Topic: City in the past

Lesson 3, Unit 1, English 2Content: (there is/are, was/were and describing places)

Teacher: B. Enkhzul

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Goal

WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW “HOW TO USE TO past of

to be (was\were) and present of to be (is/are).

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Objectives

• Write sentences the present continuous tense past of to be (was\were) and present of to be (is/are).

• Read the text past of to be (was\were) and present of to be (is/are).

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Structure

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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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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 year.

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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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'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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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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• 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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Homework

Write about your school for 10 years ago and defference of them.