There is / there are Complete each sentence using either ‘is’ or ‘are’. Add ‘s’ if it is a plural noun, but leave the space blank if it is a singular noun

1. There … some pen… on the table. 2. There … not many pen… on the table. 3. There … not a single pen… on the table. 4. There … several pen… on the table. 5. There … twenty three pen… on the table. 6. There … a new pen… on the table. 7. There … n’t any pen… on the table.

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Talking about houses and furniture

Here are some useful words and word combinations you can use:

a kitchen table and chairs, kitchen cupboards, a fridge / a freezer / a fridge-freezer, a cooker, a sink, work surfaces (for preparing food), a dishwasher, a washing machine and clothes dryer, a single bed / a double bed, a wardrobe / a chest of drawers, curtains / blinds, a rug; a lamp, a bedside table, a TV and DVD player, a music centre, a coffee table, a bookcase, an armchair, a fireplace, central heating, a gas or electric heater.

Rooms

Match the rooms with their definitions

1. bathroom a. the lowest level of a house

2. dining-room b. the room where you eat

3. kitchen c. the room where you keep things for cleaning the house

4. living-room d. the room where you prepare and cook food

5. basement e. the room where you relax and watch TV

6. bedroom f. the room where you sleep

7. storeroom g. the room where you take a shower

Complete the sentences

1. The … has a shower and toilet, but no bath. 2. We have two … upstairs. One of them is for guests who stay the night. 3. We cook in the … and eat in the …. 4. The kids are watching cartoons in the …. 5. I have very little space in my wardrobe so I keep all my winter clothes in the …. 6. You can find cleaning products in the ….

Things in the home

Look at the things below. In which rooms would you typically find them?

a wardrobe a cupboard a radiator curtains a mop a lamp

a carpet a mirror a washing machine a dish washer a vacuum cleaner

Which of these things do you have in your home?

Read and translate this text and put three questions to it:

A variety of housing has been provided in new towns, including two-storey houses, bungalows, flats and maisonettes. The greatest demand is for houses with gardens. Many families moving to the new towns have previously lived in overcrowded conditions in flats or rooms in the centers of cities and want the space and freedom of a house and a garden where children can play in safety. In view of this preference, care is taken to provide houses of varied architectural types, avoiding monotony and ensuring privacy. Houses may, for example, be built in courts, closes, terraces or other groupings and set at various distances from, and angles to, roads. A number of materials such as bricks and cements of different colors and panels of natural timber are also used. The houses usually have two or three bedrooms and one large or two smaller living rooms, though a number of larger or smaller dwellings are also provided; all have kitchens and bathrooms with hot and cold running water and inside lavatories. Many have central heating and broadcast relay systems whereby radio and TV programs are received at a central point distributed by wire to listeners and viewers. At Washington the development corporation has designed a two-storey house which can be adapted to meet the changing needs of growing families: the house has all the traditional living areas complete on the ground floor and an upper floor free from dividing walls and with windows and plumbing arranged to enable householders themselves to provide room areas to meet their requirements.

In housing areas, landscaping with trees is considered to be particularly important, and many acres of woods have been planted on poor farmland and bog.