MY NAME IS: ROSSEL FRANKLIN CONDORI MAMANI

9A Grammar there is / there are

 a Write affirmative + and negative − sentences about the hotel room. Use There is / There are + a / an,
some, or any.
1 TV There isn’t a TV.
2 chairs There are some chairs.
3 pillows There are some pillows
                      .
4 shower There's a shower
                      .
5 lamps There aren't any lamps
                      .
6 a bathtub There isn't a bathtub
                      .

 b Write questions with Is there . . .? / Are there . . .? + a / an, some, or any. Then write short answers.
1 restaurant? Is there a restaurant? Yes, there is.
2 parking lot? Is there a parking lot? No, there isn’t.
3 gym? Is        ?
there a gym No, they isn't
        .
4 a gift shop? Is        ?
there a gift shop Yes, there is
        .
5 swimming pool? Is        ?
there a swimming pool? Yes, there is
        .
6 elevators? Are        ?
there any elevators No there aren't
        .

activation
  c Test your memory. Cover the sentences. Look at the picture and say what there is and isn’t in

the room and the hotel.

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9B Grammar simple past: be
 a Complete the conversations with was, wasn’t, were, or weren’t.

1 A 1Were you out with your friends last night?

wasn't
B No, I 2    .
were
A Where 3     you?
was
B I 4      at work.
weren't at work. You 6     
A You 5      were with Jane.
was
B Well, it 7      her birthday.

2 was
A So tell me about the actress Jamie Lee Curtis. 8     her
mother an actress, too?
was
B Yes, she 9    . was Janet Leigh,
Her mother 10    
the star of the movie Psycho.
A 11
was Janet Leigh a tall woman?
    
wasn't but she 13    
B No, she 12    , was very beautiful.
A were Jamie and her mom ever in the same movie?
    
14

were They 16    

B Yes, they 15    . were in a movie called
was
The Fog. Jamie Lee’s father 17     the actor Tony Curtis.
A How interesting!

3 were you late for work today?

A Why 18    
was
B I 19     on the bus. It was very slow today.
weren't You 21    
A No, you 20    . were at the coffee shop at
nine o’clock. I saw you!
wasn't me! I 23    
B That 22     was on the bus, I promise!

activation
  b Practice the conversations with a partner.

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