Touchstone 1-beginning-unit6-lesson-a-worksheet

1. Unit 6 Neighborhoods
Lesson A
Nice places
Figure it out
A. Look at what these people say on page 54 of Student's Book 1. Complete the sentences.
Touchstone Level 1 Figure it out worksheet Unit 6 Neighborhoods • Lesson A
"________ a big supermarket and (there are) _____ nice stores,
but there's ___ mall."
There's
Janet
"______ ____ two nice outdoor cafés and a couple of movie theaters. ________ a new swimming pool in the park. . . ."
Rick
"________ no place to go. I mean, there's ___ mall, ___ fast-food places –
(there are) just a lot of expensive restaurants."
Megan
B. Complete the chart. Use Exercise A to help you.
There's and There are; quantifiers
There's
__ big supermarket.
There are
__ ____ ___ expensive restaurants.
There's
__ new swimming pool.
There are
_____ nice stores.
There's
___ mall.
There are
__ _______ ___ movie theaters.
There's
___ place to go.
(There's
___ fast-food places.)*
There are
___ fast-food places.
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________ = There is
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Use ___ and ___ with There's and singular nouns.
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Use _____, ___, a lot of, and __ ______ ___ with There are and plural nouns.
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*Exception: People often say There's before plural nouns, but it's not correct to write this.
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C. Write three sentences about what is in your neighborhood. Use Exercises A and B to help you.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________.
2. _____________________________________________________________________________.
3. ______________________________________________________________________________________.