Describing places

1. LET’S …
* expand our vocabulary about
the house and home furniture.
* express existence and
nonexistence.
* use appropriately the English
demonstrative adjectives.
Enjoy it!

4. Clickon the links

5. Exercise 1: What rooms are these?
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6. Exercise 2: What objects are these?
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7. Exercise3: Write the appropriate word to complete the sentence –House vocabulary.
Example: I wash my hands in the sink.
1. There are many books in the ________________.
2. My clothes is in the ____________________.
3. The lamp is on the_____________________.
4. I want to take a shower. I go to the ___________.
5. My mother cook the meal in the _____________.
6. It’s very dark in here, turn on the ___________.
7. There is a beautiful ______________on the wall.
8. I want to watch a program on the ___________.
9. The rug is on the ____________.
10. I’m sleepy. I go to my _______________.

8. We use “There is / There are” to say that something exists (or does not
exist).
Use “There is” for singular nouns. Use “There are” for plural nouns.
There is a book on the table. There are nine books on the table.
There is a student in the classroom. There are two students in the classroom.

9. The negative form of this structure is “There isn’t / There
aren’t”
There isn’t juice in the glass.
There aren`t children in the park.
There isn’t a computer on the desk.

10. The interrogative form of this structure is “Is there / Are
there”
Is there a computer on the desk?
Yes, there is.
Is there a book on the desk?
No, there isn’t.
Are there four chairs at the dining room table?
Yes, there are.
Are there people at the dining room table?
No, there aren’t.

11. Exercise 4: What is and isn’t here?
Example: There isa lamp.
Thereisn’t a radio.

12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2_-H7xBhg

13. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has
a $53,392,200 house in Medina, Washington. In
his house there are seven bedrooms, twenty
four bathrooms and six kitchens. There is a
huge library and even a movie theater. The
security system includes cameras and sensors
in the floor. The house computer system
automatically turns on music when you enter a
room.

14. Exercise 5: Answer the following questions based on the previous text.
Example: How many bedrooms are there?
There are seven bedrooms.
Is there a movie theater?
Yes, there is.
1. How many bathrooms are there?
2. How many kitchens are there?
3. Is there a library?
4. Is there a computer system?
5. Are there cameras?

15. “THIS” is used to point at something
near you -SINGULAR
“THAT” is used to point at something
far from you -SINGULAR
This is my book.
That is my book.

16. “THESE” is used to point at
something near you -PLURAL
“THOSE” is used to point at
something far from you -PLURAL
These are my books.
Those are my books.

17. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYD0vKjgmiA&feature=

18. Exercise 6: Based on the images, complete the sentences with “this, that, these, those”
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Example:
That
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19. Click on the link below and pass the cursor over the images.
You will read and listen to weather vocabulary
http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/weather/

22. Exercise 7: Write the names of the weather images.
1. 2. 3.
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23. Exercise 8: Write the answer of the next question based on the
images.
Example: It’s stormy.What’s the weather like?
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5. 6.

24. Exercise 9: Complete the sentences below and write the
appropriate word to complete the sentence –Weather
vocabulary.
Example: The sun is shining! Today is sunny.
1. When there is both sun and rain you can see the _________.
2. I can hear the sound of __________.
3. We can’t see anything. It’s __________.
4. It’s snowy! Let’s make a __________.
5. It’s rainy! Take an ___________.
6. It’s August. This is a __________ month.
7. Put warm clothes on! It’s very __________.
8. There are many gray __________ in the sky.
9. People like skiing when it’s ____________.
10. It’s so ___________ in here! Please turn the fan on.

25. • Food: Delicious, tasty, tasteless, sweet,
salty. The typical food is delicious.
• People: Friendly, unfriendly, nice, funny,
serious.
The people in Colombia are very friendly.
• Weather: Hot, cold, warm, sunny, rainy.
Bogotá is very cold and rainy.
• Transport: cheap, expensive, fast, slow,
crowded

26. Pereira is a beautiful city; there are many cheap
hotels in the downtown. This is an interesting, nice
and fun city. There are very beautiful women in
Pereira. You can play different sports in different
places and you can go shopping in different malls
in downtown. In this city there are a lot of good
restaurants, I really like it. Pereira is warm and
sunny .You can go to the zoo and see different
kinds of animals. The people in Pereira are very
nice, friendly and outgoing. I really like Pereira.

27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSedYw9xgws

28. Exercise 10: Describe one city of Colombia you know.

29. If you have a question about the
exercises, please e-mail me.