There is, there are

Ican recognize and use there is and there are.

Affirmative and negative *1 Look at the picture and read the text. Are the
sentences true %/ or false/?

There's a cinema
in our toWn.

ÿ There's a TV. 0
1 There are three people. ÿ
2 There's a cat. ÿ
3 There are two chairs. ÿ
4 There are two tables. ÿ
5 There's a sofa. ÿ
6 There's a sandwich. ÿ
2 Look at the picture again. Complete the
* sentences with There's,There isn't, There are or
There aren't.
ÿ There's a picture.
1 _ three books.
We use there is and there are to say that 2 _ two boys.
something or somebody exists. 3 _ a phone.
4 _ four biscuits.
We use there is for singular items and there are
for plural items. 5 _ a cake.
6 _ a computer.
We often shorten there is to there's.

10 There is, there are

O 2.1 Listen and tick y the correct picture. 01H4 Write sentences about your classroom
ÿ with there is or there are. Use the words
in the box.Tell the class.
board desks door students
teacher windows
ÿ There's a teacher._
ÿ ... students._
There are
1 _

Think about your town. Tick %/ the true

sentences. Cross / and correct the false
sentences. Tell the class.
ÿ There's one house. IXl
There isn't ore house. There are lots of houses.
1 There are two hospitals. 1

2 There's one school. ÿ

3 There are lots of cinemas. I I

4 There are two parks. I I

5 There are three cafés. I I

56 Play in groups. Say what's in your

bedroom and try to remember what
the other students say. Use the words
in the box and your own ideas.
bag bed blanket book bookcase
chair desk picture table toy ...

In my room, there's a bed. ÿ

In my room; there's a bed
and there are two chairs.

In my room, there's a bed and there \

. are two chairs ... and there's ... J
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Unit 2 11
 Questions and short answers Í9 Work in pairs. Ask and answer
questions about the picture. Use the
words in the box and short answers.
two women a baby a white car
O
a school three boys two black cars

Are there two Women?

No, there aren't.

**10 j© Write some sentences with There is/

* There are about a city or country. Use
the ideas in the box to help you. Read
your sentences for the other students
to guess the place.
lots of: trees shops animals houses
people cafés restaurants

a: swimming pool river cinema

parks tower castle palace called ...
0
There's a big tower. There's o river.
There are lots of French people!

Is it Paris?
Questions Short answers Yes it is!
j

Is there a bus? Yes, there is.

Is there a train? No, there isn't.
Are there three cars? Yes, there are.
Are there lots of
No, there aren't.
people?
In short answers, we don't say there's. r Self-evaluation Rate your progress.

*7 O 2.2 Look at the picture and listen to the

questions. Write short answers.
ÿ

1 _
_
Ye?, fine te is.
o 1
2
3
4
2 _ 5
3 _ 6
4 _ 7
5 _
8
*8 O 2.3 Listen and check your answers to
exercise 7. O 9
10

12 There is, there are

 Countable and uncountable nouns
Ican recognize countable and uncountable nouns.
Ican use a, an, some and any.

A, an and some

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns

There's a child. There are some children. There's some tea.
There's an apple. There are some apples. There's some milk.
There's a tree. There are some trees. There's some sugar.
Countable nouns are the names of things that we can count. They have a singular and plural form:
apple - apples, child - children, tree - trees
Uncountable nouns are the names of things we can't count. They only have a singular form:
tea, milk, sugar

In affirmative sentences, we use a or an before singular countable nouns, and some before plural
countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

*1 O 3.1 Look, listen and point.Then listen and repeat.

1 There's a table. 5 There's some spaghetti?
2 There's an orange. 6 There's some milk.
3 There are some eggs. 7 There's some sugar.
4 There are some pears.

*2 Write the words in the correct lists.

pears milk table bananas sugar
money orange oil eggs children
O
apple orange juice spaghetti bag

Countable nouns
There's a /an ... There are some ... \y.oü
table pears J JlCb.

Uncountable nouns
There is (There's) some ...
m ilk

Unit 3 13
*3 O 3.2 Listen, repeat and check the meaning. Make sentences with the words in the
Write C (countable) or U (uncountable). boxes.

O 1 ÿ bananas
1 biscuits
C 13 lemonade
14 meat
There's an orange.
orange.
2 bottles - 15 pasta coffee.
3 bread 16 plate apples.
4 butter 17 potatoes a tea.
5 cakes _ 18 sandwich There
's
are
an sandwiches.
6 cheese 19 sauce some water.
bread.
7 chocolate 20 soup
8 coffee _ 21 sweets
plate.
cakes.
9 crisps 22 tea
10 flour 23 water 6 Look at the picture. Write There's a, There's an,
_ * There's some or There are some.
11 grapes 24 yoghurt
12 cream 25 egg

*4 Tick y the correct form.

