Teacher Guide
Teach the meaning of 'there is' and 'there are' and explain that 'is' is used for singular objects and 'are' is used for plural objects. Practice these using objects in the room (e.g. there is one pencil on the desk, there are 2 windows...etc). Show them that to convert into the past, we simply change 'is' to 'was' and 'are' to 'were'. Explain the meaning of the listed quantifiers and have the students complete the sentences. Help them to form their own sentences following the structure of the other examples.
10mins: Introduction - 'Whats your name, how old are you, where are you from? What's one adjective that describes you? Have you got any brothers or sisters?'
10mins: Review: Was/were - the past tense of the verb 'to be'. Discuss which pronouns agree with which verb.
10mins: Game: You were there! A game to practice was/were:Have all students except for one stand in a line. Let student 1 look at the line for ten seconds then close their eyes while the others scramble the line and take a new position. The student opens their eyes then has to put them back into the original order saying 'You were there, he was there etc'.
10mins: Pre-teach: 'Also, many, a lot, some, one, only, nobody'. Describe the amount of things you can see in the classroom using these words.
15mins: Worksheet: page 10 - there was/were
05mins: Warm Down: Goodbye + points
Possible solutions
- were many/only
- was one
- was nobody
- were a lot
- was also
- were only/many