Describing countries with there is/ are games
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Using there is and there are to describe and guess different parts of the world
Lesson Plan Content:
Describing countries with there is/ are games
There is/ are guess the country game
Choose one country and give hints about things in that place until your partner guesses where you are going.
Ask about any places you don’t understand, working together to talk about things in that country each time.
Describing countries with there is/ are brainstorming games
Choose one country. Take turns making statements about what is there until someone says something that isn’t usually there or has no more ideas.
Make one statement with There is/ are and take turns trying to think of countries which match that statement.
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Suggested countries to describe
- Australia
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Egypt
- France
- Germany
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Mexico
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Peru
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- The Netherlands/ Holland
- The Philippines
- The UK/ The United Kingdom/ Britain/ England
- The USA/ The US/ The United States/ America
- Vatican City
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Suggested descriptions
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In the country that I’m going to
Where I’m going |
there is
there are |
no n’t any n’t a a an one two three few not many some many so many hundreds … hundred thousands … thousand millions … million over a billion
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bear beaver bicycle big city big clock big statue carnival castle circle on the flag cold day colour on the flag cow cyclone desert earthquake elephant emperor English speaker F1 team famous actor famous building famous car famous food famous pop group famous river famous rock band famous … band famous singer famous soccer team festival in March festival in… (potato/…) farm forest/ wood/ tree hedgehog holiday in January holiday in… hot day hot spring island jungle kangaroo king kiwi koala (big) lake llama/ alpaca |
monkey moon on the flag (tall) mountain oil well old building old car old… (famous) palace pan pipe panda penguin polar bear president pyramid queen rainy day reindeer (sushi/…) restaurant rice fields rickshaw sheep (IKEA) shop …shop shrine snowy day spicy food sports car star on the flag statue of… stripe on the flag sun on the flag sunny day tall building tall tower temple (famous) tower traditional costume (cherry/…) tree tulip typhoon (active) volcano (famous) waterfall windmill World Heritage site writer zebra |
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