Where do you live?

1. Describe your house.
2. Describe your dream home.

Here are some words that are associated with homes. How many do you know?

bedroom, bathroom, basement, terrace, veranda, roof, drawing room, dining room, living room, kitchen, garage, driveway, upstairs, downstairs, floor, ceiling, window, door, yard, garden, furniture, landlord, tenant, neighbourhood 

Let’s learn all of them, and fill in the blanks in the 24 sentences below, with the correct word

1. I live in a flat and every month I pay rent to my ___.
2. One day I want to own my own house. I am tired of being a ___.
3. I like my ___ because there are many shops nearby and my neighbours are friendly.
4. Our house has a large ___ where we grow many beautiful flowers and vegetables.
5. Did you park your car in the ___ or out in the street?
6. Is the bathroom upstairs or ___?
7. My mother likes to cook in the bright and airy ___.
8. From my bedroom ___ I can look out and see a park.
9. I usually get up at 6.30 a.m., go to the ____ to get washed, get dressed, have breakfast, and then go to school.
10. There is a small bed, a desk, a chair, and a cupboard in my ___.
11. Every evening, my family and I watch television in the ___.
12. Last week, we bought lots of __ for our house like a sofa, two chairs, a table, and a bed.
13. My mother gets angry if I eat my food while watching television in the living room. She says I should eat my meals in the ___.
14. Be careful with the hot frying pan. Don’t drop it on the ___.
15. In the monsoon, we keep our car in the ___ to protect it from the rain.
16. We have put a nameplate near the front __ of our house so people know who lives here.
17. We dry our clothes on a clothesline in the back __.
18. We use the ___ only when we have guests. Otherwise, we spend most of our time in the living room.
19. We use the ___ of our house to store things we no longer use or need like old toys and broken furniture.
20. My parents like to have tea in the ___ when the weather is pleasant. They enjoy looking out onto the garden.
21. There are two rooms downstairs and two rooms ___.
22. The top floor of the house has a large ___ where we have placed many potted plants.
23. The ___ of my bedroom has a crack. I can see it when I am lying in bed.
24. My brother and I often go up to the ___ to fly kites because it is the highest place in our house.

Note for Mentors only: Please refer to the Answers in Learning Materials