The City

Places in town Label the pictures

1. Answer True or False

The park is behind the church. ___
The supermarket is between the post
office and the clothes shop. ___
The school is in front of the restaurant.
___
The school is next to the factory. ___
There is a restaurant near the park.
___
The park is far from the factory. ___
2. Where can we
... buy the newspaper?
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... buy petrol?
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... have breakfast?
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... have lunch or dinner?
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... have English lessons?
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... send letters?
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... play football?
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... deposit money?
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... buy a t-shirt?
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What is there on your street? Write on your notebook.

My Village
My name is Jane. I live in Glenelg, a very small village by the sea, in Scotland. There
is a school with one teacher and a church. There is one shop its also the post
office and a hotel. People meet there for a coffee in the evenings.
There isnt a cinema or a night club in Glenelg and there arent any clothes shops,
but I dont mind. I dont like the going out at night and I dont like shopping. I love
nature and swimming and there are really great beaches here. And in the summer,
there are great parties on the beach.
Of course, there arent any museums or art galleries in Glenelg, and you cant eat
out because there arent cafs or restaurants in this village.
In the winter there are 50 people in Glenelg, but in the summer there are about 400!
I love my village!

1. Read the text and answer the questions.

a) Is Glenelg a large city?
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b) Where is this village?
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c) How many schools are there in Glenelg?
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d) Why cant people eat out?
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e) How many people are there in Glenelg?
____________________________________________________________
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f) Would you like to live in this village or would you prefer to visit for a
holiday? Why?
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Verb THERE TO BE
2. Find on the text a sentence for each case and write them in the box
Affirmative
SINGULAR

There is

PLURAL

There are

Negative
SINGULAR

There isnt

PLURAL

There arent

Questions
SINGULAR

Is there?

PLURAL

Are there?

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb there to be
(some need questions and negatives)
a) ______________________ six classrooms in this school.
b) ______________________ any shops near here?
c) ______________________ a good takeaway restaurant in town.
d) Excuse me, ______________________ a gym in this street?
e) ______________________ any eggs, can you please buy some?
f) ______________________ a message for you in the mailbox.
g) ______________________ concerts in the castle this year?
h) The building has got a car park, but ______________________ garages.

4. Prepositions of place - Where is the ball?

IN UNDER BETWEEN ON ABOVE IN FRONT OF NEXT TO BEHIND

5. Look at the map of the holiday village and correct the mistakes in the
sentences on the right
a) There are thirty apartments in the village.
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b) Theres one swimming pool.
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c) There isnt a beach near the village.
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d) There is a bank next to the village office.
______________________________________
e) There isnt a place to park your car.
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f) There is a nightclub in the village.
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6. Vocabulary - Read the clues and discover the building.

a) Doctors and nurses work here. ______________________
b) You can watch a film here. ______________________
c) You can put your money here. ______________________
d) People work here they make things. ______________________
e) You can look at old things here. ______________________
f) You can buy food and drinks here. ______________________
g) You can look at pictures here. ______________________
h) Young people can have lessons here. ______________________
i) You can send letters and buy stamps here. ______________________
j) You can see wild animals here. ______________________
k) You can listen to music and dance here. ______________________

TO BE past
I
He
She
it

We
Was

You

Were

They

Read the text. Match the buildings with now and in the past
In the past it was

Now its

The Hover Building

a hospital

an office

The Muse dOrsay

a train station

a supermarket

The Reina Sofia

a school

an art gallery

The Smolny Institute

a factory

a museum

1. Past Simple: was / were Complete the sentences

a) My grandparents __________ on holidays in Paris.
b) When I __________ in London last years, the weather __________ very cold.
c) How many people __________ there at the party?
d) Where __________ you on Saturday evening?
e) It __________ a beautiful day in the summer.
f) My family and I __________ on holiday at the seaside.
g) __________ George at school today?
h) It __________ very nice to meet you, Sophie.

2. City Life Look at the maps and complete the text about Summertown
NOW and IN THE PAST.

Summertown ten years ago

Summertown nowadays

In Green Street there are offices, but in the past there were cottages. In Lake
Road there is a supermarket, but in the past ____________________
_______________. In Station Road there is a theme park, but in the past
_____________________________________. There are apartments and a
museum in Station Road, but in the past ____________________________
_________________. In Harley Street there is a _________________ and a
________________, but in the past _______________________________
__________________. In the Park there is a _____________________ but in
the past ______________________________.