UNIT 1
LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

1 |  |  | Look at the examples below. Complete the sentences from the blog post in the table.
There is/are
Affirmative (+) | Negative (-) | Yes/No Questions (?) | Short Answers
There is a small supermarket in Whittier. | 1... a shopping center in Whittier. | Is there a school in Whittier? | Yes, there is. | No, there's not. / No, there isn't.
2... red telephone boxes. | There aren't stadiums in Thames Town. | Are there stadiums in Whittier? | Yes, there are. | No, there aren't.

2 | Read the questions in the table again. Write the correct short answers. 1 Is there a school in Whittier? 2 Are there stadiums in Whittier?
3 | Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of There is/are affirmative (+) or negative (-). 1 There is a bowling alley in my neighborhood. (+) 2 ... a cinema in Whittier. (-) 3 ... many clothes shops in this shopping center. (+) 4 ... a nice library in my town. (+) 5 ... Japanese restaurants near my house. (-) 6 ... a canteen in my school. (-)
| LOOK! Remember: We use There is or There's for singular nouns and There are for plural nouns. There is a shopping center. / There are two shopping centers in my neighborhood.

4 | Write questions about your partner's town. Use the phrases. 1 (a cinema?) Is there a cinema in your town? 2 (nice gyms?) Are there nice gyms? 3 (Mexican restaurants?) 4 (a skatepark?) 5 (a bowling alley?) 6 (clothes shops?)

5 | Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 4.
Is there a cinema in your town? | Yes, there is.

| WORKBOOK p.2, p.4 and p.6