3B there is/there are; some/any with plural nouns

Spot the difference Student A

Yes, there's one window. It’s in centre of the picture, above the desk.

Are there any windows in your picture?

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Spot the difference Student B

Yes, there's one window. It’s in centre of the picture, above the desk.

Are there any windows in your picture?

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 3B there is/there are; some/any with plural nouns

Aims  To review and practise there is / are, some / any,

prepositions of place and vocabulary from lesson 3B
Time  10−15 minutes
Materials  Student A handout for half the class and Student B
handout for the rest
• Before starting the activity, you may want to pre-teach some
extra phrases to describe location, e.g. on the left, on the right,
in the centre, on the floor, on the wall, above.
• Organise the class into A/B pairs and give them a picture
each, making it clear that they must not show it to their
partner. Tell them that they should describe their picture
and ask questions about their partner’s to determine the ten
differences between them. When they identify a difference,
they should circle the appropriate part on their handout.
• Get feedback from the class on the differences. Ensure that
students give full sentences and use the target grammar and
vocabulary accurately, e.g. ‘In picture A, there’s a blind on the
window, but in picture B, there isn’t a blind.’
Answer Key

Picture A Picture B

1 There’s a blind on the 1 There isn’t a blind on the

window.
2 The chair is next to the
desk.
3 The lamp is on the desk.
4 There is nobody in the
bed.
5 There are some books on
the shelf.
6 There isn’t a skateboard
under the bed.
7 There’s a magazine in
the bin.
8 There’s a football in front
of the cupboard.
9 There aren’t any photos
in the room.
10 The cat is on the chair.
window.
2 The chair is under the
desk.
3 The lamp is next to the TV.
4 There’s a boy in the bed.
5 There aren’t any books on
the shelf.
6 There is a skateboard
under the bed.
7 There are some magazines
next to the bin.
8 There’s a guitar in front of
the cupboard.
9 There is a photo on the
wall, above the bed.
10 The cat is on the desk.

• As an extension task, students write the ten sentences.

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