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Review: homes for everyone – house and home vocabulary

This A1 ESL lesson plan reviews rooms, furniture and describing a home, with the grammar of lessons 13 to 15.

Grammar
The unit's grammar, mixed: This is… and plurals (The house has got three bedrooms.), demonstratives, Where's…? with in, on or under, adjectives and Do you have…?
Topic
The unit's house vocabulary at a Habitat for Humanity build day in Brooklyn, plus ten build-day words such as hard hat, gloves, ladder and paintbrush.
Activities
A build-day flyer, a house tour and a safety talk, five mixed review exercises, a chat as a new volunteer, a dream-home spin wheel and a message from a build day.

What's inside

  1. Chapter 1Hello, volunteers!

    • PictureUnlock
    • Open a box and answerOpen the boxUnlock
    • Study the new wordsVocabularyTry it
    • Look at the pictures and choose the wordChoose by pictureUnlock

  2. Chapter 2Let's read: a build day!

    • Look at the photo: a new homePictureUnlock
    • Read the flyerReal-life documentTry it
    • Read and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
    • Choose the right answerQuizUnlock

  3. Chapter 3Listen: at the build day

    • Listen to Mia and KofiListeningTry it
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen again and choose the right answerQuizUnlock
    • Listen to the build leaderListeningUnlock
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock

  4. Chapter 4Review: what can you do now?

    • Do you remember? Choose the correct answerQuizUnlock
    • Is the sentence correct? True or falseTrue or falseUnlock
    • Sort the words into the columnsSort into columnsTry it
    • Complete the message in the house group chatFill in the gapsUnlock
    • Find the pairs: question and answerMemory gameUnlock

  5. Chapter 5Your turn: let's help!

    • Choose the right repliesChatTry it
    • Spin the wheel and answerSpin the wheelUnlock

  6. Chapter 6Homework

    • Put the words in the right orderUnjumbleUnlock
    • Unscramble the wordsAnagramUnlock
    • Write a message to a friendWriting, checked by the teacherUnlock
    • Record yourself: a tour of the new houseSpeaking, checked by the teacherUnlock

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Vocabulary

10 words and phrases from the lesson, each with a picture and audio in edio.

+7 more with pictures and audio in the lessonMore words

  • hard hat
  • gloves
  • boots
  • hammer
  • ladder
  • paintbrush
  • board

Grammar: showing and describing a home, reviewed

Lesson 16 is a home review with no new grammar: one build day brings back every point of lessons 13 to 15. Learners show rooms, count bedrooms, point at boards and tools, ask where the gloves are and describe the kitchen, and every review exercise mixes at least two points.

This is the kitchen, has got and plurals

A room still needs the, our or my, a number still needs a plural, and one house has got, never have got.

  • This is the new kitchen.
  • The house has got three bedrooms.
  • The family has got two kids.

This, that, these and those, with is or are

Near or far still picks the word, and these and those take are, so These hard hats is… is one of the review's traps.

  • These hard hats here are for volunteers.
  • Those rooms over there are bedrooms.
  • Is this hard hat OK?

Where's…? Where are…? In, on, under

One thing takes Where's…? It's…, two or more take Where are…? They're…, and the place follows in, on or under.

  • Where's the paint? It's under the kitchen window.
  • Where are the gloves? They're in the big box, under the table.

Adjectives, a or an, and Do you have…?

Adjectives still go before the noun, an comes before a vowel, and Do you have…? still gets Yes, I do, never Yes, I have.

  • The kitchen has got a big, bright window.
  • Kofi has got an old hammer.
  • Do you have a paintbrush, Kofi? Yes, I do.

More lessons on this grammar: This, that, these and those lessons and exercises

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What's in the lesson

  • 10 auto-checked exercises
  • 5 games
  • 2 teacher-checked tasks
  • 1 real-life document
  • 1 set of word cards
  • 2 audio clips
  • 2 pictures
  • 2 transcripts

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

  • show and count rooms: This is the kitchen. The house has got three bedrooms.
  • choose this, that, these or those with is or are: Are those boards heavy?
  • ask where things are and answer with in, on or under: Where are the gloves? They're in the big box.
  • describe a home with adjectives and a or an: a big, bright window, an old hammer
  • ask Do you have a hard hat? and name build-day things like gloves, boots and ladder

Lesson 16 closes the unit Home sweet home in English A1.1 · Hello, World, with no new grammar. It brings back lesson 13's rooms, plurals and This is the kitchen, lesson 14's this, that, these and those with Where's…? and in, on and under, and lesson 15's adjectives with have got and Do you have…? A Habitat for Humanity build day puts it all on one site: rooms to show, boards to point at and gloves to find.

