Lesson goal: Rooms and furniture with 'there is / there are': describing a home and asking where things are.
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Lesson plan
- 1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- Do you live in a house or a flat?
- How many rooms are there?
- What is your favourite room? Why?
- 2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
FlashcardsMemoryhouse · flat · kitchen · bedroom · bathroom · living room · table · chair · bed · sofa · window · door · fridge · lamp · garden
All words in the set - 3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
- Multiple choice
___ a sofa in the living room.
There isThere areIt is - Multiple choice
There ___ two beds in my bedroom.
isarebe - Multiple choice
___ there any chairs in the kitchen?
IsAreHave - Multiple choice
There aren't ___ pictures on the walls.
someanya - Fill the gap
There ___ a lamp next to the bed.
Answer: is - Fill the gap
There ___ some books on the shelf.
Answer: are - Fill the gap
Is there a bath in the bathroom? — No, there ___.
Answer: isn't / is not - Fill the gap
Are there ___ plants in your flat?
Answer: any - Fill the gap
There ___ (not) any windows in the bathroom.
Answer: aren't / are not - True / false
This sentence is correct: 'There are a big table in the kitchen.'
Answer: False - True / false
This sentence is correct: 'There are three rooms in my flat.'
Answer: True - Discussion question
Describe your bedroom. What is there in it?
Sample answer: There is a big bed and a desk. There are two windows and some pictures on the wall. There isn't a TV.
- Multiple choice
- 4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- Describe your room: 'There is a bed next to the window…'
- Guess what is in my room: ask five 'Is there…?' questions.
- 5
Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz