Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

House and Home Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

a chair

Multiple Choice

a desk

Multiple Choice

a lamp

Multiple Choice

a wardrobe

Multiple Choice

• shelf
• table
• desk
• chest

Multiple Choice

• armchair
• bed
• sofa
• double bed

Multiple Choice

• window

• mirror

• bath

• sink

Multiple Choice

• sink
• washstand
• wash basin
• fridge

Multiple Choice

• cupboard

• bookcase

• wardrobe

• fridge

Multiple Choice

• cupboard

• bookcase

• wardrobe

• fridge

Open Ended

Listen to Andy’s house tour and write the furniture he talks about.

Andy's House

• armchairs

• lamp

• table

• chairs

Andy's House

• desk

• shelves

• mirror

• wardrobe

There is/There are

Study the sentences below.

• There are two armchairs in this room.

• There is also a lamp because I like to read in the evenings.

We use there is/there are to say something exists in a place.

1. We use there is/there are with singular nouns.

2. We use there is/there are with plural nouns.

We can make questions and short answers like this:

• Is there a lamp in the kitchen? Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.

• Are there shelves in the living room? Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.

We also often use prepositional phrases with there is/are to explain where something is:

• There is a mirror in the room next to the bed.

• There are shelves on the right/left.

• There is a table behind/in front of the sofa.