Moving to Long Beach

 

On October 22, I finally was able to move into my new house that is located in Long Beach, New York.  The day I moved in was very exciting for me! I remember being super excited about moving in with my two best friends in an amazing area of Long Beach called West End.  The best part about this location is that it is a block away from the beach.  It is located on a one-way street. 

My new house is small. It has three bedrooms, one bathroom, and a large kitchen and living room. The front of the house has a porch and a red door. We have a lot of space to hang out in our living room with our friends. This has been really nice during this COVID crisis because we have been able to hang out together in our new place.   My house is locating in the middle of Beech Street.  Beech Street is a block filled with lots of storefronts, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. That is the best part because everything is within walking distance of my house.  My friends have really enjoyed coming over and my roommates and I love it here!


Vocabulary:

Located: (verb) to identify or discover to place or location of 

Area: (noun) a geographic place or region 

Block: (noun) a small section of a city, town enclosed by neighboring and intersecting streets:

Beach: (noun) an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.

House: (noun) a building in which people live; residence for human beings.

Porch: (noun) an exterior (outside) attachment to a building or house. 

Storefronts: (noun) a store or other establishment that has frontage on a street

Roommates: (noun) people that are not family that live together in the same home or apartment. 


Vocabulary Exercise Word Box, Fill in the Blank:

-Roommate  -Storefronts   - Porch   - House     - Beach      -Block     -Area     -Located


1. People that are not family that live together in the same home or apartment. __________


2. An exterior (outside) attachment to a building or house. ___________


3. To identify or discover to place or location of.. ___________ 


4. A small section of a city, a town enclosed by neighboring and intersecting streets.

____________


5. A building in which people live. ____________


6. A store or other establishment that has frontage on a street. _____________


7.  A geographic place or region. ______________ 


8. An expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore. _________________


Grammar Point:

This blog post has a lot of use of prepositional phrases.  Prepositional phrases are used to help describe the location or position of something.  Some examples of prepositional phrases used in this blog are: on, at, into, and in.  


Grammar Assignment:

Create a list of the prepositional phrases used in this blog post. Then rewrite this blog without those phrases and write about the differences between the post using prepositional phrases and the blog without using prepositional phrases. 


More practice/ resources about prepositional phrases:

https://englishlinx.com/content-by-subject/grammar/parts-of-a-sentence/prepositional-phrases/







Comments

  1. Teacher: JackieNovember 23, 2020 at 6:37 PM

    This is a great entry! You tie in your life and the pandemic to good effect. I agree that it was a good idea to move there. Good exercises and link!

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