This document provides a lesson plan on using past and present forms of the verb "to be" in English. The goal is for students to know how to use the past forms "was" and "were" and the present forms "is" and "are". The lesson includes objectives, examples of sentences using these forms in both present and past tenses, a reading passage comparing a city in the past and present that students fill in blanks within, and exercises for students to practice using these verb forms in questions and short answers.

1. Topic: City in the
past
Lesson 3, Unit 1, English 2
Content: (there is/are, was/were and describing places)
Teacher: B. Enkhzul

2. Goal
WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW
“HOW TO USE TO past of
to be (waswere) and
present of to be (is/are).
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3. Objectives
• Write sentences the present
continuous tense past of to
be (waswere) and present of
to be (is/are).
• Read the text past of to be
(waswere) and present of to
be (is/are).
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4. Structure
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5. There is/ was and are/
were
There is an apple in the bowl
There are three apples in
the bowl
We use is singular but are plural things now
• There was an apple in the bowl.
• There were three apples in the bowl.
We use was singular things but were plural things in the past
time.
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6. Read about Darkhan city now and an in the past. It is very
different? Complete gaps with is or are, was or were.
Darkhan city is the centre of Darkhan-
Uul aimag. Forty years ago there 1) __
only one building a small railway station
called Burkhantiin Hundii. There 2) __
no streets and no schools. It 3) __ a
small place. Today Darkhan 4) __
several secandry schools and a few
colleges. There 6) __ a beautiful theatre
and there 7) __ several cinemas, a lot
of shops, hotels and restaurants.
Darkhan city 8)_ getting bigger every
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7. Read the text again. Are these sentences true or
false?
1. The centre of Darkhan – Uul aimag is
Darkhan city.
2. Forty years ago there was one school
in Darkhan.
3. There was no theatre in the old city.
4. The new city has got a lot of buildings.
5. There is no theatre in the new city.
6. Darkhan is a modern city now.
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8. 'There Is/Are'
3. What is there inside the schoolbag? Use THERE IS, THERE
ARE to complete the sentences. Use the affirmative or the
negative:
a) In the schoolbag there is a banana. b) _____ a ruler
c) ____ any notebooks d) ______ a calculator
e) In the schoolbag _____two pencils e) ______two books
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9. Write short answers for the following
questions:
Example:
a) Is there a ruler in the schoolbag?
Answer : Yes, there is.
b) Are there two apples in the
bag?
c) Are there any pencils in the
bag?
d) Is there a calculator in the bag?
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10. • e) Are there many teachers in your
school?
f) Is there a big playground in your
school?
g) Is there a science lab in your
school?
h) Are there many music classrooms
in your school?
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11. Homework
Write about your school for 10
years ago and defference of them.
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