Writing practice

My home
Read about the children’s homes, then do the exercises to practise writing in English.

Preparation
Write the word under the picture.

house bathroom bedroom balcony

kitchen flat garden living room

1. flat 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

Reading text
Our flat
I live with my mum. We live in a flat. There’s a balcony with lots of flowers. In our flat there are
two bedrooms, a bathroom, a big living room and a small kitchen. I love our flat!

My house
I live in a house with my mum, dad and two sisters. We’ve got a living room, a kitchen, two
bathrooms, four bedrooms and a garden. I’ve got a big bedroom! My sisters and I play
football in the garden.

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Top tips

1. Write about the people you live with. I live with …

2. Say if you live in a house or a flat. I live in a …
3. Use there’s if there’s just one. There’s a balcony.
4. Use there are if there are two or more. There are two bedrooms.
5. You can also use we’ve got or I’ve got. I’ve got a big bedroom.

Tasks

Task 1
Complete the sentences with words from the box.

’s in I’ve are with got

1. I live with my mum, dad and two brothers.

2. We live a big house.

3. There a garden.

4. There three bedrooms.

5. We’ve a big kitchen.

6. got a small bedroom.

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Write and draw
Do you live in a house or a flat? What rooms are there? Write about your home and draw a
picture!

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Answers

Preparation task
1. flat
2. balcony
3. house
4. garden
5. bedroom
6. kitchen
7. living room
8. bathroom

Task 1
1. with
2. in
3. ’s
4. are
5. got
6. I’ve

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