THERE IS - THERE ARE

OBJECTIVE

By end of the lesson, students should be able to provide information about the existence or location of one o some objects in a specific place.

WARM UP

Read the clues and complete the crossword. (Lee las pistas y completa el crucigrama)

1. 1. Juan Domínguez Romero is an example of this kind of buildings
2. You can save money there.
3. In Cartagena, there is one called San Felipe.
4. It is children´s house.
5. In Egypt, there are some of them.
6. . Gecolsa is an example of them.
7. In Barranquilla you can find one of them and it is called Miss Universe Paulina Vega
8. They were attacked on September eleventh.
9. It is called “Metropolitano”
10. On the American Bar street, you can find many of them.

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GRAMMAR

There is a mall near Hipodromo There are some toys on the floor

Affirmative There is a big bathroom upstairs

Negative There isn´t a big bathroom upstairs

Interrogative Is there a big bathroom upstairs?

Yes, there is.

No, there isn`t.

There aren`t three Windows in the bedroom. There are only two.

Are there four bedrooms in your house? Yes, there are.

No, there aren´t.

We use there is before singular nouns. Ex: there is a bedroom upstairs

We use there are before plural nouns. Ex: are there two windows in the room?

ACTIVITIES

Employing the crossword vocabulary, write a paragraph at least eight (8) lines when you comment the

places that we can find in Soledad. You must use the expressions “there is” and “there are”

Write affirmative sentences using there is or there are. (Escribe oraciones afirmativas usando “There is” hay en singular y “there are” hay en plural).

1. ___________________ five shops.

2. ___________________ a lot of restaurants.

3.___________________ a building.

4. ___________________ some parks.

5. ___________________a library.

6. ___________________a bus station.

7. ___________________a sports center.

II. Write the sentences in exercise 1 into the negative form

1. ____________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________

6. ____________________________________________

7. ____________________________________________

III. Write the sentences in exercise 1 into the interrogative form. Add short answers about your city.

1. ________________________________________in your city? _____________

2. ________________________________________in your city? ______________

3. ________________________________________in your city? _______________

4. ________________________________________in your city? _______________

5. ________________________________________in your city? _______________

6. ________________________________________in your city? _______________

IV. Choose the correct words.

1. There’s / There are a TV.

2. There’s / There are four chairs in the living room.

3. Is there a / Are there any windows in the kitchen?

4. Is there a / Are there any teacher in the classroom?

5. There isn’t / There aren’t any pencils on the table.

6. There isn’t a / There aren´t any milk in the fridge.

V. Complete the questions and short answers using the correct form of there is or there are.

1. ____________________a tree in this park? No, ________________

2. ____________________an internet café in your city? Yes, _______________

3. ____________________any hospitals near here? No, ________________

4. ____________________any buildings next to your school? Yes, _________________

5. ____________________a shop in this street? No, ___________________

6. ____________________any cinema in your town? Yes, _______________

7. ____________________any students in the school? No, ____________

INOBASOL TENTH 2021

jueves, 8 de julio de 2021