Say if the sentences are true or false

1. Vova lives in Tyumen with his grandmother and grandfather.

2. They live on the fourth floor.

3. There are four rooms in their flat.

4. In the bedroom there are three beds.

5. The furniture in Vova’s room is very simple: a wardrobe, a bookcase, a table and a sofa.

6. There is a lot of furniture in the study.

7. The kitchen is large. It has a cupboard, a cooker and a lamp.

8. The bathroom is not very large, there is a shower and a toilet there.

What appliances and furniture do you have in your flat? Fill in the table with the words from the text and add your own

Living room	Hall	Bathroom	Bedroom	Study	Kitchen
1. TV set 2. Sofa 3. Armchair 4. ______	1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____

6. Compare your answers with your partner’s. Tell about your flat. Use the structure “There is / there are”

Example: There is a TV set a sofa and two armchairs in the living room.

Match these words with the letters on the picture

kitchen bathroom toilet living room hall

balcony bedroom

Example: kitchen - c

8. Find these things in the picture. What other things are there in the house? Example: a table – 4

a table a chair a fridge a shower a sofa a picture

a bed a bath a cooker

In pairs look at the picture for one minute and try to remember all the items presented there, then: Student A: close your book. Student B: ask your partner what is in each room.

Example: Student B: What's in the bedroom?

Student A: There's a bed, two chairs ...

Study the table

THE NUMERALS (Числительные)

	Количественные числительные	Порядковые числительные
	one – один two – два three – три four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty	the first – первый the second – второй the third – третий the fourth the fifth the sixth the seventh the eighth the ninth the tenth the eleventh the twelfth the thirteenth the fourteenth the fifteenth the sixteenth the seventeenth the eighteenth the nineteenth the twentieth

Look at the table. Say which floor the people are on

Example: Student A: Which floor is Ann on?

Student B: She is on the third floor.

	Tony
	John and Bob
	Mary and Helen
	Billy
	Linda
	Ann
	Steve
	Peter and Lucy
Ground floor

Translate into English

1. Мы живем на четвертом этаже. 2. В комнате десять стульев. 3. Эта книга третья на полке. 4. Два стула, диван и столик стоят в гостиной. 5. Магазин – на первом этаже нашего дома. 6. Деканат института математики и компьютерных наук находится на втором этаже.

Draw a plan of your house or flat. Draw the items from Exercise 2 on your plan, and any other things you have (a CD player, a computer, a TV, a video). Tell your partner about your house or flat

Example: In my flat there are three bedrooms. There's a TV in the kitchen. We don't have a garden. We have two bathrooms.

Study the table

Форма всех типов предложений с оборотом THERE + TO BE
	+	–	?
Present Ind.	There is/are	There is/are not (isn’t / aren’t)	Is/Are there …
Past Ind.	There was/were	There was/were not (wasn’t / weren’t)	Was/were there …
Future Ind.	There will be	There will not be (won’t be)	Will there be …

Example: There is a car in the garage. – В гараже стоит машина.

There were not many chairs in the sitting-room. – В гостиной было немного стульев.

Will there be much snow in the winter? – Зимой будет много снега?

Fill in the gaps with suitable noun-phrases

a dean’s office; a computer; a lot of students; English-Russian dictionaries; a lot of snow; a few exams; many historical places; a meeting; old houses; a library; not much furniture; modern conveniences; journals; English classes

1. There is ___ on the second floor. 2. There are ___ in the corridor. 3. There is ___ in the classroom. 4. There are ___ in the bookcase. 5. There are ___ in our town. 6. There are ___ in the library. 7. There was ___ on the ground last winter. 8. There were ___ last week. 9. There was ___ at our University. 10. There will be ___ this spring. 11. There were ___ in this street. 12. There is ___ in the room. 13. There are all ___ in our house. 14. There is ___ on the first floor of this building.