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Jess: - My favorite room is my bedroom. It is small, but it’s very quiet. It has a single bed and a
cupboard. There are some shelves on the walls with lots of books on them. There’s a desk and a
chair next to the window. There’s a computer on the desk. I study there every evening. There’s
great view of the city from the desk.
David: - my favorite room is our dining room. There’s a really big old table in it and six chairs.
We have great meals with our friends but I also use the table to play games and work. There are
some lovely interesting things in this room. There’s also a really old lamp from Japan on the
table and there’s a big expensive rug from Turkey on the floor. It’s really beautiful. And there
are some wonderful paintings on the wall by a French artist. It’s a really interesting room, I
think.
Tony: - Well, my apartment only has one room so that’s my favorite room I guess but it’s a great
room. It’s on the top floor of a building above some shops. It’s really big. It has a double bed and
a big sofa. I eat my meals on that because I don’t have a table. There’s a kitchen area in the
corner with a sink and a cooker and there’s a really big fridge for drinks and snacks. It’s a great
room. My friends love to come here and listen to music.
Prepositions
Use these prepositions and phrases to describe where you live. You should
review prepositions of place before writing this essay.
I live in a small house/big apartment.
The house is in/on a quiet street.
It’s near/not far from the train station.
There’s a garden behind the house.
It’s a ten-minute walk to/from the town centre.
There is/are
Use there is/are to write about the things in or near your home.
Use there is with singular nouns. Use a before the singular noun. The negative form is there
isn’t.
There is a bus stop near the apartment.
There isn’t a bath in the bathroom.
You can shorten there is to there’s.
There’s a single bed in the guest bedroom.
Use there are with plural nouns. We often use some or a number before the noun.
There are two bedrooms in the flat.
There are some books on the shelf.
In negative sentences, we use any, NOT some.
There aren’t any towels in the guest bedroom.
Has/Has got
You can also use has or has got to write about what is in the house. The negative form
is doesn’t have or hasn’t got.
The flat has WIFI. The flat doesn’t have WIFI.
The house has got a garden. The house hasn’t got a garden.
Just/Only
You can use just or only when there are a small number of things. Look
where just and only go in a sentence.
There’s just one bedroom. / There’s only one bedroom.
The flat only has one bedroom. / The flat just has one bedroom
With
Use with to add extra information about a home, room, or piece of furniture.
I live in a small house with a big garden.
There’s a kitchen with three chairs.
There’s a cupboard with five shelves.
Some useful adverbs
Start your sentence with one of these adverbs to talk about different parts of your home.
Upstairs, there are three bedrooms.
Downstairs, there is a kitchen and a living room.
Inside, there are five rooms.
Outside, there is a garden.
Lists
When we write about our homes we often include lists. Look at the list below.
In the living room, there is a sofa, two armchairs and a television.
To contrast between positive and negative things in a list, use but.
The bathroom has a bath, a toilet and a washbasin, but it doesn’t have a shower.
There’s a microwave, a washing machine and a fridge-freezer, but there isn’t a
dishwasher.
