Keyword: there Independent learning: Guessing what words mean Put the words in order to make sentences with there + be. 1 There / natural beauty / ’s / too / a lot of / . 2 There / second-hand stalls / some / just over there / are / . 3 There / less traffic / ’ll / be / in 2050 / on the roads / . Notice the difference between there and it/they in examples A and B below. Which highlighted words: 1 introduce new ideas? 2 refer back to earlier ideas? A There’s a café round the corner. It opens at ten. B There are lots of lovely parks to go to. They’re usually free. Complete Ela’s description of her flat with there (2x), it (2x) and they (1x). Write a description of your home and favourite room, like Ela’s. Listen to each other’s descriptions. What are other people’s favourite rooms? Why? You can also use there to avoid repeating places. Replace a group of words in 1–5 with there. 1 I love the Golden Lion café. I go to the Golden Lion there quite often on my way home. 2 My favourite room at home is the kitchen. We do everything in the kitchen, cooking, talking, everything. 3 I usually arrive at work at the same time every day. I usually get to work at eight-thirty. 4 When I need to relax, I go to the river near my house. I probably go to the river once or twice a week. 5 I spend a lot of time at my parents’ house. I stay at my parents’ house two or three times a week. Change the sentences in 25a so they’re true for you. Then compare your sentences. Example: I spend a lot of time at my friend’s house. I go there almost every day. 23 24 a b Well, in our flat (1) are six rooms. (2) ’s a living room, and two bedrooms – (3) ’re quite big – and we also have a study, a kitchen and a bathroom. I suppose my favourite room is the study. (4) ’s also the smallest room, but (5) ’s the room that I really feel is mine. I don’t just work in the study; I also like to lie on the sofa and listen to music. c d 25 a b What do you do when you see a word you don’t know? Do you: ■■ look the word up in a dictionary? ■■ google it? ■■ ask your teacher? ■■ ask someone else in class? ■■ try to guess what the word means? 26 115 Language skills Extras Explore 9 People and places Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigen um d s Verlags öbv
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