Last week we started a new unit, but we also continued practicing the Present Continuous, which is a very important verb tense in English.

In our new unit we are studying the rooms in a house or flat and objects that we usually have in those rooms. To talk about the rooms and objects we use:

There is (singular). Ex: There is a table in the kitchen.

There are (plural). Ex: There are five books in the bookcase.


To ask questions we change the order of those words:

Is there? Ex: Is there a table in the kitchen? 

Are there? Ex: Are there five books in the bookcase?


To make negative sentences we add not to the verb. And we usually make the contraction:

There is not or There isn't. Ex: There isn't a table in the kitchen.

There are not or There aren't. Ex: There aren't five books in the bookcase.


Little by little we are acquiring vocabulary and grammar structures that can help us give more detailed information. Previously we had learned prepositions of place so that now we can say things like:

My bedroom is next to the kitchen. And the living room is opposite my bedroom. There is a sofa and two armchairs in the living room. The TV is opposite the sofa. Between the sofa and the TV there is a small table. There is a tall lamp next to the sofa and two shelves on the wall. There are 3 photos and a porcelain flower on one shelf. There are books and papers on the other shelf.

That was an example (incomplete) of how we can describe the place where we live, our flat or house.

If you have time (EXTRA HOMEWORK) you can describe a room in your place (your flat or house), but I already gave you some homework and you need to practice your presentation, so don't feel pressed.