There Is

Lead-in

  • Do you read or watch videos about different countries online?
    • I read books about …
    • I watch videos about …
  • What countries do you know in person?
    • I know …
    • I don’t know any countries in person but I want to visit …

Presentation

Pre

  • Where do you live?
  • What do you do for fun in your city?

Top Down

  • What kind of information do they give in the texts? Read the text and find out!
  • Country
  • Leisure
  • Culture
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Population
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Government
  • Infrastructure
  • Country
  • Leisure
  • Culture
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Population
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Government
  • Infrastructure

Águas Claras is a satellite city near Brasilia, in Brazil. It’s a good place to live. There are many restaurants. There is a cinema in the Águas Claras center. There are many shopping malls, super markets, banks and commerce in general. There are many pharmacies, but there aren’t hospitals. There are many private schools, but no public schools. There is only one park.

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. As one of the world’s major global cities, it exerts strong influence on the world’s arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, health care, media, tourism and transportation. It has Europe’s largest concentration of higher education institutions.

Adapted from Source

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. There is a significant concentration of foreign banks and multinational corporations in Sydney and the city is promoted as Australia’s financial capital and one of Asia Pacific’s leading financial hubs.  There are 15 separate parks under the administration of the City of Sydney.

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Toronto is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. Toronto is a prominent center for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production. There are many large downtown parks. There are four public school boards that provide elementary and secondary education. Toronto also has an extensive network of bicycle lanes and multi-use trails and paths.

Adapted from Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: There are public hospitals in Águas Claras. False

  1. There are many parks in Águas Claras.
  2. There are higher education institutions in London.
  3. There aren’t any parks in Sydney.
  4. There is only one park in Toronto.
  5. There is a network of bicycle lanes in Toronto.
  1. There are many parks in Águas Claras. False
  2. There are higher education institutions in London. True
  3. There aren’t any parks in Sydney. False
  4. There is only one park in Toronto. False
  5. There is a network of bicycle lanes in Toronto. True

Post

  • Which cities do you think are interesting?
  • Which cities do you want to live in? 

Target Language

There Be

Affirmative

There + Be + Object

  • There is a pencil case on the table.
  • There is a place where you can buy food.
  • There are birds making nests in the trees.
  • There are many problems with that idea.

Negative

There + Be + not + Object

  • There isn’t a bed in this room.
  • There isn’t enough time to do everything.
  • There aren’t a lot of dogs today at the park.
  • There aren’t any people around.

Interrogative

Be + There+ Object

  • Is there a good electronic shop here?
    • Yes, there is.
    • No, there isn’t.
  • Are there bathrooms in this theater?
    • Yes, there are.
    • No, there aren’t.

Controlled Practice

  • Practice Substitution Drills with the Target Language.

Affirmative

Teacher: Hospitals

Student: There are hospitals.

Teacher: Bank

Student: There is a bank.

Negative

Teacher: Supermarket

Student: There isn’t a supermarket.

Teacher: Parks

Student: There aren’t parks.

Interrogative

Teacher: Cinemas

Student: Are there cinemas?

Teacher: Mall

Student: Is there a mall?

Freer Practice

  • Use the Target Language to ask each other Yes or No questions.

Example: 

  • Are there hospitals in your city?
    • Yes, there are.

Production

  • Talk about your city using the Target Language. Consider these topics:
    • Government
    • Leisure
    • Health Care
    • Education
    • Business
    • Entertainment
    • Infrastructure
    • Saftey

Homework

Match the places with their descriptions. There is one example.

  1. Park

  2. Shopping mall

  3. Bank

  4. Office Building

  5. Pharmacy

  6. Supermarket

  7. Cinema

  8. Restaurant

(   ) you can watch a movie there

(   ) you can buy food there

(   ) you can buy medicine there

(   ) it’s where you can find many stores in the same place

(   ) you can eat there

(1) it’s where you can find trees and a lake

(   ) it’s where you keep your money

(   ) you can work there

  1. Park

  2. Shopping mall

  3. Bank

  4. Office Building

  5. Pharmacy

  6. Supermarket

  7. Cinema

  8. Restaurant

(7) you can watch a movie there

(6) you can buy food there

(5) you can buy medicine there

(2) it’s where you can find many stores in the same place

(8) you can eat there

(1) it’s where you can find trees and a lake

(3) it’s where you keep your money

(4) you can work there

Complete with is, isn’t, are or aren’t.

Example: ______ there a ring in your pocket, Bilbo? > Is there a ring in your pocket, Bilbo?

  1. There ______ a supermarket on this street, only pharmacies.

  2. There ______ enough pencils for every one!

  3. ______ there something in my face? I can’t see.

  4. There ______ food in the kitchen for you. Remember to heat it before you eat.

  5. There ______ many stores at the shopping mall.

  1. There isn’t a supermarket on this street, only pharmacies.

  2. There aren’t enough pencils for every one!

  3. Is there something in my face? I can’t see.

  4. There is food in the kitchen for you. Remember to heat before you eat.

  5. There are many stores at the shopping mall.

Correct the wrong sentences.

Example: There is a ring in you pocket, Bilbo? > Is there a ring in your pocket, Bilbo?

  1. Are there a candle in that room.

  2. Are there orange juice?

  3. There is a lot of movies in the cinema.

  4. There isn’t many people like you.

  5. A photo in your file there isn’t.

  1. There is a candle in that room.

  2. Is there orange juice?

  3. There are a lot of movies in the cinema.

  4. There aren’t many people like you.

  5. There isn’t a photo in your file. 

Write the sentences using the singular form.

Example: Are there rings in your pocket, Bilbo? > Is there a ring in your pocket, Bilbo?

  1. Are there good restaurants in your town?

  2. There are new stores at the shopping mall.

  3. Are there chocolate cakes in this store? 

  4. There are pharmacies on this street.

  5. Are there flowers in that garden?

  1. Is there a good restaurant in your town? 

  2. There is a new store at the shopping mall.

  3. Is there chocolate a cake in this store?

  4. There is a pharmacy on this street.

  5. Is there a flower in that garden?

Identify the missing words and complete the sentences.

Examplo: There ring your pocket, Bilbo? > Is there a ring in your pocket, Bilbo?

  1. There a candy shop in the shopping mall?

  2. There tea supermarket.

  3. Cinemas in your town?

  4. There many elephants in world. They’re almost extinct.

  5. A cure for that disease but is a treatment.

  1. Is there a candy shop in the shopping mall?

  2. There is tea in the supermarket.

  3. Are there cinemas in your town?

  4. There aren’t many elephants in the world. They’re almost extinct.

  5. There isn’t a cure for that disease but there is a treatment.

Writing

Write a text using the Target Language to describe the city you live in.