A useful handout for teachers!
Hi, dear teachers and steemians who are interested in teaching. As an English teacher, I have to prepare lots of handouts. Today, I would like to share the one that I prepared about there is / there are / with some quantifiiers such as /some / any / a. I hope you will find it useful!
Warm-up!
If you want to have an effective lesson, you must start with a good warm up. That's why, I started the lesson with the picture above. You can ask your students some general students to get them interested into topic. You may ask these following questions
Do you like parties?
Where are they?
What are they doing?
General Understanding!
Read the dialogue and answer the questions.
Where is Maria from?
What is Kate planning to do?
( A reading text is also important, lets start with general question to get their overall understanding!)
Let's Read!
Erasmus Party!
Maria: Hello, I am Maria. What is your name?
Kate: Hi, I am Kate, nice to meet you. Where are you from?
Maria: I am from Moscow and you?
Kate: Wow! Moscow, I love your city.I am planning to go to Moscow next year. What can I do in Moscow?
Maria: Moscow is a big city. There are some restaurants, but there aren't any big stadiums.
Kate: Are there any interesting cafes?
Maria: There are some Russian cafes. You can drink some coffee, but you can't drink any alcohol!
Kate: Are there any shopping malls?
Maria: Yes, There is a big shopping mall in the center of the city. There are some small markets.
Kate: Are there any big squares?
Maria: There is a big square in the center. There are some interesting monuments in the square. There are some colourful houses near the square. You can drink some hot wine in a pub.
Kate: Are there any good museums?
Maria: Of course, there are some museums. There is a special museum. It has got some nice statues!
Time to Dig into Details!
Read the dialogue again , are these sentences true ( T) or false (F)?
- There aren't any shopping malls
- There are some monuments
- There isn't any hot wine in pubs.
- There are some nice statues in a special museum
- There isn't a big square in Moscow.
Time to Learn Grammar!
Look at the sentences in the dialogue and complete the rules.
a)There is / There are
We use......... for only one thing.
We use............. for two or more things.
b) Some / Any / A
We use....... with countable and uncountable things in positive sentences
We use......... with countable and uncountable things in negative and questions
We use .......... with singular things
Look at these sentences about Moscow and fill in the gaps with There is / There are / There isn't/ There aren't / Some / Any / A
- (+) ........................ nice stadiums.
- (-) ............................... big theatre.
- (?) .............................big shopping malls in Moscow?
- (-) .......................... interesting pubs.
- (+) ............................ hot wine in bars.
- ( ?) ............................. important squares?
Final Exercise
You may ask your students to write the objects that they have got in their homes by using the structures they have learned today. All this handout was made by me! I hope you will find it useful!
Wow great way to motivate students to listen and participate in the lesson.. keep it up @teachblogger.. Im inspired to steem more
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