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Lesson 16

My Home

PRACTICE

A. Review

Write a good introductory sentence for each title.

1. An Important Holiday
2. My Favorite Sport
3. My Baby Sister
4. Life in Japan
5. My Friend David

B. There is/there are

Use a singular noun after there is. then use it in the second sentence.
There is a small garden behind my house. It has flowers and vegetables.

Use a plural noun after there are. Then use they in the second sentence.
There are here bedrooms in my house. They are on the second floor.

B1. Look at the noun after the blank. Is it singular or plural? Write there is or there
are in the first blank. Write it or they in the second blank.

1. _____________ a blue sofa in the living room. __________ is near the window.
2. ___________ flowers and vegetables in the garden. ____________ do not grow
during the winter.
3. _______________ chairs and a table in the dining room. _________ are made of
wood.
4. At the side of the house ____________ a garage. __________ has space for two cars.
5. Behind the house _____________ a swimming pool.
6. _______________ a television in the living room.
7. _____________ two bathrooms in the house.

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