My New Flat
Do more with this exercise
Read about my new flat, then answer the questions.
Reading text
flat
a home with rooms in a big buildingkitchen
the room where you make foodbathroom
the room with a bath or a showerkitchen
the room where you make foodbathroom
the room with a bath or a showerkitchen
the room where you make fooddesk
a table where you workwindow
a part of the wall where you can see outsidelamp
a light on a table or a deskdesk
a table where you workflat
a home with rooms in a big buildinggarden
a place with grass and flowers outside a housebalcony
a small place outside a room, with a wall around itbalcony
a small place outside a room, with a wall around itflat
a home with rooms in a big buildingPractice exercises
Choose the correct answer
Select the option that answers the question.
1.How many rooms are there in the flat?
2.Where is the desk?
3.Where is the cat?
Right or wrong?
Decide whether each sentence is correct.
4.The flat is big.
5.There are two chairs in the kitchen.
6.There is a living room in the flat.
Fill the gaps
Type the missing word.
Listen and choose
Listen once or twice, then choose what you hear.
10.What is on the desk?
11.How many rooms are there?
12.Where is the cat?
Frequently asked questions
Is this reading text good for beginners?
Yes. It uses very simple words about a home and short sentences with there is, there are and have got.
How can I use this page to learn English?
Read the text, check the glossary, answer the questions and then listen to three sentences from the text.
Can I listen to the text?
Yes. Use the listening exercise to hear sentences from the text and choose the right answer.
Answer key
1. How many rooms are there in the flat?
Answer: Three
The text says: There are three rooms.
2. Where is the desk?
Answer: Under the window
The text says: There is a desk under the window in my bedroom.
3. Where is the cat?
Answer: On the balcony
The text says: My cat is on the balcony now.
4. The flat is big.
Answer: False
The text says the flat is small.
5. There are two chairs in the kitchen.
Answer: True
The text says: There is a table and two chairs in the kitchen.
6. There is a living room in the flat.
Answer: False
The text says: There isn't a living room.
7. There ___ a lamp on the desk.
Answer: is
One lamp takes there is.
8. There ___ two chairs in the kitchen.
Answer: are
Two chairs takes there are.
9. The desk is ___ the window.
Answer: under
The desk is under the window, in the bedroom.
10. Listening question 10: There is a lamp on the desk.
Answer: A lamp
The speaker says, “There is a lamp on the desk.”
11. Listening question 11: There are three rooms.
Answer: Three
Three is the number you hear.
12. Listening question 12: My cat is on the balcony now.
Answer: On the balcony
The speaker says, “My cat is on the balcony now.”