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Describing your home
Name:Date:
Write a short description of your house or flat: the rooms, the things in them and your favourite place.
My home
I live in a flat in the centre of Porto. It is on the third floor and it is not very big.
There are four rooms: a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a bedroom. The kitchen is small, but it has a big window. In the living room there is a blue sofa and there are a lot of plants.
My favourite room is the bedroom because it is quiet and I can read there.
There is, there are and linking words
Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.
- ___ two bedrooms in our house.
- ___ a big mirror in the bathroom.
- ___ a lot of books on the shelves.
- The lamp is ___ the bed.
- My flat is ___ the second floor.
- I like the garden ___ it is green and quiet.
- The kitchen is small, ___ it is very bright.
Rooms and furniture
Type the missing word. Use: bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, sofa, stairs, window.
- We go up the ___ to the bedrooms.
- I cook dinner in the ___.
- I look out of the ___ at the garden.
- I sleep in my ___. It has a big bed.
- We sit on the ___ in the living room. It's long and soft.
- I have a shower in the ___.
Writing task
Write a description of your home for a new online friend. Say what type of home it is and where it is. Describe the rooms and some things in them. Say which room or place is your favourite and why.
50–80 words
Check your writing
- I said what type of home it is and where it is.
- I described the rooms.
- I used there is and there are correctly.
- I said where some things are (next to, in, on).
- I named my favourite room or place and gave a reason with because.
Answer key
There is, there are and linking words
- b) There areTwo bedrooms is more than one thing, so we use there are.
- a) There isA big mirror is one thing, so we use there is.
- b) There areA lot of books means many books, so we use there are.
- c) next toWe say next to: The lamp is next to the bed.
- b) onWe use on with floors: on the second floor.
- b) becauseBecause gives a reason. Why do I like the garden? Because it is green and quiet.
- c) butBut joins two different ideas: small is not so good, but bright is good.
Rooms and furniture
- stairsWe go up and down the stairs to move between floors.
- kitchenThe kitchen is the room where we cook.
- window / windowsA window is the glass in a wall. We look out of a window.
- bedroomA bedroom is the room where we sleep.
- sofa / couchA sofa is a long, soft seat for two or more people.
- bathroomWe have a shower or a bath in the bathroom.
Model answer
My home is a small house in a quiet street in Nakuru. It has a garden with two trees.
Downstairs there is a kitchen and a living room. Upstairs there are two bedrooms and a bathroom. My desk is next to the window in my bedroom.
My favourite place is the garden because I can sit there with my cat in the evening.