Let's speak!

Greg: Hi Barbara. When did you get back?

Barbara: Greg! Just yesterday.

Greg: So tell me about your trip.

Barbara: It was incredible. I had a really great time.

Greg: Good weather?

Barbara: Not perfect, but generally OK.

Greg: I'll bet the food was great.

Barbara: Amazing!

Use the conversation above to help you choose the correct answer.

1. When Greg asks, "When did you get back" he means...

a. When did you come back?

b. When did you go on your trip?

2. When Barbara says, "It was incredible" she means...

a. It was a good trip.

b. It wasn't a good trip.

3. When Greg says, "Good weather?" he means...

a. The weather was good.

b. Was the weather good?

Answer the questions below about your vacations. Check all that apply.

Where do you usually go on vacation?

□ I visit family

□ I go to another city.

□ I go to a beach.

□ Other.

What do you usually do on vacation?

□ I take it easy.

□ I visit museums and go sightseeing.

□ I do a lot of physical activities.

□ I eat at nice restaurants.

□ Other

Where would you like to visit?

Source: Top Notch 1

PART A. In your opinion, which of the vacations are good for people who like:

1. nature and wildlife

2. family and activities

3. history and culture

4. physical activities

Grammar Focus - There is/are

English Grammar Notes

We use there is and there are to say that something exists.

Positive Sentences

We use there is for singular and there are for plural.

• There is one table in the classroom.
• There are three chairs in the classroom.
• There is a spider in the bath.
• There are many people at the bus stop.

Contractions

The contraction of there is is there's.

• There's a good song on the radio.
• There's only one chocolate left in the box.

You cannot contract there are.

• There are nine cats on the roof.
• There are only five weeks until Christmas.

Negative Form

The negative is formed by putting not after is or are:

• There is not a horse in the field.
• There are not eight children in the school.
• There is not a tree in the garden.
• There are not two elephants in the zoo.

The Negative contractions are:
There's not = There isn't
There are not = There aren't

There Are with ANY

When we want to indicate that a zero quantity of something exists we use there aren't any.

• There aren't any people at the party.
• There aren't any trees in my street.

We also use this structure with uncountable nouns:

• There isn't any water in the swimming pool.
• There isn't any sugar in my coffee.

Questions

To form a question we place is / are in front of there.
Again we use any with plural questions or those which use uncountable nouns.
We also use there is / are in short answers.

• Is there a dog in the supermarket? - No, there isn't.
• Are there any dogs in the park? - Yes, there are.
• Is there a security guard in the shop? - Yes, there is.
• Are there any polar bears in Antarctica? - No, there aren't.
• Is there any ice-cream in the freezer? - Yes, there is.

How Many with Are There

If we want to find out the number of objects that exist we use How many in the following form:
How many + plural noun + are there (+ complement).

• How many dogs are there in the park?
• How many students are there in your class?
• How many countries are there in South America?
• How many Star Wars films are there?

 More you can see at: Woordward English

• Try their interactive game to practice There is - There Are.
• Download their free There is There are Worksheet (in PDF).
•  You can check the answers to this worksheet here: There is There are Answers.

Another sites:
ESL: There is/are 

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Meet the class

This is our class:

Our students from 2nd year High School (EJA)

Lesson 4

ACTIVITY 1: Read the text and do the activities.

San Jose has about 1 million inhabitants and is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S.A. The city is located in Santa Clara County at the southern edge of the San Francisco Bay. San Jose is the largest city within Silicon Valley, which is a major component of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and is also the most populous city in Northern California. Originally inhabited by Ohlone Native Americans, it was first colonized by the Spanish. San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777, as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first civilian town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California. By the 1990s, San Jose's location within the booming local technology industry earned the city its nickname, Capital of Silicon Valley. Among the civic and architectural profile of San Jose are the HP Pavilion (home rink of the NHL's San Jose Sharks), the massive San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the Tech Museum of Innovation, Children's Discovery Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose Center for Performing Arts, and San Jose Repertory Theater. In addition to being a cultural and entertainment magnet, San Jose is a working downtown: software giant Adobe occupies Adobe Towers, which covers a highly conspicuous block of valuable real estate; the nearby Park Center Plaza is home to a number of financial and technical enterprises. The San Jose area is home to the largest concentration of technology expertise in the world with more than 6,600 technology companies employing more than 254,000 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California) and 
City of San Jose site (http://www.sanjoseca.gov )

PART A. Write T (true) or F (false) according to the text:

(  ) The population of San Jose City is about 1 million.

(  ) The nickname Capital of Silicon Valley is from 1980.

(  ) San Jose is the second civilian town in the Spanish colony.

(  ) San Jose concentrates a lot of technology expertise.

PART B. Match the columns.

( 1 ) largest ( 2 ) entertainment ( 3 ) valuable ( 4 ) expertise ( 5 ) booming ( 6 ) enterprise ( 7 ) earn

( ) entretenimento ( ) ganhar ( ) empresa ( ) maior ( ) valioso ( ) conhecimento ( ) em expansão

PART C. Name some attractions of San Jose city.

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PART D. Why San Jose earned its nickname, Capital of Silicon Valley?

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PART E. Which places would you like to visit in San Jose?

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PART F. Talk to a classmate.

1. Você já tinha alguma informação sobre San Jose antes de ler o texto? O que você aprendeu? 2. Você considera importante informações como esta? Por quê?

Adapted from “Take your Time 3” by Rocha and Ferrari.

Talk about yourself

Hey guys, talk about yourselves...

http://www.english-at-home.com/speaking/talking-about-likes-and-dislikes-in-english/
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-likes-dislikes.php

Let's do it!!!!

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