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THERE IS and  THERE ARE

CEFR Level A1
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​Grammar Worksheet
There is / There are
15 sentences (fill in the gaps to complete the sentences); with ANSWER KEY and percentage conversion chart

Level: Beginner to Elementary

Time: Approx 15 minutes
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​Grammar Worksheet
There is / There are
​Look at the picture and decide if each statement is true or false.

Answer Key on Page 2


Level: Beginner to Elementary

Time: Approx 10 minutes
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Grammar Worksheet
There is / There are
​Grammar error correction: Find and correct the mistakes.  Put a check next to the 7 sentences that are correct.

Answer Key on Page 2


Level: Beginner to Elementary

Time: Approx 10 - 15 minutes
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Grammar Worksheet                  There is / There are

12 sentence completion exercises (the first two done as examples) using 'there is / there are' and 'there isn't / there aren't any'; with ANSWER KEY

Level: Beginner to Elementary

Time: Approx 15 minutes


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SUGGESTION
After the students have completed this worksheet, you may want to extend the activity by discussing (or writing about) some additional similarities and differences between the two pictures.  For example:
There is a sun in Picture A
There isn’t a sun in Picture B.


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Reference Chart
  
                   
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There is / There are


How to form statements and questions with 'there is' and 'there are'

Print in b/w; or color for projectors or laminated prints

Level: Beginner to Elementary

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SUGGESTION                                                                 E-mail this grammar reference chart to your students if you know their e-mail addresses, or post it on your class website.

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Grammar Quiz                 
There is / There are


16 multiple-choice questions; with ANSWER KEY and percentage conversion chart

Level: Beginner to Elementary

Time: Approx 15 minutes

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​Try the interactive version of the above quiz!
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Grammar 
Information-Gap
               

There is / There are


2 pages ('A' and 'B') version picture of people and things in a park; with ANSWER KEY and percentage conversion chart

Level: Beginner to Elementary

Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes

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ACTIVITY SUGGESTION                         
Ideally, your students should be seated facing each other, with some distance between them to discourage cheating.

Wrap-up by eliciting from your students all of the eight differences.  Use a smartboard or projector if you have one, to better discuss the differences.                          

(Add 5 to 10 minutes.)

Also, consider the possibility of having your students write a short paragraph to describe one of the pictures using "There is" and "There are".

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Grammar Discussion           There is / There are

Student 'A' version and Student 'B' version, each with 10 different discussion questions.

Level: Beginner to Elementary

Time: Approx 20 minutes

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ACTIVITY SUGGESTION                         
Have your learners seated in pairs and make sure that they don't look at each other's papers.  After they finish, have them switch papers and continue one more time; then, stand up and talk to two or three classmates and ask two questions: (1) Who did you talk to?  (2) What interesting things did you find out about him / her?
(Add 5 to 10 minutes.)

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