1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Today we will

  • talk about parts of house
  • use there is / there are

Rearrange the letters to make adjectives

  • gbi
  • soniy
  • wne
  • yellvo
  • rorihlbe
  • mlals
  • itueq

Vocabulary: parts of house

bathroom
bedroom
dining room
garage
garden
hall
kitchen
living-room
wardrobe
fireplace
central heating
floors

Match the verbs to the rooms / places

  • take off coats
  • keep a car
  • have dinner
  • watch TV
  • cook
  • wash
  • water flowers
  • sleep

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

In your house or flat...

Where do you watch TV?

Where do you eat?

Where do you study?

Where do you sleep?

What do you know about the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

How old is it?

What is the name of ihe house?

Who lives there?

Are there public visits?

How many rooms are there?

Listen to the beginning of a documentary about the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Put the questionsin the order you hear them.

Listen again and complete the sentences with the numbers from the box.

There are names for the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

It's more than years old.

There are 16 family bedrooms, 3 kitchens and bathrooms.

There are also 6 floors, staircases, 3 elevators. 147 windows and 412 doors.

Public visits are available for groups of people or more.

Reading

Listen and read about Number 10 Downing Street on page 35 of the Student's Book.

Number 10 Downing Street, also called Number 10, is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Britain. It is in the centre of London, in Westminster. It’s a small house, and inside there are offices and a flat for the Prime Ministers family. There is one entrance through a black door on Downing Street. A policeman always stands outside the door. There aren't any public visits to Number 10, but thousands of tourists come every year to visit the street and look at the door.

Work in groups and discuss these questions.

Does the President or Prime Minister of your country have a famous house? Where is it?

Are there any other famous houses or fiats in your country? Where are they?

There is / there are

  • There is one bathroom in the flat.
  • There are two bedrooms in the house.
  • There isn’t a dining room in the flat.
  • There aren’t any bedrooms in the house.
  • Is there a dining room in the flat?
  • Are there any bedrooms in the house?

Rearrange the words to make questions

are house How in many rooms there your ?

are there bedrooms How many ?

windows there the in bathroom Are any ?

a garden house in front of Is there your ?

your house in a Is staircase there ?

your windows there many in How bedroom are ?

Writing

Listen and write the sentences that you hear:

Speaking

Draw a map of your house or flat. Prepare a short presentation of your home. Use the words from the lesson and the useful language to help you.

Now I can

  • Can you talk about house and parts of house?
  • Can you use there is / there are?