GRAMMAR DISCUSSION

THERE IS and THERE ARE

Student ‘A’
 Discuss the questions below with your partner.

1. How many people are there in your family?

2. Is there a good restaurant near your school or college?
3. About how many countries are there in the world? (Answer: almost 200)
4. How many months are there in one year?
5. Is there a book on your desk?
6. How many chairs are there in the classroom?
7. How many planets (Earth is a planet) are there around our sun? (Answer: eight))
8. How many question marks – ? – are there on your paper? (Answer: nine)
9. Are there any good movies playing at movie theaters now?
10. Finish this sentence: “There is a … near my home that I like very much.”

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GRAMMAR DISCUSSION
THERE IS and THERE ARE
Student ‘B’
 Discuss the questions below with your partner.

1. How many people are there in our classroom?

2. Is there a clock on the wall in our classroom? What time is it?
3. How many letters are there in the English alphabet (A, B, C, D, ….)? (Answer: 26)
4. How many seconds are there in one minute?
5. Is there a pen on your desk?
6. How many windows are there in the classroom?
7. How many bones are there in the human body? (Answer: 206)
8. How many pictures are there on this paper? (Answer: seven)
9. Are there any fun things to do in your town or city? What?
10. Finish this sentence: “There is a … near my home that I don’t like very much.”
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