Step 9: Where Is It?
Describing places — There is / there are; prepositions of place
📖 Read — My Room
This is my room. There is a bed and a small table. There are two chairs. My books are on the table. My bag is under the chair. There is a picture on the wall. The cat is in the garden. There are flowers next to the door. I love my room!
🧩 Grammar — There is / there are + prepositions of place
One thing: There is a bed. Many things: There are two chairs. Place words: in (inside), on (on top), under, next to, behind, in front of.
- There is a bed.
- There are two chairs.
- The books are on the table.
- The bag is under the chair.
🏗️ Key structures
- There is a + thing + in my room — There is a table in my room.
- The + thing + is on/under the… — The cat is under the table.
- There are + number + things — There are three books.
⭐ Idiom & natural phrases
After a long day — home sweet home!
🔤 New words
the room where we cook
The kitchen is small.
the green place next to a house
The cat is in the garden.
a place where you buy things
There is a shop in my street.
a road in a town
My street is quiet.
a green place in a town for walking and play
There is a park near my house.
a place with many books to read
I study in the library.
the side of a room
There is a picture on the wall.
a photo or drawing
I like this picture.
🎧 Say it with me
There is a bed in my room, and there are two chairs.
🎤 Your turn to speak
Describe your room out loud: There is… / There are… (5 sentences).
Say it out loud three times. Even better: record it on your phone and listen — your ear is your best teacher.
✍️ Your turn to write
Write 5 sentences about your room.
See a model answer
There is a bed in my room. There are two chairs. My books are on the table. My bag is under the chair. I love my room.
Self-check: capital letters? Full stops? Did you use the grammar of this step?
📝 Quick check
Go deeper
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