Describing things with ‘there is’ and ‘there are’. Students are introduced to Christmas vocabulary through reading comprehension and focus on the usage of ‘there is/isn’t’ and ‘there are/aren’t’. Students will be able to describe things through a series of written and communicative exercises.
There are some presents under the tree.
Overview
Seasonal
Level
Beginner: A1Elementary: A2
Included
4 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Asking and answering questionsDescribing people, places, or things
Language forms
Articles and quantifiersModal and auxiliary verbsPrepositionsVerb forms
Activities
ConversationMatchingQuestions and answersReadingRewritingSentence completion
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