This Item Belongs in The…

This Item Belongs in The…

  • Post category:Vocabulary

Topic: Housing, Rooms, Furniture

Mode: Interpretive; Interpersonal

Level: Novice

Students will identify the rooms in which various household items belong.

Components of this activity: Multiple choice worksheets, role play scenario

Instructions to the teacher

There are three versions of this activity below. In version 1 and 2, students match household items and the rooms they belong in. In version 3, students engage in a role play activity in which students identify which room an item belongs in.

Version 1

Instructions to students

Choose the most logical room in which to keep the following items.

  1. stove

    kitchen, bedroom, bathroom

  1. sofa

    living room, bedroom, kitchen

  1. table

    dining room, bathroom, bedroom

  1. sink

    kitchen, bathroom, living room

  1. bed

    bedroom, kitchen, dining room

  1. spoons

    kitchen, bathroom, bedroom

  1. dresser

    bedroom, kitchen, bathroom

  1. toilet

    bathroom, bedroom, dining room

Version 2

Instructions to students

Select the items that belong in each room.

  1. kitchen

sink    refrigerator    oven    plates        sofa   

  1.  living room

    sofa    bed    oven    bookshelf    television 

  1. bathroom

    toilet    stove    shower  bookshelf sofa

  1. bedroom

    bed    dresser   refrigerator   dishwasher      sink

  1. dining room

    table    chairs      sofa    stove

Version 3

Instructions to the teacher: 

  1. Describe the scenario below to students.
  2. Place students into pairs.
  3. Ask one student to play the role of “movers” and ask where to put the furniture; the other student tells the “movers” which room they would prefer the piece of furniture to go.

Instructions to students

Act out a scene where you are a home owner and another student is a mover. Think of a room in your house where you would like your new furniture to go to and answer mover’s questions about it.

Scenario: Movers are bringing in pieces of furniture to your new home, and they need to ask where the furniture goes.

  1. “We have the sofa now. Where would you like us to put it?” 
  2. “We are bringing in the microwave. Where would you like it?” 
  3. “This is the TV. Where would you like it?” 
  4. “This is your washer. What room does it go in?” 
  5. “We have some shower rods and curtains here. Where would you like them?” 

Suggested answer keys:

  1. Living room
  2. Kitchen
  3. Living room
  4. Basement
  5. Bathroom
Categories: Vocabulary