In the warm-up, students open boxes of questions about their own homes and learn ten build-day words, from hard hat to paintbrush, with pictures and audio. They read the build-day flyer and answer true-or-false and multiple-choice questions, then listen to Kofi's tour of the house and Ray's safety talk (both AI-voiced). The review chapter has five mixed exercises: a do-you-remember quiz, true or false on correct sentences, a sort into a, an and no article, a group-chat message to complete, and a memory game of questions and answers, each checked as students answer. Last comes the speaking chapter: students chat with Ray as new volunteers and spin a wheel of dream-home questions.

Homework is word order and a build-day anagram, which check themselves, then a message to a friend from a build day and a recorded tour of an invented new house; the teacher reviews both.

Grammar:
review · This is the kitchen · plurals · this, that, these, those · Where's…? in, on, under · have got / Do you have…? · adjectives
Topic:
home · Habitat for Humanity · volunteers · review

Teaching tips

  • Keep a tally during the review chapter of the mistakes that come back, such as These hard hats is or a house new, and open the next unit with a short warm-up on them.
  • Before the reading, ask what volunteers wear on a building site. The flyer's list, with its no for sandals, checks the answers.
  • Play the memory game in two teams: a pair counts only when the team reads the question and the answer aloud correctly.
  • Have pairs sketch the new house before the homework recording, labeling each room, so the tour has a plan to follow.

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The whole course: English A1.1 · Hello, World

32 lessons for complete beginners in simple American English, from the verb to be to can and can't. Eight units cover greetings, family, numbers, home, food, daily routines, the town and free time, and each ends with a review lesson. Pictures and definitions replace translations, and the practice exercises check themselves.See the course

  1. Unit 1 Hello!

    greetings, the verb to be, countries and nationalities, yes/no questions

    1. Lesson 1Hi, hey, howdy or aloha?The verb to be with I and you
    2. Lesson 2Ellis Island: where are they from?He's, she's, they're: the verb to be
    3. Lesson 3Six languages at the UNYes/no questions with be and short answers
    4. Lesson 4Review: hello from the Statue of LibertyThe verb to be and yes/no questions, reviewed

  2. Unit 2 My people

    family members, possessive adjectives, have got, describing people

    1. Lesson 5Why is Mother's Day in May?Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her
    2. Lesson 6Best in show!Have got and the possessive 's
    3. Lesson 7National Best Friends DaySubject pronouns, possessives and describing people
    4. Lesson 8Review: Bobbie the Wonder DogPossessives, have got and 's, reviewed

  3. Unit 3 Numbers all around

    numbers and dates, a/an and plurals, phone numbers and prices

    1. Lesson 9Why is March 14 Pi Day?Numbers 0 to 100, decimals and US dates
    2. Lesson 10How old is the General Sherman tree?A, an and plurals, with big numbers and How old…?
    3. Lesson 119-1-1 and other numbers to knowSaying phone numbers, emails and prices
    4. Lesson 12Review: 102 floors and 1,860 stepsNumbers, dates, ages and prices, reviewed

  4. Unit 4 Home sweet home

    rooms in a house, this, that, these and those, furniture, opposites

    1. Lesson 13A house with 132 roomsThis is, these are and plurals
    2. Lesson 14Boston's skinny house: where's the bed?This, that, these, those and Where's…?
    3. Lesson 15Can a dorm room be cozy?Opposite adjectives and have got
    4. Lesson 16 · you're hereReview: homes for everyoneShowing and describing a home, reviewed

  5. Unit 5 Food I love

    likes and dislikes, present simple questions, ordering food

    1. Lesson 17Pancakes for breakfast?I like, I don't like and plural nouns
    2. Lesson 18New York pizza or Chicago deep-dish?Present simple questions and short answers
    3. Lesson 19A coffee to go, please!Ordering food with I'd like and Can I have…?
    4. Lesson 20Review: lunch from a food truckI like, Do you like and I'd like, reviewed

  6. Unit 6 My day

    telling the time, daily routines, days of the week, prepositions of time

    1. Lesson 21What time is it in Times Square?Telling the time and daily routines
    2. Lesson 22Who brings the mail?The present simple with we and they
    3. Lesson 23Is it morning in Hawaii?Prepositions of time with parts of the day
    4. Lesson 24Review: a New York morningTime, routines and days, reviewed

