School objects

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1. Look around your classroom. In one minute, write as many school objects as you can. Discuss your list with a class.

2. Complete the rhyme with the school words. The first letter is given. Listen and check your answers.

Hello, hello! School starts! Hello, hello! Isn’t it fun? Whiteboards and b_ _ _ _boards And d_ _ _ _ for my friends. T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in my schoolbag And coloured p_ _ _. A r_ _ _ _ _ and a ruler, A p_ _ _ _ _, just in case, Where do they come from?

Oh, from my pencil case. What do you sit on? I sit on a c_ _ _ _. Where can you see Britain? On the m_ _ over there. What’s in the corner? There’s a rubbish-b_ _ . N_ _ _ _ and waste p_ _ _ _ All go there in. Hello, hello! School starts! Hello, hello! Isn’t it fun!?

3. Look at the picture of a classroom. Tick the items you can see.

☐ globe ☐ scissors ☐ microscope ☐ schoolbag ☐ dictionary ☐ blackboard ☐ bookmark ☐ notebook ☐ bookshelf ☐ sharpener ☐ pen ☐ desk ☐ paper ☐ eraser ☐ pencil ☐ clock ☐ ruler ☐ crayon ☐ map ☐ TV-set

4. Read the sentences and say if they are true (T) or false (F) according to the picture.

1) There is a map of the world. 2) There are five students at the desks. 3) There is a teacher at the board. 4) There are three windows in the classroom. 5) There is a clock on the wall. 6) There are six books on the teacher’s desk. 7) There is a flowerpot on the windowsill. 8) There are ten pictures in the classroom.

graMMar there is/there are

5. Study the table and make the sentences from ex. 4 negative and interrogative.

Rule!

Forms Long Short singular plural singular plural

Affirmative: there is there are there’s there’re Negative: there is not there are not there isn’t there aren’t Interrogative: is there? are there? – –

6. Work in pairs. Look around and make up true sentences about the objects in your classroom.

Ex.: There are 15 desks and 30 chairs. There is a whiteboard.

Remember!

We use there is +a/an for one person or thing. Ex: There is a table and an apple on it. We use there are for two or more people or things. We use numbers when we count people or things. Ex: There are two books on the table.

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7. Read the list of school places. What do you do there? Match the places with the activities.

1) library a) chat with friends 2) gym b) play sports 3) music room c) eat lunch 4) art room d) have school meetings 5) canteen e) do arts and crafts 6) concert hall f) borrow books to read 7) corridor g) spend break times 8) school yard h) learn to play instruments, sing or dance

8. Read the text and complete it with there is/there are.

WELCOME TO GREENHILLS SECONDARY SCHOOL

Hi! Look, ____ my school in the photo! It is really modern and has got everything we need for studying.

Our classrooms are light and comfortable. ____ a smart board, a video projector in each class and a desk with a chair for each student.

In the corridors, ____ lockers for our bags, coats and personal things.

The school yard is our favourite place. ____ a nice sitting area with picnic tables and benches.

In our school library we can borrow CDs and DVDs. Also, ____ e-library and free wi-fi, too. We can read online magazines or save audiobooks on a flash drive.

In the laboratory ____ posters, 3D models and tools for our Science lessons. ____ glasses of different shape for experiments and a human skeleton. ____ a microscope for each student, too.

In the Computer lab ____ about 20 laptops and 10 personal computers, too. Also, we can bring our own device and connect it to the school Internet network.

Our school Music room is great. ____ many musical instruments. ____ headphones and electronic keyboards for each student.

____ 30 arts and crafts to do in our Art room: from simple painting to Paper Mache or drawing comics.

In the school gym ____ a lot of sports objects like balls, hula hoops and bats. But, ____ no a swimming pool in the school. Outside ____ tables for ping pong and ____ a playground.

In the Concert hall ____ a stage, two speakers and 4 microphones.

Our canteen is now online! ____ a program for our smartphones and we can see a full menu with the school meals and snacks.

9. Complete the sentences according to the text.

1) My school is new/modern. 2) The desks and the chairs are in the class/in a corridor. 3) You can use a computer in the school library/ IT lessons. 4) In the Science lab, there is a microscope/microphone. 5) Music room has got audiobooks/ electronic keyboards. 6) Speakers and headphones are in the Сoncert hall/Music room. 7) A school canteen is wifi/online.

10. Look at the pictures and find these objects in the text. Which of them are there in your school rooms? Discuss in pairs, use the example.

Ex: There is a whiteboard and a projector in our computer lab. There isn’t a football field in our school.

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11. What do you use them for? Listen to the riddles and guess the object or tech tool.

Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5

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12. Play a game. Think of an object, make up three sentences to describe it, but don’t name it. Let your partner guess what the thing is.

It’s a drawing. There’re countries, mountains, rivers and seas on it. It’s on the wall in our classroom.

Is it a map?

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13. Work in pairs. Ask your partner about the places in your school.

– Is there a library in your school? – Yes, there is. – What is there in your school library? – There are many bookshelves.

1) Is there a (place) … in our school? 2) What is / are there in the … (place)? 3) … there any (objects / people) in…?

– Are there CDs or DVDs in your library? – No, there aren’t.

14. Compare your school with the Greenhills School.

There is a school band in my school, but there isn’t a Music room. There are lockers for students in Greenhills, but there isn’t a dance studio.