• What is your house like?  Do you like it?  Why?

• What is the best part of your house?  Why?

• Is it big or small?  How big is your yard?  Do you have one floor? Two?  Three?

• What is your room like?  Do you have your own?  What things do you have in it?  Where are they?  Can you describe your room so that someone could "see" it in their mind?

• Who does the most chores around your house?  Is it fair?  What do you do?

• Imagine you had a pen-pal in a Spanish speaking country who was thinking about coming to spend some time with you, and s/he wants to know what your house is like.  Can you describe it en español?  Hopefully you will be able to soon.

¿Cómo es tu casa?

¿De qué color es tu casa?

To further describe these words, you can use the following:

Now you can describe your house- size, style, age, appearance and color. ...So go ahead and do it!
 

• Mi casa es........................

• Mi casa tiene........pisos.

Tienen Uds. un jardín....
¿grande?
o
¿pequeño?

• Tenemos un jardín.................

Actividad: Draw a floor plan of your house, and on a separate sheet of paper describe the rooms you have on the different floors of your house.  Use the following as necessary to complete the activity- Just list the rooms/areas by floor at the end of the expressions below.
 

• En el primer (segundo, tercer) piso hay.....................
• En el ático (el sótano) hay....................
• En el jardín hay.................
• Mi casa tiene...........(una terraza, un porche, etc.)
• Tenemos ....................(una piscina, un garaje, etc.)

The following is a partial list of some of the things you might find in and around your house.  Remember, you can always use a dictionary or other resources to learn more than what is here.
 
 
 

As you review this list, you can see that there are a lot of cognates (words similar in appearance and meaning).  Why do you think this is?  E-mail me your theory.

Actividades para practicar: Remember, vocabulary must be used in order to be learned.
 

• Make flashcards for these items- pictures and Spanish.  Do the regular flashcard activities, and master this vocabulary.  Do a number of sorting activities: size, room, necessity vs. desire, have/don't have, etc.

• Go on a tour of your house, and name the rooms you visit, as well as the items you can see in it.  See how much you know- or how much you need to learn.

• Imagine you just bought a new, empty house.  You have all the utilities and fixtures.  You have to buy 15 items for it.  What would you buy?  List them in español, of course.

See what you know.  Can you identify the following?  Click on the picture to learn, review or quiz yourself.

More items:  Go visit these links at studyspanish.com to practice/learn more vocabulary.
 

• baño
• cocina
• cuarto de servicios
• el taller
• cuarto de bebé
• el exterior de la casa
• en el dormitorio
• la sala
• el comedor

Now that you know the items in your house, can you tell exactly where they are located?  Use the following prepositions to describe- in detail- your cocina, sala, jardín and alcoba.
 
 
 

As you compose your descriptions, you can use one of two words- or both- to describe where items are.  First, you can use "Hay" (= There is or There are); or you can use "está(n)" (=is,are - located).  Look at how they are used below, and use these examples as models for your own work.
 

• En mi sala hay un sofá entre las lámparas.  In my living room there is a sofa between the lamps.

La cama está delante de una ventana grande.  The bed is in front of a large window.