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4. More About there<br />

This section introduces another form commonly used with there, in the negative.<br />

There’s/are no… is very common in <strong>English</strong>, especially in spoken <strong>English</strong>. It has the same meaning as<br />

There isn’t/aren’t any…<br />

4.1 In the bedroom<br />

A. Students look at this picture of a bedroom, and read the description. Go through any vocabulary<br />

students don’t understand. They identify the mistake in the description.<br />

Answer:<br />

There’s a radio on the desk.<br />

Go through the grammar table together. Check they understand plural, singular, countable and<br />

uncountable.<br />

B. Students look around their class and write true sentences about the things.<br />

Answers:<br />

1. Probably: There’s a teacher.<br />

2. There’s some chalk. / There’s no chalk.<br />

3. Probably: There’s some paper.<br />

4. There’s a map. / There’s no map.<br />

5. There’s electricity. / There’s no electricity.<br />

6. Probably: There’s some furniture.<br />

7. Probably: There are no chickens.<br />

8. Probably: There are some books.<br />

9. Probably: There’s no snow.<br />

10. Probably: There’s no coffee.<br />

11. Probably: There are no bananas.<br />

12. There’s some food. / There’s no food.<br />

4.2 The town of Wonderville<br />

A. <strong>Pre</strong>-teach free (doesn’t cost anything), playground, pollution, noise, entertainment, public transport<br />

(anyone can use it, such as buses, trains and linecars; the opposite is private transport, that individual<br />

people own, such as cars and motorbikes).<br />

Students complete the text about Wonderville, using there is/are and there is/are no…<br />

Answers:<br />

1. there are 10,000 people<br />

2. There are no problems<br />

3. There are good jobs<br />

4. There are good schools<br />

5. There are nice houses<br />

6. There are no police<br />

7. there is no crime<br />

8. There are no guns<br />

9. There is no rubbish<br />

10. There are many parks<br />

11. There is entertainment<br />

12. there is free public transport<br />

13. There are many reasons<br />

14. There is a good life<br />

B. Play audio 2.5. Students listen, and check their answers.<br />

Discuss Wonderville. Do students agree that this would be a perfect place<br />

What other things would they have in a perfect town<br />

24 Module 2

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