TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES There is / There are Dominoes

Activity Type Introduction

Reading and matching In this entertaining activity, students play a game of dominoes
activity, group work by making affirmative/negative statements and questions with
'there is' and 'there are'.

Language Focus Procedure

There is/are...
Divide the students into groups of three.

Give each group a set of dominoes.

Aim
To practice making Ask the students to shuffle the dominoes and deal out six each,
affirmative/negative leaving the rest in a pile face down on the table.
statements and questions
with 'there is' and 'there Tell the students to turn over the top domino from the pile and
are'. place it face up on the table.

The first player then tries to make an affirmative/negative

Preparation statement or question with 'there is' or 'there are' by placing one
of his or her dominoes at either end of the domino on the table.
Make one copy of the
dominoes for each group
The player then reads the statement or question to the group for
of three and cut as
confirmation.
indicated.
The other group members judge the player's statement or
Level question, making sure the quantifier and countable or uncountable
noun match.
Pre-intermediate
If the statement or question is wrong, the player must take back
the domino.
Time
Play then passes to the next student and so on.
20 minutes
If a player cannot put down one of their dominoes, they take a
domino from the top of the pile and put it down if they can.

If there are no dominoes left in the pile, play passes to the next
student.

The first player to get rid of all their dominoes wins the game.

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ESL / EFL RESOURCES There is / There are Dominoes

torch on the There is a lot There are a people in the There aren't
work to do.
table. of lot of elevator. many

children
in the There isn't sugar left in Are there students in
Is there a
swimming much the bowl. many class today?
pool.

chair in the book on the There are animals in There isn't

There is a
garden? desk. many the zoo. any

milk in the There aren't shops near There are a bottles on

There is an
fridge. any our school. few the table.

umbrella
There is a lot money in the There are a dominoes to There aren't
in the
of safe. lot of match. many
cupboard.

tickets left
There isn't time to finish Are there tigers in the
for the Is there a
enough the test. any jungle?
concert.

restaurant shark in the There are computers in There isn't

There is a
near here? aquarium. some the library. much

traffic in the There aren't letters in the There are a hotels in the
There is a
city center. any postbox. few town.

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