What is it for?
Learn to write six or seven simple sentences about your room or home.
What to include
- Say what the place is: your room, flat, apartment or house.
- Describe the room with a simple word, such as small, big or nice.
- Name things in the room with there is or there are.
- Say what is not in the room with there isn't or there aren't.
- Use prepositions to say where things are.
- Add a colour or one more detail.
How to organise it
- Where: say what place you describe.
- What it is like: give one simple detail.
- What there is: name one or more things.
- Where things are: use prepositions of place.
- One more thing: add a colour or another detail.
Model text
My Room
Where
This is my room. It is small and nice. My room has a window.
What there is
There is a bed and a desk. There are two chairs. There isn't a sofa in my room.
Where things are
The bed is next to the window. The desk is in front of the window. A blue lamp is on the desk.
One more thing
There are green books on the desk. The door is white.
Key language
| Rule or pattern | Example | Another example |
|---|---|---|
| This is my + place. | This is my room. | This is my house. |
| My room is + adjective. | My room is small. | My room is nice. |
| There is a/an + singular noun. | There is a bed. | There is a lamp. |
| There are + plural noun. | There are two chairs. | There are three tables. |
| There isn't a/an + singular noun. | There isn't a sofa. | There isn't a table. |
| There aren't any + plural noun. | There aren't any chairs. | There aren't any lamps. |
| The + thing + is + preposition of place + the + thing. | The lamp is on the desk. | The chair is next to the bed. |
| I live in a + home type. | I live in a house. | I live in a flat. |
UK / US: In the UK, people often say flat; in the US, they often say apartment. Ground floor and first floor can mean different levels in the UK and US. Lift is common in the UK; elevator is common in the US.
Practice
There is or There are?
Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.
1.___ a bed in my room.
Use there is for one bed.
2.___ two chairs next to the desk.
Use there are for two chairs.
3.___ a sofa in my bedroom. I have a bed only.
Use there isn't for one thing that is not present.
4.___ any lamps in the room. The room has no lamps.
Use there aren't for plural things that are not present.
5.___ a blue lamp on the desk.
Use there is for one lamp.
6.___ three windows in the house.
Use there are for three windows.
Where are the things?
Write the correct preposition in each gap.
1.The books are the desk. They touch the top of the desk.
Use on for things that are on a surface.
2.The cat is the table. It is below the table, not on it.
Use under for a thing below another thing.
3.The door is the desk. The desk is behind the door.
Use in front of for a thing before another thing.
4.The chair is the bed. The two things are side by side.
Use next to for things side by side.
5.The desk is the door. The door is in front of the desk.
Use behind for a thing at the back of another thing.
6.The green book is the bag. You can see the book inside the bag.
Use in for a thing inside another thing.
Make the sentences
Put the words in the correct order.
1.Put the words in order:
roomabedisinmythere
Use there is before one thing.
2.Put the words in order:
areroomtheretwotheinchairs
Use there are before more than one thing.
3.Put the words in order:
abedroomsofainmythereisn't
Use there isn't for one thing that is not present.
4.Put the words in order:
anyaren'ttheinthereroomlamps
Use there aren't for plural things that are not present.
5.Put the words in order:
therethelamponisdeskbluea
Use there is for one lamp and on for its position.
6.Put the words in order:
therearechairstwogreen
Use there are for more than one chair.
Fix the mistakes
Write each sentence correctly.
1.There are a bed in my room.
Use there is with one bed.
2.There is two chairs in the room.
Use there are with two chairs.
3.There is lamp on the desk.
Use a before the singular noun lamp.
4.The chair is in next to the bed.
Use next to without in.
5.There aren't a sofa in my room.
Use there isn't with one sofa.
Now write
Your task
Write six or seven sentences about your room or your home. Say what it is, what there is in it, and where things are.
Word bank
beddeskchairtablesofalampwindowdoorbedroomkitchenwhiteblue
Sentence starters
- My room is ...
- This is my ...
- There is ...
- There are ...
- The lamp is on ...
- The chair is next to ...