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📚 Lesson Card
Subject: English | Level: 2nd Year Middle School | Unit: My House | Grammar: There is / There are
🎯 Learning Objectives
- Use “there is” for singular nouns and “there are” for plural nouns.
- Name common furniture and objects in a house.
- Describe a room using there is/there are.
- Ask and answer questions about rooms and furniture.
📖 Warm-Up
Fatima invites her friend, Amina, to her house. Amina says: “Wow, your house is beautiful! There is a big living room. There are three bedrooms. There is a garden with flowers!” Let’s learn how to describe houses and rooms using “there is” and “there are”.
📖 Lesson
1. House and Furniture Vocabulary
| English | Pronunciation | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| Living room | /ˈlɪvɪŋ ruːm/ | غرفة المعيشة |
| Bedroom | /ˈbɛdruːm/ | غرفة نوم |
| Kitchen | /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ | مطبخ |
| Bathroom | /ˈbæθruːm/ | حمام |
| Dining room | /ˈdaɪnɪŋ ruːm/ | غرفة طعام |
| Table | /ˈteɪbəl/ | طاولة |
| Chair | /tʃɛːr/ | كرسي |
| Sofa | /ˈsoʊfə/ | أريكة |
| Bed | /bɛd/ | سرير |
| Wardrobe | /ˈwɔːrdroʊb/ | خزانة ملابس |
| Fridge | /frɪdʒ/ | ثلاجة |
| Mirror | /ˈmɪrər/ | مرآة |
2. Using “There is” and “There are”
THERE IS (هناك / يوجد) — for ONE thing (singular):
✅ There is a sofa in the living room.
✅ There is a bed in the bedroom.
❌ There is two beds. → Wrong!
THERE ARE (هناك / يوجد) — for MANY things (plural):
✅ There are four chairs in the dining room.
✅ There are two windows in the kitchen.
3. Negative Form
There isn’t (there is not) — singular
There isn’t a garden in my house.
There aren’t (there are not) — plural
There aren’t any pictures on the wall.
4. Question Form
Is there…? — Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
Is there a fridge in the kitchen? Yes, there is.
Are there…? — Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
Are there three bedrooms? Yes, there are.
Examples — Describing a House:
In my house, there is a big living room. There are three bedrooms and two bathrooms. There is a modern kitchen with a fridge and an oven. There are six chairs around the dining table. There isn’t a garden, but there are plants on the balcony.
📝 Exercises
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks (there is / there are)
a) ___ a cat under the table.
b) ___ five books on the shelf.
c) ___ a mirror in the bathroom.
d) ___ two lamps in the bedroom.
e) ___ a sofa and three chairs.
Exercise 2: Make questions
a) ___ a TV in the living room?
b) ___ any students in the class?
c) ___ a garden behind the house?
Exercise 3: Describe your bedroom
Write 5 sentences about your bedroom using there is/there are.
🔑 Answer Key
Exercise 1: a) There is b) There are c) There is d) There are e) There is
Exercise 2: a) Is there b) Are there c) Is there
🏠 Home Activity
Draw your dream house. Label the rooms and write 8 sentences using “there is”, “there are”, “there isn’t”, and “there aren’t”.
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