  7. Unit 7 My town

    places in town, prepositions of place, giving directions

    1. Lesson 25Main Street, USAPrepositions of place: near and next to
    2. Lesson 26Meet me at Union SquarePresent simple questions and negatives with we and they
    3. Lesson 27Turn left on 42nd StreetImperatives for giving directions
    4. Lesson 28Review: streets for peoplePlaces, the present simple and directions, reviewed

  8. Unit 8 Free time

    hobbies, can and can't, sports, making plans

    1. Lesson 29Can you play Scrabble?Can and can't for ability
    2. Lesson 30Can you surf?Can for ability and how well
    3. Lesson 31Saturday morning: Little LeagueFree time and making plans
    4. Lesson 32Review: a book for every childCan, can't and free time, reviewed

Questions about this lesson

What house vocabulary should beginners learn first?
Beginners should learn the rooms first, then the furniture and a few adjectives. Rooms: kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room. Furniture: bed, couch, table, shelf. Adjectives: big, bright, cozy, new. Then add parts of the house such as window, door and backyard. The A1 lesson Review: homes for everyone on edio.ai brings many of them back at a build day for a new house.
What words can you use to describe your home?
The key words are room names, has got and a few adjectives: It's got three bedrooms and a small backyard. The kitchen is big and bright. Other good adjectives for a home are new, old, cozy and beautiful. They go before the noun, as in a new house, or after is, as in It's beautiful!
What furniture goes in each room of a house?
Beds go in bedrooms and couches in living rooms, while a table and chairs belong in the kitchen or the dining room. A desk, a lamp and a shelf of books fit almost anywhere. To say where things are, use in for rooms and boxes and on or under for furniture: The bed is in the bedroom. The books are on the shelf.
Is it "a old hammer" or "an old hammer"?
An old hammer is correct, because the next word, old, starts with a vowel sound. The choice depends on the word right after the article, so it's an old hammer but a new kitchen, and an apartment but a small backyard. Plurals such as gloves and boxes take neither: I've got gloves.
Is it "The house have got" or "The house has got"?
The house has got three bedrooms is correct: one house is it, and it takes has got. Have got goes with I, you, we and they: The volunteers have got hard hats. In speech, has got often becomes 's got, as in It's got a big, bright window, and Americans often just say The house has three bedrooms.
What words do you need to talk about building a house?
The basics are the verbs build and paint, plus the tools: a hammer, a ladder, a paintbrush and a wooden board. For safety, add a hard hat, gloves and boots, and use volunteer for a person who helps for free: Do you have a hard hat? These are the ten new words of Review: homes for everyone on edio.ai, set at a Habitat for Humanity build day.
How do I review house vocabulary with beginners?
Bring the old words back in one new situation, so familiar forms appear in new sentences. Review: homes for everyone, an A1 lesson on edio.ai, sets the home unit at a build day, where a flyer and two listenings bring back rooms, has got and those rooms over there. Mixed drills follow, from a sort into a and an to a group-chat message, then a chat and a dream-home wheel.
What's a good game for a home vocabulary review?
A memory game of questions and answers works well: students turn over cards and match Where are the gloves? with They're in the big box, under the table. A spin wheel of dream-home questions makes a lively finish: What's in your dream kitchen? In Review: homes for everyone on edio.ai, the memory game ends the review chapter and the wheel closes the speaking chapter.
How do you practice home vocabulary one-to-one?
Role-play a tour of a new house, first with you as the guide and then with the student: This is the living room. Those rooms are bedrooms. Ask questions like Where's the paint? and Do you have a hard hat? In Review: homes for everyone on edio.ai, the chat is that kind of scene for one learner, a new volunteer talking to the build leader.
What's good homework for practicing rooms and furniture?
A recorded tour of a house the student invents is good homework, because it needs rooms, furniture, This is… and has got: This is the kitchen. It's got a big window. Where's the paint? It's in the kitchen. A written message to a friend works too. In Review: homes for everyone on edio.ai, both come after a word-order drill and an anagram, and the teacher reviews them.
Are there interactive exercises for house vocabulary?
Yes: sorting games and chats that check each answer suit house vocabulary. On the page of Review: homes for everyone, an A1 lesson on edio.ai, four parts play without an account: a build-day flyer, a dialogue that tours a new house, a sort of words like hard hat, old hammer and gloves into a, an and no article, and a chat as a new volunteer. The other exercises are locked.
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