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Practical Grammar 1 1 National Geographic Learning

Life
Beginner Unit 9a
There is/are ...: Prepositions of place (in the corner, in the middle,
in front of, behind)
Affirmative Prepositions of place
Theres
a
one
sofa.
There are
two
three
four
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
bathroom
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There 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 9a
Exercises
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.
B
2 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
There are
There's
There's
There's
There are
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
A
B
There 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.
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