas with too and also.

Rewrite the second sentence in each pair. Use the word in parentheses.
1 My dorm room is small. It’s dark. (too)
It’s dark, too.
2 The room has two beds. There are two closets. (also)

3 The room has two dressers. There are two desks. (also)

4 There are papers on the desks. There are books on the desks. (too)

5 There’s a chair at one desk. There’s a chair at the other desk. (too)

6 There are shelves above the desks. There are shelves next to the windows. (also)

Editing
In Chapter 2, you learn about the articles a and an.

Read the sentences below. Find 10 more mistakes with a and an. Cross out each mistake
and write the correction above it.

an
Anne lives in a apartment in a old building. It’s in an very nice neighborhood.
It’s a hour from downtown, but there’s an bus stop in front of the building. It
has three rooms. There’s a kitchen, a living room, and an nice bedroom. The
living room has a couch, two chairs, and a old piano. There’s an yard behind
the building. It has pretty flowers and a large trees. There is a apple tree and an
cherry tree.

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