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Biltmore House is in North Carolina,
USA. It’s very big! It has four floors and a basement.
There are 250 rooms and 65 fireplaces! People
can visit this place and see the paintings and the
furniture in the rooms. There are 35 bedrooms,
43 bathrooms, 3 kitchens and a library with
about 23,000 books! In the basement, there is a
swimming pool! Biltmore House is a museum now
and about 1.7 million people visit it every year.

Β. Read again and answer the questions.

1. How many loors has Casa do Penedo got? 5. What’s in the basement at Biltmore House?
2. What can you see in the living room at 6. How many people visit Biltmore House every
Casa do Penedo? year?
3. Where is the swimming pool at Casa do Over to you…
Penedo? Would you like to visit these
4. How many books are there in the library at places? Why? / Why not?
Biltmore House?

3 Grammar
A. There is / There are

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
There is a balcony. There isn’t a balcony. Is there a balcony? Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
There aren’t two
Are there two bathrooms
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Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
bathrooms upstairs. bathrooms upstairs. upstairs?
Complete with the correct form of there is / there are.
1. three cars in the garage. 3. an old sofa in the

2. A: one bedroom upstairs? basement.
B: No, . 4. A: a bathroom downstairs?
two bedrooms. B: Yes, .

B. a/an, the
4 Speak
My lat has got a balcony. I've got two chairs on the
balcony. GAME: Spot the Differences
There's an old car outside. The car is my grandad's. Students A & B: Go to the
Speaking Activities Section.
Complete with a, an or the.
5 Write
1. A: Has your house got basement?
B: No, it hasn’t, but it’s got garage.
Choose one of the houses from
My bike is in garage. the Speaking Activities section

2. There’s sofa in living and describe it.
room. sofa is grey. In house A, there is a kitchen and
3. walls in Eric’s bedroom are orange. a living room with a fireplace
He’s got orange desk too! downstairs. There is…

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