Crown Academy of English. Today

we are going to do a vocabulary lesson, and

the subject of the lesson is the living room.

So I'm going to take you to a shop

and I'm going to show you all the words

which are related to the living room.

Okay so let's get started!

Here we are,

outside the shop. The name of the shop

is IKEA...and IKEA

sells lots of things for the home and the house....

and we are going to be looking

at furniture for

the living room. So I think we are ready...

let's go in the shop!

So, here we are in a typical

living room and here we have

a "sofa" and a

"sofa" is where two people can sit

next to each other... okay.

So there are two other words

for the word "sofa" - We can also say

"settee", and we can also say

"couch". Now

the words "sofa" and "settee",

they are common in British

English and the word

"couch" is more common in

American English. Now

here on the end of the sofa,

we have ...

two cushions. So these

square items here...

they are called cushions .... and

we put cushions on the sofa

to make it more comfortable. Ok...

and here... this

item here... this is called

a "bookshelf" and

we use a "bookshelf" to keep

books. So we store

books on the bookshelf.

Okay?

So you can see here, there are some

books on this shelf and

here there are some books on this shelf.

Here,

in the middle of the room, we have

a "coffee table". A "coffee table"

is a low table which

is in front of the sofa... and

on this table, there is

a coffee cup and saucer

and here there is a tray....

and on the tray

there is a coffee pot.... so a pot of coffee.

And...

finally, on the floor, there is

a "rug". This is a brown

"rug". The colour of the "rug" is

brown. And

this rug is to cover

the wooden floor. So we put

a "rug" on the floor to cover the floor...

and a rug also helps

to decorate the room... and

to keep the room warm.

And here again,

we can see in the middle of the room,

there is a "coffee table", a white "coffee table"

this time... and on the left,

there is another "sofa".

And here we can see

there is an "armchair". So this

is called an "armchair". And an "armchair"

is a comfortable chair for one person.

So one person sits

in an "armchair" and sometimes

we put a cushion on an "armchair" if we want to make it

more comfortable. And here,

on the left, on the floor, we can see

this is in fact a "wooden floor".

And here we can see there are some

"books" and the "books" are on

a "bookshelf". So,

we can see, here there are some "books"

on the top "bookshelf", and

below it, there are some more books

on the bottom "bookshelf". Now,

in the singular, if there is one

bookshelf, we spell it

like this - So S

H E L F is

singular - one bookshelf.... and

for several "bookshelves", we say

"shelves" and that is spelt S

H E L V

E S. So it is

an irregular noun.

So here we can see, in the middle of the room,

there is a large "Christmas tree"...

and on

the "Christmas tree", there are some

decorations... and

underneath the tree, at the bottom,

there are some presents. And

on the right we can see the books in

the bookshelf ....and

here on the left, there is an armchair....

and on the armchair,

there is a cushion.

Here we can see

there

are some "curtains". There is a pair of "curtains".

Now we place "curtains"

in front of a window...and we

attach the "curtains" to a "curtain rail"...

and we say that we

open the curtains ... and we

close the curtains.

And here is a "television".

Sometimes we can call

a television a "TV". So

we watch "television". We watch

programmes on the "television."

and we can watch films

and watch the news on "television."

This television here

is a "flat screen

television." A "flat screen television" -

We can either put it on a stand or

we can fix it to the wall.

Here is a "bureau". We pronounce it

"bureau". It is a French word....

and a bureau is

a desk which can open and close.

And you can see on the floor,

there is a "rug" on the floor.

Here is a "picture".

So we hang "pictures"

on the wall. So we use

pictures to decorate the walls.... and

all around the edge of a "picture",

there is a "picture frame".

So here, on this "picture",

there is a black "picture frame"

around the "picture". And in fact

this "picture" has three "pictures" -

There is a "picture" of some elephants

on the left. Here in the middle,

it is a "picture" of a flower, and on the right,

it is a "picture" of some birds.

Here is a "lamp". So we use a

"lamp" to light a room... and

on top of the "lamp",

there is a "lamp shade", a "lamp shade".

And we use a "lamp shade"

to decorate the lamp and also

to make the light less bright.

Here...

we are looking inside the lamp... and

inside the lamp, there is a "light bulb".

So the "light bulb" is what

shines the light.... and here,

on the right hand side, this is the

inside of the "lamp shade".

And here is

the "wire" which is coming

out of the lamp and

which connects to the plug

of the lamp.... and to

turn the light on or off,

then we use a "switch".

So we press the light switch

to turn the light on

or to turn the light

off.

And...

here is another view of a "light bulb".

So we connect a "light bulb"

to a lamp. We attach a "light bulb"

to a lamp.

And here are

some "blinds". Here

are some "blinds" in front of

the window. The word

"blinds" is ALWAYS plural,

NEVER singular. To

open the "blinds", or to close

the "blinds", then we pull the "cord".

We can decorate the living room with some "flowers"...

and we put the "flowers"

into a "vase" ... and then we pour water

into the "vase".

We can also

decorate

the living room with some "plants".

So here we have four "plants".

On a plant, there are "leaves",

green "leaves". So here, we can see,

at the bottom-left, there is

one "leaf" and here, at the

top-left, there are two

"leaves". So "leaf" is an

irregular noun. In the singular,

we spell it L E A

F and in the plural,

we spell it L E A

V E S.

In the living room, we can

also put a "clock". A "clock"

displays the time. On the "clock",

there are three hands. The small hand

is the "hour hand". The big hand

is the "minute hand" and the red hand

is the "second hand".

This is a "hi-fi". A "hi-fi"

We use a "hi-fi"

to listen to music. We can also

listen to the radio with a "hi-fi" or a

CD. On the left

of the hi-fi, and on the right,

they are the "speakers".

So the "speakers" are where the

sound comes from.

We can also

decorate the living room with "candles".

Here there are three candles.

One on the left, one in the middle

and one on the right. There are two parts

of a "candle". The main part

is called the "wax" and

the part in the middle is called

the "wick".

So...

that is the end of the lesson.

We have finished learning all the words

regarding the living room. I hope you enjoyed the lesson.

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