Madrid Teacher series: There is and there are

Our Madrid Teacher series this week is intended for Básico 1 and Básico 2 students and deals with questions with the verbs there is and there are.

Before you watch the video, list as many types of shops in English you can think of.

Now watch the video and check which of the shops you thought of are mentioned.

Watch the video for a second time and note down all the questions with there is or there are the girl is asked.

Now answer the same questions about yourself.



Is there a swimming pool near your house?
Yes there is.
And where is it?
It's just around the corner from my house.
Okay. Is there a supermarket near your house?
Yes, there is.
And where's the supermarket?
The supermarket is down the road from my house.
And do you go shopping there?
Yes, I do.
Is there a library near your house?
Not very near to my house, no.
Where is it?
It's in the next suburb.
Ok. And do you ever go there?
Yes, sometimes.
Ok. Is there a train station near your house?
No, there isn't.
Is there a post office near your house?
Yes, there is.
And where is it?
It’s in the shopping centre near my house.
Ok. And is there a bank near your house?
Yes there is.
And where is the bank?
The bank is across the road from my house.
Okay, good. Where do you go for your food… where do you go shopping for your food?
I go shopping at the supermarket.
Ok. Are there any butcher’s or greengrocer’s or shops like that near your house?
Yes, there is a butcher, a butcher shop just around the corner from my house.
And do you ever go there?
Sometimes, but I prefer to buy meat at the supermarket.
Ok. Is there a cinema near where you live?
No, there isn’t.
So where do you go when you want to watch a film?
Usually I go and I hire a film from the video shop near my house.
Oh, ok. And where’s the video shop?
It’s also in the shopping centre near my house.
Everything's in the shopping center.
Yes.

100 people

100 people is a global project that tries to draw students' attention to global issues (water, food, economy, health, education, energy, war, and so on). To do so, they have come up with a clever idea: Everything they deal with, each problem, each data is correlated to the number 100. That way it is far easier for everybody to figure out the real dimensions of the topics under discussion.

100 people invites schools and educators from all over the world to join their project. Here it is the trailer, where the objectives and the how-to are clearly stated.

Self-study activity:
Get together with an English speaking friend or relative and before watching the clip, try to predict what the statistics for the information below might be.

You can revise the pronunciation of would on this blog entry.

If the World were 100 people, there would be ...
___ females / ___ males / ___ children / ___ adults / ___ Asians /  ___ Europeans / ___ Africans / ___ Christians / ___ Muslims / ___ Hindus / ___ Buddhist / ___ speak Chinese / ___ speak English / ___ speak Spanish / ___ would not be able to read or write / ___ would own a computer / ___ would be dying of starvation / ___ would be overweight

You can also watch Carolyn Jones introducing the project on 100 People: Video Lesson Plan.



And remember there are lots of video for you to watch on the 100 people site.

H/T to DDeubel.