Free lesson Level A1 · Lesson · Unit: Home, Sweet Home

Furniture & things at home

Furniture and things at home

In this lesson, you learn words for furniture and appliances in the home. You also learn how to use there is / there are to say what is in a room, and have got to talk about the things a person or home has.

Use there is with one thing and there are with two or more things. We often use them to describe a room: what is in it, and what is not in it.

For one thing	For two or more things
There is a bed.	There are two chairs.
There isn't a sofa.	There aren't any tables.
Is there a fridge?	Are there any chairs?

There is a sofa in the living room.

There are two chairs in the kitchen.

Use have got to say that a person, family, or home possesses something. For one person or thing, use has got. For I, you, we, and they, use have got.

Subject	Form	Example
I / You / We / They	have got	We have got a cooker.
He / She / It	has got	She has got a big wardrobe.
Negative	haven't got / hasn't got	I haven't got a washing machine.

I have got a table in my room.

My bedroom has got a bed and a wardrobe.

Common home words in this lesson are: sofa, table, chair, bed, wardrobe, fridge, cooker, washing machine. You can put them together to describe your room in simple sentences.

Words in this lesson

Word	Meaning	Example
sofa	sofa	There is a sofa in the living room.
table	table	We have got a small table in the kitchen.
chair	chair	There are four chairs by the table.
bed	bed	My room has got one bed.
wardrobe	wardrobe	There is a wardrobe in the bedroom.
fridge	fridge	The kitchen has got a big fridge.
cooker	cooker	There is a cooker in the kitchen.
washing machine	washing machine	We have got a washing machine at home.
living room	living room	There is a sofa in the living room.
bedroom	bedroom	My bedroom has got a bed and a chair.

Exercises

This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:

multiple choice: 3
fill the gap: 2
match the pairs: 1
build the sentence: 2
translate the sentence: 1
listen and type: 1

Try the first one

Choose the correct sentence.

There is a chair in the room.
There are a chair in the room.
There is two chairs in the room.

The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.

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