1. The Perfect House
[BEGINNING OF INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION (Screens 3-14)] JA: Title needs to fit in box better.
Screen 3. Screens 3-14 are part of Interactive chart to follow the static charts (Screens 1-2).
Notes:
Set “Unit 27. There is / There are” at top left of screen. (There was / There were should NOT be part of title)
Increase size of “The Perfect House” and keep illustration.
See design notes.
Cut all other text.

2. Honey, I found the perfect house. You are going to love it.
Our New House
Honey, I found the perfect house. You are going to love it.
Oh, that’s great!
Tell me all about it.
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3. Our New House There’s air conditioning. There is a big backyard.
There are good schools nearby.
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4. There is air conditioning.
Present Singular
Use there is or there’s to state facts about a person or thing.
There is a big backyard.
There is air conditioning.
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5. Present Plural Use there are if the noun is plural.
There are a lot of windows.
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There are good schools nearby.

6. The Perfect House
There isn’t a fireplace, but there’s a big space for my flat screen TV.
There aren’t any trees, but there’s a big driveway for my car.
There’s even an extra bedroom for my mother!
… but there’s a basketball court.
Is there a swimming pool?
Hmmm Great.
Are there trees in the yard?
Is there a fireplace?
There isn’t a swimming pool…
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7. Negative
To state a negative fact, you can use there isn’t a/an or there aren’t any.
present singular
There isn’t a garage.
present plural
There aren’t any trees in the yard.
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[Reword:
To state a negative fact, you can use there isn't a/an (4 words bold italics) or there aren't any (3 words bold italics) ]: OLD notes, just leaving in case I’m supposed to. Looks like change already made.
present singular
There isn’t a fence.
present plural
There aren’t a lot of neighbors.

8. Contractions Use there’s in speaking and informal writing.
There’s a basketball court.
There’s even an extra bedroom for my mother.
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9. Practice 1 Mrs. Chan’s History Class Quiz Students Homework Readings
Look at the information about Mrs. Chan’s class. Make sentences using there is, there are and information about this class.
Practice 1
Mrs. Chan’s History Class
Quiz
Students
Homework
Readings
This Week 18
very little
many
Example:
This week, there isn’t a quiz.
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This week, there are 18 students.
This week, there is very little homework.
This week, there are many readings.

10. Questions Put is or are before there to make a question.
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Are there mice in the house?
Is there a swimming pool?

11. Are there any problems in the basement?
Short Answers
Use there in questions and short answers.
No, there aren’t.
Is there a porch?
Yes, there is.
Are there any problems in the basement?
Screen 13: Need to change all questions/answers to present tense, as past tense not covered in unit (Are there instead of were there / are OR aren’t instead of were OR weren’t / Is there instead of Was there / is OR isn’t instead of was OR wasn’t)
[For instance, for the first sample here, should be: Are there any problems in the basement / No, there aren’t.

12. Are there lots of houses in your neighborhood?
Ask a partner questions about his or her neighborhood. Use is there or are there and short answers.
Practice 2
Are there lots of houses in your neighborhood?
Example:
lots of houses
No, there aren’t.
a good school
many children
a highway five years ago
monuments
problems
cafés five years ago
an amusement park
noise
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[JA: Change the following from list on left side of screen to include more target vocab:
Change “restaurants” to “monuments”
Change “parks” to “an amusement park” ]