5A Grammar

there is / there are: positive

Activity A
Look at this picture for 30 seconds. Then write sentences with there is/there’s and there are.

Activity B
1 Draw a picture with the ten objects in the picture in Activity A, but change the number of objects.

2 Give your picture to your partner for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, your partner says sentences with
there is/there’s and there are.

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 5B Grammar
there is / there are : negative and questions

Student A: Room 101

Free wi-fi

You are in Room 101 of The London Hotel. Your friend is in Room 102. Describe your room and ask
questions about your partner’s room. Find six differences and write them here:

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Student B: Room 102

You are in Room 102 of The London Hotel. Your friend is in Room 101. Describe your room and ask
questions about your partner’s room. Find six differences and write them here:

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 5A Vocabulary
Places in a town

Student A
1 Write the missing letters in the places.
1 h_sp_t_l
2 sw_mm_ng p_ _l
3 b_nk
4 sh_p
5 p_rk
6 c_n_m_
7 r_st_ _r_nt

2 Say your clues. Can your partner guess the place? Write the places.
1 There are trains here. 5 There are old things here.
2 It is next to the sea. 6 You sleep here.
3 There is food here. 7 You have a cup of coffee here.
4 Teachers work here.

3 Listen to your partner’s clues, look at 1–7 in Activity 1 and guess the place.

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Student B
1 Write the missing letters in the places.
1 m_s_ _m
2 st_t_ _n
3 h_t_l
4 c_f_
5 sch _ _l
6 b__ch
7 s_p_rm_rk_t

2 Listen to your partner’s clues, look at 1–7 in Activity 1 and guess the place.
3 Say your clues. Can your partner guess the place? Write the places.
1 You play football here. 5 There are lots of things to buy here.
2 You see films here. 6 A lot of money is here.
3 People go swimming here. 7 There are doctors here.
4 You eat dinner here.

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 5B Vocabulary
Hotels

✂
HOTEL BINGO HOTEL BINGO

HOTEL BINGO HOTEL BINGO

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 5B Pronunciation
Sound and spelling: /ʃ/

1 Underline all the words with the /ʃ/ sound and practise saying them.

fish  station  sandwich  Turkish  beach  conversation
student  swim  Polish  international  exciting  cheese  shower
Spanish  restaurant  shop  English  school  information
Russia  nationality  receptionist  lesson  British  lunch

2 Say four of the words which fit one of the patterns below, e.g. lesson, shower, Russia, fish = 2. Your partner
says the number.

1 /ʃ/ /ʃ/ no /ʃ/ /ʃ/

2 no /ʃ/ /ʃ/ /ʃ/ /ʃ/

3 /ʃ/ /ʃ/ /ʃ/ /ʃ/

4 /ʃ/ /ʃ/ /ʃ/ no /ʃ/

5 /ʃ/ no /ʃ/ no /ʃ/ /ʃ/

6 /ʃ/ no /ʃ/ /ʃ/ /ʃ/

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 5C Pronunciation
Emphasising what you say 1

Choose eight sentences to say to your partner. Some are true and some are false. Can your partner guess
which are true?

My phone My flat/house true

is so old. is very small.
My studies are
very interesting.

false
I really like
ice cream.
true
My Spanish is
Very cold showers
so bad.
are nice. I really like

true
Chinese food.

I have a really
I think football fast car.
is very boring.

true Cold pizza is

really great.
My flat/house is I think TV is
very near a so boring.
supermarket.

false English
pronunciation is
There are so many
shops in my street. so easy.

I sing really well.

false
I’m so happy
today.

true I really don’t

I have a very
like fish.
beautiful sister.

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