Session 4

Nice Places

​René Acevedo
Jacqueline Ventura
Florence Villeda

Match

Match the following pictures with the correct name.

do the laundry

go shopping

make phone calls

play sports

clean the house

• do the laundry

• go shopping

• make phone calls

• play sports

• clean the house

Objective

​Describe orally your neighborhood using there's and there are plus 6 vocabulary words in a 2-3 minute presentation.

Who doesn't like Parkview? Why?

Instruction: Listen to the audio carefully and read the description given. Then answer who doesn't like Parkview and why.

​Amy Johnson, 32,
medical researcher
Well, Parkview is convenient. There's a big supermarket and some nice stores, but there's no mall. We need a mall!

Stacy King, 19,
college student
Parkview is boring! There's no place to go. I mean, there's no mall, no fast-food places - just a lot of expensive restaurants. Oh, and a small park.

Paul Johnson, 33, stockbroker
Um, it's nice. There are two nice outdoor cafés and a couple of movie theaters. There's a new swimming pool in the park - we have a beautiful little park. Yeah, it's good.

Vocabulary

an apartment building

an outdoor café

a supermarket

a fast-food place

Vocabulary

a mall

a swimming pool

a movie theater

a post office

Label activity

Instruction: Complete the label activity by placing the names of the places in the correct position using the text from the previous activity.

Just 6 out of 8 places can be labeled.

Labelling

Complete the label activity by placing the names of the places in the correct position using the text from the previous activity.

Just 6 out of 8 places can be labeled.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

an apartment building

a swimming pool

an outdoor café

a movie theater

a supermarket

a fast-food place

a mall

a post office

Figure it out.

Instruction: Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.

Dropdown

Select answer

​ a big supermarket.

Dropdown

Select answer

​ two nice outdoor cafés.

Dropdown

There's ​

Select answer

​ mall.

Dropdown

Parkview has a lot of expensive ​

Select answer

.

Dropdown

It has a couple of movie ​

Select answer

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"There's" and "there are" with quantifiers

Instruction: Listen to the audio provided twice. The first time, listen to the pronunciation, then repeat the sentences to practice.

​Singular
There's a park in my neighborhood.

There's an outdoor café.

There's no mall.

There's = There is

​Plural

There are a lot of restaurants.

There are some outdoor cafés.

There are a couple of movie theaters.

There are no clubs.

In conversation, people often say There's before plural nouns, but it is not correct to write this.

​Adjectives before nouns

There's a small park.

There's a beautiful pool.

There's a new restaurant.

There are some expensive stores.

Match

Look at the image presented and match the two parts of the sentences.

• There's a

• There's no

• There are no

• There are a couple of

• There are a lot of

small gym.

stadium.

clubs.

big apartment buildings.

expensive restaurants.

• small gym.

• stadium.

• clubs.

• big apartment buildings.

• expensive restaurants.

Word Stress

Instruction: Listen to the audio and repeat the words you hear. Pay close attention to word stress and the correct pronunciation of the words.

​movie

​apartment

​stadium

Categorize

Options (12)

building

noisy

museum

expensive

neighborhood

beautiful

theater

boring

convenient

movie

stadium

apartment

Listen to the audio and categorize the list of words in the correct column based on the word stress position.

1

2

3

Placing Adjectives

Instruction: On the sheet of paper, read the sentences shown. Place the adjective in the right sport. Then, rewrite the sentences to match your neighborhood. At the end, share your sentences with the class.

Ex.: There's a big movie theater in my neighborhood.

My neighborhood

Instruction: Look at the picture and mark the places you recognize that are in your neighborhood. What’s there? What’s not there? Make a list of 5 places in your neighborhood. Once the teacher calls your name, share the places you found.

Draw

Mark the places that you recognize that are in your neighborhood.

Describe your neighborhood

Instruction: Prepare a 2-3 minute presentation about the neighborhood you live in using the grammar and vocabulary learned today. You will have 5 minutes to prepare.

Before you go...

​Instruction: Look at the picture and select one of the places shown. After that, say the one that you picked with the structure "There's/There are" and share it with the class. You are not allowed to repeat places.

​Thank you! See you next class!