Furniture in the House Flashcards for Elementary ELLs

 This resource (Furniture in the House Flashcards for Elementary ESL Students: Vocabulary Activities and Games) is part of the House Furniture for Elementary ESL, at my store:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/House-Furniture-unit-for-Elementary-ESL-3420723

Use ESL furniture vocabulary the flashcards to present the names of common furniture items to build foundational vocabulary. They are presented with clear images and the name of the item in an easy-to-read font.  These printable furniture flashcards provide a visual and interactive way for elementary ESL students to learn and remember vocabulary. Teachers can use them to introduce new words, practice pronunciation, and build confidence in speaking English.

Teachers can use these flashcards for house vocabulary presentation, speaking practice, listening activities, and grammar structures like There is and There are.

ESL Furniture Flashcards for Elementary Students: House Vocabulary Activities

These house furniture flashcards help students associate English words with visual images, strengthening memory and improving vocabulary retention. This visual connection is especially important for young English language learners.

Have the learners identify each one: This is a bathtub.

Rooms in the Sorting: Have students sort flashcards into categories based on the room where each piece of furniture is found.  Learners can describe where something is located in the house.

Teacher: The sink is in the bathroom.

Students: The toilet is in the bathroom.

Students can practice listening the vocabulary through the mind map. They will find the flashcards of the items that are in the living room and say the word of each one. Ask questions:

Teacher: Where is the lamp?
Students: The lamp is next to the sofa.

Continue by grouping more flashcards by room. This helps students make connections easier.

Place several flashcards on the board and ask: What it is? and then, Where does it go?

Teacher: What is this?
Students: It’s a lamp?
Teacher: Where does it go?
Students: The living room.

Counting furniture in a house using the grammar structure: There are.

Teacher: There are four chairs.

Make learning fun through this activity. Flashcard Bingo: Place 20 cards of the furniture items on the board. Have the students copy the written word of only 10 of them on a piece of paper or notebook. Call out the names and have students mark the corresponding item if they have written it. The winner is the one that crosses out all the words first.

Let’s say where people are.

Teacher: Where are they?

Students: They are on the chair.

Why Teachers Should Use Furniture Flashcards in ESL Lessons

Using flashcards to teach house furniture vocabulary helps elementary ESL students:

• learn new vocabulary faster through visual support
• improve pronunciation and speaking confidence
• develop listening skills through interactive games
• understand grammar structures like There is and There are
• build sentence-making skills using real-life vocabulary
• improve long-term vocabulary retention

These flashcards are ideal for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and elementary English language learners.

ESL prepositions activity: printable flashcards and worksheets with a mouse & clock — fun games to teach “on, under, behind, next to” to young learners, all in the full house unit pack. Go to this blog post:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2025/04/wheres-mouse-teaching-prepositions-with.html 

Find more ideas and resources at my Pinterest Board.

https://www.pinterest.com/ei98srl/esl-house-unit/teaching-house-unit/