THERE IS / THERE ARE
Complete the sentences using there is or there are:
1. Where I live ___________ many villas.
2. __________ a cinema and a theatre in the shopping center.
3. In the park __________ birds.
4. In the village __________ a river.
5. __________ lots of trees in the park.
6. In my school __________ many children.
7. Over the river__________ a bridge.
8. In my pencil case __________ a pencil.
9. __________ one tiger in the zoo.
10. __________ some flowers in my garden.
Complete the sentences with some and any.
1. In our classroom there are ____________ books on the floor.
2. There aren’t ___________ plants.
3. Are there ___________ Spanish students in your class?
4. There aren’t __________ Chinese students.
5. We have __________ dictionaries in the cupboard.
6. There aren’t _________ pens in my bag.
Look at the picture for two minutes. Cover the picture. Write down all the things you can remember.
What’s in the suitcase?
Are there tree bags in the kitchen? No, there aren’t.
There is just one bag in the kitchen.
1. How many people are there in your class?
2. How many comic books are there under your bed?
3. How many CDs are there in your bedroom?
4. How many letters are there in the word “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”?
Pair work. Find ten differences.
vocabulary:
beach, bicycle, boat, cap, class, flowers, lady, sea, smile, station, sunglasses, trees, wave, windows
KEY:
1 a little girl is playing with a ball (A)/a little boy is playing with a ball (B)
2 both cats are black and white (A)/two cats one black and one white (B)
3 the white house has seven windows (A)/the white house has six windows (B)
4 4 people in the class photo (A)/6 people in the class photo (B)
5 these are the same
6 there are no trees (A)/there are trees (B)
7 the elderly lady is sitting in a garden (A)/ the elderly lady is sitting in a deckchair on a beach (B)
8 the man leaning out of the train window is waving (A)/the man leaning out of the train window is smiling (B)
9 the baby isn't crying (A)/the baby is crying (B)
10 these are the same
11 the boy on the bicycle is wearing a crash helmet (A)/the boy on the bicycle is wearing a
baseball cap (B)
12 the close-up of the person smiling is not wearing sunglasses (A)/the close-up of the
person smiling is wearing sunglasses (B)
A
B
Homework
Write about your room. Start like this: In my room there is… / there are…
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