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 VOCABULARY: Places in city

A. Watch the video and recognize the vocabulary THE PLACES IN CITY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xBTXX7DgBc

B. (Audio 3.1) Listen to Jamie talking about his city. Read the places or buildings
below and underline the ones Jamie has in his city.

Bank pharmacy cinema theatre stadium hospital

post office hotel police station supermarket bus station
firehouse school café gas station museum

C. Fill in the gaps with the buildings and places in exercise A.

1. There is a lot of money in a ______.

2. You buy pills from a ______.
3. There are doctors and nurses in a ______.
4. There are fire trucks in a ______.
5. There are lots of rooms in a ______.
6. You can drink tea or coffee in a ______.
7. You can buy gas for your car from a ______.
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8. You can see a play in a ______.

9. There are a lot of stamps in a ______.

 READING
A. Look at the pictures and answer the following question.

1 Where is the city in the pictures?

a. Morocco b. Spain c. Turkey

B. Read the letter below and check your

answer in exercise A.

C. Work in pairs and match the places in bold

to the pictures.
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1 church 2 castle 3 river 4 park

5 mosque 6 museum

3. In Mardin ___________ a big museum.

4. In Mardin ____________ many shops.
5. In Mardin ____________ a river
6. In Mardin ____________ a castle

Answer

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

D. Look at the chart below and put a tick in the

correct column.

1. In Mardin there are churches &

mosques.
2. In Mardin ___________ a big park.
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London is a great city. There are a lot of

 GRAMMAR: There is – There are things to do.____________ lots of different
shops and many art galleries and
VIDEO CLASS museums. ____________ a lot of free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZzU87S-
things to do in London. It is an expensive
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city. ____________ a famous river in
London called the Thames. And
A. Read the following sentences and
____________ five airports. So it is easy to
complete the following rules with ‘there
travel to London. The trains in London are
is, there are, there isn’t, there aren’t’.
also great but ____________ a tram.
a There is a park near my house.
 TO PRACTICE AND REINFORCE
b There is some water in the bottle.
c There are two chairs in the room.
UNKNOW Words:
Write the words that you don’t know and
1’there is’ and ‘there are’ are used to say
then look for its meaning.
that something exists. We use
____________ for singular and
Videos: -
uncountable nouns and _________ for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZjBhlE
plural nouns. Z2HA

2 ___________ is negative form of ‘there http://soundgrammar.com/learn/L2-CEFR-

is’; ___________ is negative form of ‘there A1/L2-10-There-is-There-are.htm
are’.

B. Read the sentences and circle the

correct words in italics.

1. There aren’t / There isn’t any elephants

in the zoo.
2. There are / There is some juice in the
fridge.
3. There are / There isn’t five books on the
desk.
4. There aren’t / There isn’t any water here.
5. There aren’t / There isn’t any money in
my pocket.
6. There are / There is some shoes on the
floor.
7. There aren’t / There isn’t any clouds in
the sky.
8. There are / There is a dog in the garden.

C. Complete the text with ‘there is, there

are, there isn’t, there aren’t’.