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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Describing a Town or City

A. Match the nouns to the pictures.

a hospital restaurants a school hotels

a park a cinema shops a zoo

1. 2. 3. 4.

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5. 6. 7. 8.

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B. Write five more things you might find in a town or city.

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C. List the things you can find in your town or city?

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D. Are the nouns in Exercise A and B singular or plural? Categorize the nouns by
writing them on the lines.

Singular nouns: ............................................................................................................

Plural nouns: ................................................................................................................

There is/are is used to describe things that exist in a particular place.

Examples: There is a hospital and a school in my town.

In my city, there are shops and hotels.

E. Complete the rules by highlighting the correct words using your PDF software's
highlighting tool.

1. There is / are is used for singular nouns and the negative form is there isn't / aren't.

2. There is / are is used for plural nouns and the negative form is there isn't / aren't.

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 DESCRIBING PLACES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Describing a Town or City

F. Correct the mistakes by rewriting the sentences.

1. In New York, there is a restaurants.

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2. In Orlando, there are a beach.

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3. There isn't a lot of restaurants in the countryside.

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4. In a perfect city, there isn't any criminals.

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5. In San Francisco, it is a red bridge.

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6. There aren't a forest in the city.

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7. Are there a park in your city?

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8. Are there any shopping center in your town?

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9. There aren't a beach in the city.

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10. There is a lot of coffee shops.

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G. Describe your town or city by completing the sentences.

I live in ......................... In my town/city, there are ......................... and .........................

There is a ........................... and a ........................... There aren't any ...........................

and there isn't a ........................ Close to my home, there ..............................................

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In the future, I hope there .............................................................................................

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