ÿ [~1 There are some child.
sS There are some children.
1 O There's some meat.
I I There's a meat.
2 [J There is some potatoes.
[ j There are some potatoes.
3 [ ) There's an house.
I I There's a house.
4 O There's some cream.
[ ] There are some cream.
5 [ ] There's some pasta.
[1 There are some pasta. ÿ TIn e re's a_ table.
6 [~\ There's some coffee. 1_ cheese.
[_¡ There are some coffee. 2_ butter.-
3 _ grapes.
7 O There's a bottle.
4 _ bread.
[ ] There's some bottle.
5 _ biscuits.
6 _
8 i There are some oranges. cake.
[ ] There's some oranges.
7 _ pear.
8 _ plates.
9 _ bottle.

** 7/ ÿ Work in pairs. Cover exercise 6. Try to

* remember what's on the table!
Say There's a There's some ... or
There are some ...

14 Countable and uncountable nouns

Some and any

Negative Questions
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
There aren't any apples. There isn't any lemonade. Are there any oranges? Is there any cheese?
There aren't any bananas. There isn't any sugar. Are there any biscuits? Is there any ice cream?
There aren't any people. There isn't any money. Are there any children? Is there any water?
In negative sentences and in questions, we use any before plural countable nouns and
uncountable nouns.

*8 O 3.3
Emma
Dad
Listen, read and repeat.
Is there any lemonade? ©
No, sorry, there isn't any lemonade.
*
1C Write some or any.
ÿ There's some
1 Is there _
O
money on the table.
soup?
There's some water. 2 There aren't _ sweets.
Emma Are there any crisps? 3 There are _ little cakes.
Dad No, sorry, there aren't any crisps. 4 Are there _ eggs?
Emma Oh. Are there any sandwiches? 5 There isn't_ meat.
Dad Yes, there are. There are some 6 Is there _ pasta?
sandwiches and some apples. 7 There are _ bananas.
8 There's _ sauce.

11 O 3.4 Complete the dialogues. Listen and

check.
ÿ Jane Are there any biscuits_ ? (biscuits ?)
©
.
Ben No, there aren't any biscuits (biscuits X)
\//.
There are some crisps _. (crisps S)
1 Jane Is_ ? (ice cream?)
Ben No, _
.(icecream/)
There . (yoghurt S)

*9 Listen and read exercise 8 again. Tick %/ the 2 Jane Are _? (oranges ?)
things in the basket. Ben No, (oranges X)
There (bananas S)

lemonade 3 Jane Is_ .? (orange juice ?)

Water Ben No, . (orange juice X)
_ .(tea S)
crisps There
sandwiches Work in pairs. Write some dialogues
apples like the ones in exercise 11, then
act them.

1 sweets ? sweets x chocolate »/

2 potatoes ? potatoes X pasta y
3 cheese? cheese X milk ÿ
4 pears? pears X grapes «/

Unit 3 15
513 Work in pairs. Find eight more differences.
Picture 1
w_
picture 1, there are some apples
but there aren't any pears.

Picture 2

514 Ploy in pairs. Study Picture 2 for one minute, then cover it. Describe it to your partner.
Use There's and There are. Can you remember twenty things?

»15 O 3.5 Look at the pictures and listen to the descriptions. Number the baskets 1-4.

* 16 Play in pairs. Choose one of the pictures in exercise 15. Your partner asks you
yes/no questions. Guess which picture it is.Then change roles.

/\te fhere any oranges? J I Yes, there are. IS there any Water ? J
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No, there isn't ...

16 Countable and uncountable nouns

 J*
*
17 O 3.6 Complete the missing words. Write
is, are,some or any. Then listen and check.
Jack What's for lunch today? Are there on
®*1 9 *h O 3.7 Read and listen to the song.
Then sing!

chips?
Dad Yes, there _.1
There's some coffee, there's some pasta,
there's some yoghurt and some tea,
Jack Great! And is there _ pizza?
2
But is there any chocolate for me?
Dad Sorry, no, there isn't _ pizza.
3

There are 4_
burgers, and there Iknow there are some sandwiches,
s _ some tomato sauce. some apples and some peas,
But are there any cakes or sweets,
Jack Are there 6_ sweets?
and are there any biscuits, please?
Dad Yes, there 7 some sweets. There
8 _ some grapes, too, and there There's some coffee...
9 _ some yoghurt.
No, there isn't any chocolate,
Jack No thanks. Burgers and chips and sweets, and there aren't any sweets for me,
please! But there's some butter, flour and sugar,
so let's make some cakes for tea.
Look at the picture and complete the
dialogue. Then act it in pairs. There's some coffee...

| Self-evaluation Rate your progress.

ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ

1
Tommy
Mum
If there
Yes, 1 __ anu soup? 2
3
Tommy Great! And _ sandwiches?
2
4
Mum No, _ 3
sandwiches. 5
tomatoes, 5. 6
bread and 6 _ cheese. 7
7_
Tommy yoghurt? 8
Mum strawberry 9
yoghurt. There 9__ pears, too, 10
and 10_ bananas.
11
Tommy Cool, thanks.
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19

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