There is, there are

Lekce angličtiny ve virtuálním prostředí Languagelab

Grammar lesson: There is, there are

Students: Anibal Spot, Carlos Highwater, Joel, Marly Kroll, Fernny Ashland, Stephi, Megi00(Europe, Asia, Central America)

Teacher: Elaine Bergan (USA)

In this lesson we were describing pictures of animals. They were really cute and beautiful. There were various animals in the pictures. Here is the template that helped us with the description. Everyone chose a picture of an animal or animals.

1. Who or what is in the picture?

There is...

There are....

2. Describe the people and animals in the picture.

It is....

It has....

3. What colors do you see in the background?

The background is....

4. What is happening in the picture?

It is/they are...

5. What do you think of the picture?

I love it because...

I like is because ...

I don't like it because...

I hate it because...

Stephi chose a wolf – she, as a photographer liked the picture very much. It had a black background so the image of the wolf was very bold and distinctive.

Anibal had to describe a picture of a baby turtle – he said that the turtle looks like a survivor (an animal or a person that lives despite difficulties) even though it was just a baby. It was a very nice picture and a very calming one.

Joel spoke about two kangaroos on the beach. They looked happy just hopping on the beach. It was probably mother and its baby. The background was beautiful; just white sand and blue water.  

Shark and a diver – that picture looked quite dangerous and was probably taken by some other diver. It looked adventurous and many people said that they would like to try swimming with the sharks. (a phrase: to take a photo)

Man and a cow – that was Marly’s picture. She said that it was a horse at the beginning. She made a mistake it was a cow. She liked the picture. It was calming; it had lots of blue colour in the picture.

I had to describe a picture of chickens. It was a very colourful picture, probably taken in the evening when the sun was setting down. The sky was amazing full of pink, purple, yellow and orange. The chickens were happily running around in the green grass with a smile on their little faces. Well I don’t know this. They just looked really happy.

A grammar note: Indefinite article – A/AN

AN is used with a noun that begins with a vowel a, e, i, o, u

An alligator

A is used with a noun beginning with a consonant

A turtle

A chicken