First Steps · Unit 8 · Part B

Is there a couch?

Welcome home! Let's talk about rooms and furniture with there is and there are.

~20 minInteractiveBy Teacher Thais Lapolla

In this lesson

What you'll learn

1

Rooms & furniture

living room, kitchen, couch, bed…

2

There is / are

There is a couch. There are two beds.

3

a / some / any

a couch · some chairs · any plants.

4

Questions

Is there…? / Are there…?

Vocabulary

Rooms & furniture

Tap each one to listen.

▶ Teacher Thais's voice

Notice how the article “a” has a quick, short sound, similar to “ã” in Portuguese.
Repare como o artigo “a” tem um som curto e rápido, parecido com “ã” em português.

Vocabulary

What do we do in each room?

A bedroom is where you sleep.

A kitchen is where you cook.

A living room is where you have dinner and watch TV.

A bathroom is where you take a shower.

Grammar

There is / There are

There is / There are shows existence — that something is here.

There is

one thing (singular)

There is a couch.
There is a table.
There is an armchair.

There are

two or more (plural)

There are two beds.
There are three chairs.
There are some windows.

Tap to listen:

Grammar

How many are there?

a / an

one thing

There is a couch.

There is an apple.

some

2+ · affirmative

There are some chairs.

There are some plants.

any

negative & questions

There aren't any beds.

Are there any windows?

Practice · Negative

There isn't / There aren't

Tap to listen.

Grammar · Questions

Is there…? / Are there?

Tap to listen.

Reading & listening

My house

Tap each line to listen.

▶ Teacher Thais's voice

Check yourself

There is / There are

Check yourself

a / some / any

Do you remember?

Listen & tap

Listen and tap the word you hear.

Grammar · At a glance

there is / there are

Everything from this lesson, in one table. To say what exists in a place.

	Singular	Plural
+	There is a couch.	There are some chairs.
−	There isn't a TV.	There aren't any plants.
?	Is there a fridge?	Are there any windows?

some in affirmatives, any in negatives and questions.
some nas afirmativas, any nas negativas e perguntas.

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Unit 8 · Part B complete

Congratulations!

You can now describe a house with there is / there are and a / some / any. Next: Part B — prepositions of place.

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