Unit 3 — Home and My Room
Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E
Learning objectives Link to heading
- I can name 14 things in a room and four rooms in a house.
- I can use there is / there are in positive, negative, and questions.
- I can write 6 sentences describing my home or my room.
Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading
- 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
- 3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
- 3.1.3.5 Schreiben
- 3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz
(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)
Lead-in story Link to heading
Theo opens the front door. The hallway smells of bread and rain. To the right is the kitchen, with its loud fridge and quiet kettle. The living room has a large window onto the courtyard. Down the hall is Mia’s bedroom — door always almost shut, never quite open. Frida the fox arrives at the back door, wet and polite. “I won’t go in,” she says. “I just like to be invited.”
1. Activate Link to heading
Room sketch. Quick-draw your bedroom in 60 seconds. Mark four items: bed, desk, window, one personal thing. Show your partner.
2. Input Link to heading
Vocabulary — house and room Link to heading
Rooms: bedroom, kitchen, living room, bathroom, hallway, dining room, basement, attic. Furniture: bed, desk, chair, sofa, armchair, table, wardrobe, bookshelf, lamp, mirror, rug, curtain. Other: window, door, ceiling, floor, wall, drawer, shelf.
Grammar — there is / there are (full toolkit) Link to heading
Positive:
- There is a bed. / There are two windows.
Negative:
- There isn’t a TV. / There aren’t any chairs.
Questions:
- Is there a desk? / Are there any plants?
- Short answers: Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
Quantifier note: some in positives; any in negatives and questions.
Prepositions of place Link to heading
on, under, in, in front of, behind, between, next to, above, below, opposite. Quick examples: The lamp is on the desk. The shoes are under the bed. There is a poster opposite the window.
3. Practise Link to heading
Niveau E — controlled Link to heading
- Fill in is / are / isn’t / aren’t: There __________ a bed. There __________ no chairs. __________ there a lamp?
- Choose some / any: There are __________ books on the shelf. There aren’t __________ chairs.
Niveau E — productive Link to heading
- Describe your kitchen in 4 sentences using there is/are + 2 prepositions.
- Write 3 questions a guest might ask: Is there a …? Where is …? Are there …?
4. Produce Link to heading
Pen-pal letter — My Home. Write 6 sentences describing your home or your room to an English pen-pal. Use at least 3 there is/are sentences and 2 prepositions.
Sample Link to heading
Hi James, this is my home. There is a small kitchen with a loud fridge. There are two bedrooms. My room is next to the bathroom. There is a desk under the window and a poster of a fox above the bed. There aren’t any TVs in the house, but there is a piano in the living room.
5. Reflect Link to heading
- I can name 14 room/home words.
- I can use there is/are in positive, negative, and questions.
- I can write a 6-sentence pen-pal letter about my home.
One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence that uses something you learned in this Unit.
Exam example Link to heading
Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading
Listen twice.
“In Mia’s flat there are four rooms: a kitchen, a living room, and two bedrooms. Mia’s room is small but bright. There is a desk under the window. There aren’t any TVs.”
- How many rooms: ___ . 2. Mia’s room is ___ . 3. The desk is ___ . 4. TV? ___ .
Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading
Read about a small flat.
“There are two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a kitchen with a window. There is no living room — the kitchen is also the dining room. There is a sofa in the bigger bedroom.”
T or F: 1. Two bedrooms. 2. One bathroom. 3. There is a living room. 4. The sofa is in the kitchen.
Task 3 — Use of English (8 BE) Link to heading
Fill in there is/are, positive or negative.
- ___ a desk in my room. (positive)
- ___ any chairs in the bedroom. (negative)
- ___ two windows in the kitchen?
- ___ a lamp on the desk.
Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading
Write 6 sentences about your room or home to a pen-pal. Use there is/are and prepositions.
Downloads Link to heading
Differentiation — support (below Niveau E).
Complete the letter with your own words. Fill each gap and add one sentence of your own.
- Dear ______, this is my home.
- There is a ______ in the ______.
- There are two ______ in my room.
- My bed is next to the ______, and there is a lamp on the ______.
- There isn’t a ______, but there is a ______ in the living room.
Extension (above Niveau E / Oberstufe).
Write your pen-pal letter as Frida the fox would — the polite guest who watches from the back door but never comes in. Describe the home only through what she can see, hear, and smell from outside, and let those there is/are details quietly suggest whether this is a warm home or a lonely one, without ever naming the feeling. Then add two sentences explaining which word choices you used to build that impression.
Common pitfalls Link to heading
- There is two beds → ✗ / There are two beds → ✓.
- some in negatives sounds wrong: There isn’t some lamp → There isn’t any lamp.
- L1 trap: German Es gibt always → there is/are.
Further reading / listening Link to heading
- BBC Learning English — Around the house.
- British Council — My House worksheets.
Downloads
Listen
The vocabulary, dialogues and reading texts of this unit as audio, spoken by a native voice. The spoken text is shown beneath each clip.
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bedroom · kitchen · living room · bathroom · bed · desk · chair · window · door · poster · shelf · lamp
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"In my room there is a bed and a desk. There are two windows. The cat is under the bed. There is a green plant on the desk."