Construction there is/are

Шымкент қаласы
Жол-көлік колледжі
ағылшын тілі пәнінің оқытушысы Жұмабай Айгүл Әрілқызы

The Theme: Construction there is/are.
Aims:                
I Educational: to master the new grammar material, to work with the text: My House.
II Developing: to develop students’ abilities in grammar, in speaking, in reading.  
III Bringing up: to breed the interest to the matter.
Type of the lesson: combined.
Method of the lesson: technology of self- education.
Interrelation of subjects: Kazakh language, Russian language, Physical Training.
Equipment: placards, cards, pictures, booklets, slides.
Forms of work: Group work, individual work, work in pair.

Planning of the lesson procedure
I. Initial part
A. Greeting: Bringing the group to order. Conversation about the weather, date and day.
B. Phonetic drill. Teacher: Look at the blackboard. Let’s repeat.

In front of my house there is a tree.
My cat likes to climb it with me.

In back of my house there's a hill,
Where I go hiking with Bill.

Next to my house there's a creek,
Where I catch fish every week.
Across the road there's a lake,
Where I go swimming with Jake.
        
C. Setting the aim. Introducing with the theme and aims of the lesson.
 
II. Checking up the home task: Numerals .Cardinal and Ordinal.
III. Main part:  Presenting the new theme. Construction there is/ there are

Construction there is there are used when we want to say is there something or not.
For example: there is a hole in my pocket
We use there is in single form in the sentence and there are in the plural form.
For example: There is a pen on the table.
There are 12 computers in the class.
There is a book on the table.
There are 3 windows in the classroom.
In order to make question forms of  the sentences we use “to be” is in front of there.
For example: Is there a pen on the table?
Or in the plural form: are there 12 computers in the class?  
The negative forms of the sentences: We use the word “not” after to be –is, are.
For example: There is not a pencil on the table.
There are not 12 computers in the classroom.

IV Consolidation:

Exercise №1
Individual work . The work with cards. Give the negative form of the sentences.
 There are children in the garden. There are seven English museums in this town.  There are English books on the table. There is a pen on the table. There is a TV-set near the table.
Group work.  Ex. 1. Use the right form (there is/are).

1. There ____ a big park in our city.
2. There  _____ three roses in the vase.
3. There ____ a pencil in the box.
4. There _____ a fox in the zoo.
5. There ____ two birds on the tree.

Exercise №2  Make these sentences negative.

1. There  is         a   dictionary    on    the   shelf.
2. There is         a  tree    in    the   garden.
3. There  are        seven   books   in   the   bag.
4. There  is        a   chair   in   her   room.
5. There are        ten    plates  in  the  cupboard

Exercise №3 Make the following sentences negative or interrogative :

There are too many questions
There is not one solution
There is no resurrection
There is so much confusion
There are many things that I would like to say to you but I don`t know
How

The Game:  The group must  come to the blackboard and put the construction in its place.
Group  work. Orally.  
Exercise № 4:
Describe the picture of the rooms.

Lexical Theme:
Text: My House.

Unknown words:
•    Living – room - гостиная комната
•    Piano - пианино, рояль
•    Furniture - мебель
•    Armchair - кресло
•    Near - около
•    Wide - широкий
•    Carpet - ковер
•    Narrow - узкий
•    Neither… nor - ни ... ни
•    Sideboard  - буфет
•    Wardrobe - гардероб
•    Above - над             

Discussion  on the text.
Reading and  translating  the text

MY FLAT
I have got a flat. It is neither big nor small. It is on the fifth floor. It is number 59. Our flat has two rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a corridor.
Our living – room is big. It is light, because it has two large windows. There is a piano on the left. There is round stool near the piano. The piano is new and black. The TV set is on the right. There is an armchair and a sofa near the TV set. There is a picture on the wall, above the piano. It is a nice picture.

There is a round table in the middle of the room. There are four chairs near the table. The sideboard is on the left. There are some pictures by modern painters on the wall.

The carpet hanging on the wall is big and grey. I like our living – room and I often spend my free time watching TV and reading newspapers and magazines there.

I have my own room. It is small. There is not much furniture there. My room is not very light, because it only has one window.

There is a sofa on the right. The wardrobe is near the window. There is a small desk by the window. There are two chairs at the desk and a TV set in the corner of the room. The bookcase is near the door. There are many books in it. I have many bookshelves in my room. There are Russian and English books there. I like my room very much. When my friends come to see me I invite them into my room.It is a pity that we have no balcony.

Our kitchen is big and comfortable. The furniture in the kitchen is not dark, it is light. A new refrigerator stands near the window. We usually have breakfast and supper in the kitchen.

The bathroom is small. We wash there in the morning and in the evening. There is a washing – machine near the door. We have a vacuum – cleaner, which is in the bathroom too.
The corridor in our flat is long and narrow. There is a telephone in it.
 I like my flat. My friends say that it is a comfortable one.

Questions
•  Have you got a flat?
•  Is it big or small?
•  What number is your flat?
•  How many rooms does the flat have?
•  What is there in the living – room?
•  Is there a piano in it?
•  Is the TV set on the left or on the right?
•  What can you see on the wall?
•  The dining – room is big, isn’t it?
•  Where is the wardrobe?
•  How many books are there in the bookcase?
•  Do you like your room?
•  Why do you like your flat?                            

V Conclusion:
The lesson took place in study 324, according to the subject timetable. The student has mastered the grammar material, could use it  in speak, also has enriched the vocabulary on lexical theme. All students were active. Different materials were used at the lesson: slides, audio records, internet resources. The lesson has reached the aim.

VI Home work:
Exercise 9 from page 40.
Disputation: “Education in Kazakhstan and in Great Britain”.
To learn all new words.