ACTIVITY 1: STUDENTS MUST GO THROUGH EACH OF THE EXERCISES, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS

AND FOLLOW THEM. (1 hour)

A. Read about a festival and fill in the blanks with THERE IS / THERE ARE / ARE THERE / IS THERE /
THERE ISN’T or THERE AREN’T.

Sue writes:
“I’m from Australia, and I’m traveling in the southwest U.S.A. 1 are there any interesting festivals in
this area right now? 2 is there a festival in Arizona? I’m in Phoenix right now.”

Dave answers:
“3 there are any festivals in Arizona this month, but 4 there is a cool festival in Roswell, New Mexico.
It’s called the UFO Festival, and it’s all about UFOs and space aliens!
5 there are a lot of different types of events. For example, 6 there are several planetarium shows,
and 7 there are some talks by astronomers and other scientists. There aren’t many tickets for these
talks, so it’s a good idea to buy them online as soon as possible. 8 there is an alien costume
competition, and 9 there are many contestants with crazy costumes!

B. Read about these people’s comments about the food they have at home. Underlined all the
countable and uncountable nouns and highlight the quantifiers.

I want a jam sandwich, but we don’t have much jam. I can have some ham with a lot of cheese, and
I want some mayonnaise and tomatoes. I don’t want any mustard.

They don’t have many potatoes, but they have a lot of rice. So, for dinner they’re having meat, rice,
and some vegetables.

St Lawrence food market, in the center of Toronto, is 200 years old. There are a lot of shops here
with every kind of meat and seafood. Shoppers visit from all over the world.

There aren’t many markets in the world with live music. But in Palermo, musicians play and sing as
shoppers buy their sausages and kebabs.

C. Order the words to make up sentences.

1.- restaurants. / expensive / are / not / cheap / Eating out / because / here / is / many / there
Eating out here is not cheap because there are many expensive restaurants

2.- beautiful / here. / to / are / There / places / around / some / places

There are some places around to beautiful places here

3.- kitchen. / I / prepare / any / isn’t / there / but / in / want / the / for / dinner, / to / meat
I want to prepare meat for dinner, but there isn't any in the kitchen.
4.- why. / on / the / There / table, / and / are / I / many / of / coffee / cups / don’t know
There are many coffee cups on the table, And I don´t know why.
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5.- but / any / in / fridge. / the / I’m / there / thirsty / isn’t / water
I'm thirsty, but there isn't any water in the fridge.

6.- so / grapes and bananas / are / some. / I’m / There / going / buy / to / few

There are grapes and bananas so i´m going to buy few some.
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7.- some / a lot of / so / juice. / There / oranges / are / make / let’s

there are a lot of oranges, so let's make some juice.

8.- need / some / because / left. /any / there / You / buy / to / bread / isn’t
You need to buy some bread because there isn't any left.

9.- prepare / omelet, / don’t / eggs. / I / to / but / have / an / want / I

I want to prepare an omelet, but I don't have any eggs.

10.- spends / My / a / money / of / sister / lot / sweets. / buying

My sister spends a lot of money buying sweets.

D. Match the beginnings (1-6) with the endings (a-f)

1. We need a. kilos, please. 6

2. Are there any b. apple juice. 5
3. Do you need a c. orange for breakfast. 4
4. Chop some d. red onion? 2
5. I’d like an e. pineapple? 3
6. Buy three f. some meat. 1

E. Write down 10 affirmative sentences using there is / are with countable nouns.
Example: There is a loaf of bread in the kitchen.

There are many phones on the couch

There are a lot of cars in this conference
There are many onions in the store
There is an orange for you
There are chairs in the garage
There is an umbrella that you can use
There is a cat with a hat
There is a computer in the bedroom.
There is a book on the desk.
There are many apples in the kitchen.
F. Write down 10 negative sentences using there isn’t / aren’t with uncountable nouns.
Example: There isn’t any milk for the baby.

There isn’t any furniture in the room.

There isn’t any sugar left in the jar.
There aren’t any clouds in the sky
There isn’t any evidence to support the claim.
There aren’t any clothes in the closet.
There aren’t any dishes in the sink.
There isn’t any milk in the fridge.
There aren’t any books on the shelf.
There isn’t any information about the event
There aren’t any papers on the desk.