Describing My House - Elementary / Pre-intermediate - Useful
Language
Describing my house - Monolog(ue) to practice object descriptions in the present
tense
0. Introduce your activity:
I’m going to speak about my house
I’m going to tell you about my house
I’m going to describe my house
1. Start with an introduction, some general ideas.
I live in a flat, with my partner and a friend from Canada. My flat is on the second floor.
2. Body: Then describe your house using the spatial approach:
When you go in, you can find a hall. On the right, there is a kitchen. Opposite the
entrance door, there is a sitting room and on the left there is acorridor to the bedrooms
and the bathroom.
The kitchen is small, but it’s OK for us. In the kitchen, there is a window. Its curtains
are yellow. There is a cooker (UK) / a stove (US) and a washing machine. Opposite
there is a fridge and a sink. In the middle, there is a white table and two white chairs.
Oh, there are some cupboards, too! for pots and pans, dishes, and so on.
Next to the kitchen, there is a sitting-room and a dining-room. On the left, you can see
the dining-room. There is a glass table and four black iron chairs. There is a piece of
furniture with glasses and DVDs, and there are some pictures on the walls. On the
right, you can find the sitting-room. It has a burgundy sofa and two green armchairs.
Opposite the sofa is the TV set. I go to sleep in front of the TV after lunch! There are
some plants and there is a big window. This room has a lot of light. I love it!
The first room is my office. There is no bed / There isn’t a bed. It has three bookcases
and a lot of books. There is a desk and there is a personal computer on the desk. There
is a printer, too. There is a CD player and a lot of music CDs. There are a lot of pictures
-- family photos and photos with friends.
Next, on the left you can find P’s office. P is my partner. He is a teacher. He loves
reading, so he has a lot of books. He loves playing the guitar, too – the Spanish guitar.
There is also a computer.
The third room is our bedroom. There is a double bed, an in-built closet, a long mirror,
and two bedside tables with small lamps. There are no pictures on the wall. It’s very
simple.
Opposite this bedroom, there is a bathroom. It doesn’t have a window / It has no
window and the walls are brown. I don’t like this. So I use orange towels! There is a
toilet, a wash-basin, a bath tub and a mirror. It’s OK.
At the end of this corridor you can go upstairs. There is an attic. It’s very big and it has
a lot of light. There are two single beds, for friends. There is a toilet, too. There is a
computer and a music equipment. There are a lot of books and music CDs. Finally,
there is a cupboard for the vacuum cleaner/hoover and for my painting equipment. I
love painting!
3. Finish with some comment or evaluation:
Finally, my neighbors are OK. They sometimes make a lot of noise, but they also help
us.
I love my house, but it isn’t mine! I’m renting it!
