There is, there are

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Reading: your new officeReading comprehension
4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
5. 5Find there is and there areGrammar exercise
6. 6there is, there areGrammar rule
7. 7There's… or There are…?Grammar exercise
8. 8Questions and answersGrammar exercise
9. 9My hometownGrammar exercise
10. 10Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
12. 12Draw my officeSpeaking practice
13. 13About youGrammar exercise
14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: a new gymGrammar exercise
2. 2Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
3. 3Homework: make sentencesGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: welcome!Discussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

1. What is in your office or your classroom?
2. Is there a café near your work or school?
3. What is near your home: a park, a store, a bus stop?

Grammar rule

there is, there are

	One thing	Two or more things
Positive	There's a café in the museum. (There's = There is)	There are two cafés.
Negative	There isn't a parking lot.	There aren't trains, only buses.
Question	Is there a gift shop?	Are there restrooms?
Short answers	Yes, there is. / No, there isn't.	Yes, there are. / No, there aren't.

How many…?

How many rooms are there? — There are ten.

there is, then it

there is / there are: something is in a place (new information). After that, it or they: There's a café in the museum. It's on the first floor.

Watch out

• Start with there: There's a café in the museum. (not Have a café in the museum or Is a café in the museum)
• Short answers: Yes, there is. (not Yes, there's)
• How many + two or more + are there? (not How many rooms there are?)
• Write there's or there is, but always write there are in full (not there're).