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                       .
4 shower                       .
5 lamps                       .
6 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?         ?         .
4 a gift shop?         ?         .
5 swimming pool?         ?         .
6 elevators?         ?         .

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?

B No, I 2    .
A Where 3     you?
B I 4      at work.
A You 5      at work. You 6      with Jane.
B Well, it 7      her birthday.

2 A So tell me about the actress Jamie Lee Curtis. 8     her

mother an actress, too?
B Yes, she 9    . Her mother 10     Janet Leigh,
the star of the movie Psycho.
A      Janet Leigh a tall woman?
11

B No, she 12    , but she 13     very beautiful.

A      Jamie and her mom ever in the same movie?
14

B Yes, they 15    . They 16     in a movie called

The Fog. Jamie Lee’s father 17     the actor Tony Curtis.
A How interesting!

3 A Why 18     you late for work today?

B I 19     on the bus. It was very slow today.
A No, you 20    . You 21     at the coffee shop at
nine o’clock. I saw you!
B That 22     me! I 23     on the bus, I promise!

activation
  b Practice the conversations with a partner.

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