My Apartment ESL Lesson Plan

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Where do you live?

Where do you live? in the suburbs in a quiet neighbourhood downtown near the beach

Can you describe the apartment building?

Can you describe the apartment building? elevators / lifts a tall and modern apartment building an underground car park / parking a historic building

And what about your apartment?

And what about your apartment? living room washroom / bathroom a balcony a laundry / laundry room a kitchen a bedroom

What’s in your apartment?

What’s in your apartment? paintings sofa / couch dining suite rug light fittings air- conditioning

What about these?

What about these? walk-in closet white goods / appliances stairs bathroom cabinet desk

My name is Tyler. I live with my family in a neighbourhood near the center of town. We live in a tall modern apartment building. Our apartment is on the 23rd floor of the building. When you enter the apartment building, there is a large entrance. On the ground floor, you take the elevator to reach our apartment. Our apartment is bright and spacious. There are three bedrooms. It also has a modern kitchen and a nice dining area. There is also a large living room. The living room has large sliding doors that open to the balcony. From the balcony, there is a wonderful view across the city and down to the ocean.

There are two washrooms in the apartment. A small washroom is attached to my parents’ bedroom and the other is for me, my sisters and any guests. The laundry is quite small. Next to my bedroom is a spare room. When my grandparents come to stay with us, they sleep in this room. My parents like modern furniture. My mother is a painter so we have a lot of art on the walls. Most of the walls are white because my parents don’t really like dark colors.

to be continued… It gets very hot in summer so we have air- conditioning in the house. We don’t have central heating because winter is very short here. There is a large communal garden at the back of the apartment building, and we have two car spaces in the underground car park. I like our apartment. It is close to my school and my dad can walk to work. There are many shops and a large supermarket nearby but my mom’s office is far. She has to drive to work.

Where do you live? What is your neighbourhood like? What do you like about living in an apartment? What don’t you like about living in an apartment? What are your neighbours like?

Now, tell your teacher! We live… The building… (describe your apartment building) When you enter the apartment, There is/are…

Now, tell your teacher! We also have… Our neighbours are… The garden is… I like living in my apartment because…