places OR buildings in town
HELLO 5th graders! We are going to start a new unit; unit 3: Getting around town
The TOPICS of this new unit are:
- 1. VOCABULARY:
- PLACES or BUILDINGS in a VILLAGE, TOWN or CITY (museum, square, town hall, hospital, supermarket, market, post office, shopping centre, hotel, bus/train station, airport, cinema, theatre, restaurant, café, sports centre, school, etc.
- EMOTIONS / FEELINGS (and some other adjectives divided in opposites): happy-sad, bored-excited, friendly-unfriendly, worried-relaxed, funny-boring, fast-slow, etc.
2. GRAMMAR:
- GIVING DIRECTIONS: Go straight on, turn left/right, go past the (school/park/…), the shopping centre is on your left/right. – Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the train station? – Yes, sure! Turn right and then go straight on until you go past the hotel. Then the station is on your left. – Thank you! – You are welcome!
- PAST SIMPLE: THERE WAS /THERE WERE
- PAST SIMPLE of the verb TO BE: I was, You were, He/She/It was, We were, You were, They were
vocabulary
PLACES or BUILDINGS in a town or city
Let’s sing a song about the places you can find in the city!
Now, it’s time for you to read and take a look to the following PICTURE DICTIONARY about different places that you can find in a CITY.
EMOTIONS / FEELINGS (adjectives)
Talking about EMOTIONS or FEELINGS is learning ADJECTIVES. And the best way of learning or practicing adjectives is in pairs of OPPOSITES.
Let’s sing a song now about being thankful for all the people and things we’ve got.
GRAMMAR
GIVING DIRECTIONS
First of all I want you to watch a video. It is very old, but I really like it.
THERE WAS / THERE WERE
All about grammar – Past simple: there was / there were
We often use THERE WAS / THERE WERE + NOUN when we talk about PLACES in the PAST.
AFFIRMATIVE +
- There was A school in my street. (SINGULAR = ONLY 1 SCHOOL )
- There was A bus station in my neighborhood. (SINGULAR = ONLY 1 BUS STATION)
- There were SOME shops in the village. (PLURAL = 2 or MORE SHOPS)
- There were SOME museums in Cuenca. (PLURAL = 2 or MORE MUSEUMS)
NEGATIVE –
- There wasn’t A school in my street (SINGULAR = 0 SCHOOLS)
- There wasn’t A bus station in my neighborhood. (SINGULAR = ONLY 1 BUS STATION)
- There weren’t ANY shops in the village. (PLURAL = 2 or MORE SHOPS – NEGATIVE = 0 HOTELS)
- There weren’t ANY museums in Cuenca. (PLURAL = 2 or MORE MUSEUMS)
PAST SIMPLE of verb TO BE