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Unit 5. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. Exercise B #2 page70. I can get a hair cut at a barbershop. I can get some medicine or aspirin at a drugstore. 5. Reviewing Language A. Exploring Language. Examples:. compete / competition / competitors
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Unit 5 GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
Exercise B #2 page70 • I can get a hair cut at a barbershop. • I can get some medicine or aspirin at a drugstore.
Examples: compete / competition / competitors • McDonald's and Wendy's are ………….. They are both fast-food restaurants. • McDonald's and Wendy’s ……………for more customers. • The …………….between McDonald’s and Wendy’s is very strong.
Skills for ExpressionA. grammar: There is/ There are • We use there is or there are to describe something in the present. There is (1) Singular Count Noun (things we can count) table/ student (2) Non-Count Nouns (things we can not count) water/ snow / traffic Examples: There is a bank on my street. There is + bank There is a lot of traffic in Seoul. There is + traffic singular count noun non-count nouns
There are:There are + plural count noun • Examples: • There are a lot of students in my neighborhood. There are + (student) plural count noun
2. We use there was or there were to describe something in the past. • There was a bank on my street. • There was a lot of traffic in Seoul. • There were a lot ofstudentsin my neighborhood.
3. Use the contractions isn’t /aren’t and wasn’t / weren’t with there in the negatives. Present • There isn’t a bank on my street. • There isn’ta lot of traffic in Seoul. • There aren’ta lot ofstudentsin my neighborhood. Past: • There wasn’ta bank on my street. • There wasn’ta lot of traffic in Seoul. • There weren’ta lot ofstudentsin my neighborhood.
4. For Questions use: • (is / are) or (was/ were) + there Present • Isthere a bank on my street? • ISthere a lot of traffic in Seoul? • Are therea lot of students in my neighborhood? Past: • Wasthere a bank on the my street? • Wasthere a lot of traffic in Seoul? • Weretherea lot ofstudentsin my neighborhood?
Use any with yes/ no questions about plural nouns and non-count nouns.
5. Do not confuse there is and there are with there. There means” in that location” • Example: Seoul is a beautiful city. There are some beautiful parks there. (in Seoul)
Practice: • There ____ a lot of water on the carpet. is are • There ____ two possible answers. wasn’t weren’t
B. Style: Describing a place using spatial order. • What is spatial order? It means organizing ideas by location or place. • For example: • You go from left to right • From up or down • From around or across
Use prepositions to show location: across (from) in front of on the right around the corner (from) next to to the left (of) behind on to the right (of) between • When you describe a place with spatial order, your reader will understand you more easily.