TEACHER’S NOTES I Draw, You Draw WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Activity Type Introduction Grammar, Speaking and Writing Activity: picture dictation, drawing, describing, forming and writing sentences, controlled and freer practice (pair work) In this There is and There are activity, students use There is/ are... to describe a picture of a room and draw a room picture by listening to another student's description. Focus Next, divide the students into two groups (A and B). Procedure Begin by reviewing the vocabulary from the worksheet with the class. There is/are... Give each student a corresponding worksheet. Prepositions of place Furniture vocabulary Students then draw the items from the box in the empty room picture on their worksheet. Aim The students in Group A draw a picture of a bedroom, and the students in Group B draw a picture of a living room. To use There is/are... to describe a picture of a room and to draw a room picture by listening to another student's description. Preparation Make one copy of the two worksheets for each pair of students. Level Pre-intermediate (A2) Time 30 minutes Next, students pair up with someone from the other group. Tell the students not to show their worksheets to each other. Student A then describes their bedroom picture to their partner using There is/are... and prepositions of place, e.g. 'There's a bed under the window.' Student B listens and draws the picture on their worksheet. When Student A has finished describing their picture, the two students swap roles. When the pairs have finished, they check their work by comparing pictures. Afterwards, in their pairs, students write There is/are... sentences about both pictures. Finally, review the sentences by having the students show their pictures and read out their sentences. Note: This resource can be edited using a PDF editor. Teach-This.com © 2021 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. THERE IS / THERE ARE I Draw, You Draw WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Student A A. Draw the items from the box in the bedroom picture. a bed two shelves a pillow a lamp two chairs a desk a computer a wardrobe three books three plants two pictures Bedroom picture B. Describe your bedroom picture to your partner using There is/are... Example: There's a bed under the window. There are two... C. Now, listen to Student B's description and draw the living room picture. Living room picture D. Compare your pictures with your partner. Then, working together, write There is/ are sentences about the two pictures. Teach-This.com © 2021 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. THERE IS / THERE ARE I Draw, You Draw WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Student B A. Draw the items from the box in the living room picture. a sofa two pictures a TV a coffee table two coffee cups a chair two lamps a bookcase two plants a clock three books Living room picture B. Now, listen to Student A's description and draw the bedroom picture. Bedroom picture C. Describe your living room picture to your partner using There is/are... Example: There is a sofa in the middle of the room. There are two... D. Compare your pictures with your partner. Then, working together, write There is/ are sentences about the two pictures. Teach-This.com © 2021 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
