Sherine Fahham. There is / There are
beginners level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice and clarification of there is / there are in the context of describing what exists in the city / country
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide controlled accuracy speaking practice in a conversation to describe a city that the students know using there is / there are
Procedure (31-49 minutes)
The teacher asks the students to describe their city describing what exists in it and using the vocabulary they learnt in the previous lesson and schemata
The teacher introduces the students to the pictures and asks them to read the sentences and match them with the pictures . Doing this exercise , the students will be familiar with the meaning of there is / there are through the pictures and also they will learn the form through the sentences . After that, they will be able to do exercise 4b
The teacher explains the contracted form of there is / there are in sentences and asks the students to recall the information in the article of Bath and do exercise 5 which is about filling in the gaps using the contracted form
Ask the students to read the sentences in exercise 5b ,then students practice pronunciation and the stress in the sentences . The teacher drills and check pronunciation
Students choose the right answer in the multiple - choice exercise . The teacher also includes their use in the negative form . Students compare their answers in pairs and then check if these answers are true for their town
Students write sentences about a city they know using the vocabulary they learnt to describe the places in this city . Students then discuss their answers in a pair work then tell the class about his / her partner's city