Practical Grammar 1 1 National Geographic Learning

Life Beginner Unit 9aThere is/are ...: Prepositions of place (in the corner, in the middle, in front of, behind)

Affirmative Prepositions of place

Theres aone

sofa.

There are twothreefour

sofas.

TIP theres = there + is

Negative

There isnt a sofa.

There arent two sofas.

TIP there isnt = there is not there arent = there are not Theres no sofa. = There isnt a sofa.

in the corner / in the corner of the room

in the middle / in the middle of the room

in front of the window behind the door

Key vocabulary Rooms and furniture: living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, bath, bed, chair, desk, door, shower, sofa, table, television, window

Presentation

living room

kitchen

bedroom

bathroomMy new apartmentThere are four rooms in the apartment. Theres a living room, a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom.

Theres a big window in the living room. There are two sofas. Theres a table in the middle of the room and theres a television in the corner.

The bedroom is small. Theres a bed, a desk and a chair. The desk is next to the bed and in front of the window.

Theres no window in the bathroom and theres no bath. Theres a shower.

Practical Grammar 1 2 National Geographic Learning

Beginner Unit 9aExercises

1 Complete the sentences with Theres or There are.1 a table in the kitchen.2 four chairs in the corner.3 no television in the bedroom.

4 a table next to the sofa.5 a sofa between the windows.6 two bathrooms.

Theres

1 The bedrooms big. B2 The bedrooms small. 3 The chairs behind the door in the bathroom. 4 The televisions in front of the sofa. 5 There are four chairs and a table in

the middle of room. 6 There are three windows in the living room. 7 Theres a bath and theres a shower.

8 Theres a chair next to the bed. 9 Theres a big bed in the middle of the room.

10 Theres a big sofa. 11 Theres a big window in the living room. 12 Theres a shower theres no bath. 13 Theres a table and four chairs in the corner. 14 Theres no sofa.

2 Match the sentences to the apartments.

3 Look at the picture and write sentences. Use the words in brackets. Then listen and check.

1 (two windows) 2 (a big sofa) 3 (two chairs) 4 (desk) 5 (computer) 6 (television)

Theres a big sofa in the middle of the room.

There are two windows in the room.

A B

Toni Aragn RebolloThere are

Toni Aragn RebolloThere's

Toni Aragn RebolloThere'sThere'sThere are

Toni Aragn Rebollo

Toni Aragn RebolloA

Toni Aragn RebolloBAB

AB

Toni Aragn RebolloABABAAB

Toni Aragn RebolloThere are two chair in front of the windows

There's a desk in the corner of the room.

There's a computer on the desk.

There's a television in front of the sofa.

Toni Aragn Rebollo.