Reading Exercises: How to Describe My Dream House

How to Describe my Dream House

Parts of the House

Adjectives to Describe a House

Adjective	Meaning	Example
Minimalistic	simple design	Her house is very minimalistic
Picturesque	like a picture	The villa is very  Picturesque
Spacious	large home	The Living room is spacious
Luxurios	Expensively styled	I stayed in a luxurios hotel
Elegant	Attractively decorated	The rooms are elegant
Traditional	Old Fashioned	She has old fashioned furniture

Grammar to Describe my Dream House

There is and There are

The structure that it is commonly used to talk about your house is there is and there are

1. There is a porch
2. There is a yard
3. There is a swimming pool
4. There are two bedroom
5. There are two bathrooms

Present Simple 

To have

• My house has  five bedroom
• My bedroom has two big windows
• My house has a big garden with an enormous swimming pool.
• My house has three floors
• My dream house has a big living room with a big television and two comfortable sofas and a beautyful table

To be 

• My house is beautiful
• My house is near the beach
• It’s a nice house with all comforts
• The neighbourhood is a luxurious residential area

Would 

1. My house would have an indoor swimming pool
2. My dream house would have at least six bedrooms
3. My dream house would have three bedrooms
4. The kitchen would have everything you need to cook

Questions to Talk about your Dream House

1. Where would it be?
2. What kind of house or flat would it be?
3. What special features would it have?
4. How many bedrooms does it have?

Dream House Reading

My dream house has lots of rooms and windows. It has a big red front door. There is a huge living room with comfortable sofas and enormous TV screen on the wall for my family and I to spend time together.

In the basement, there is a giant game room with a ping-pong table and drum set for me and my friends. It has a fridge for drinks and snacks.

There are extra bedrooms so my friends can spend the night .My bedroom is blue with lots of shelves for my toy car collection. There are lots of posters of my favorite actors and singers, but they are big electronic screens so they can change all the time! There is also a brand new computer, a sound system and a telescope because I love astronomy! My bed is special! You climb a tall ladder to get it, I sleep under a window, and I can see the stars at night!

Outside my dream house, there is giant swimming pool with water and field nearby for a beautiful black horse

Questions

1. Write two general descriptions of the Living Room

2. Write two general descriptions of the game room

3. Write three general descriptions of the bedroom

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