Jun 27, 2010

Girl, Interrupted: Short Answers and Questions with There + to be

Angelina Jolie's amazing acting makes this movie stand out others. This scene is perfect topractice the verb there to be in a contextualized way. My students enjoyed it a lot!




A. Talk to a partner. Check the items that you think there is in a psychiatric institution.


( ) Several floors
( ) an art room
( ) a living room
( ) a gym
( ) phones
( ) a nurse's station
( ) a swimming pool
( ) classrooms
( ) a TV room
( ) bedrooms
( ) a post office

B. Now watch the segment about Susanna's (Winona Rider) first day at the institution. Check the items that you can find there.

C. Now ask questions using the items in exercise A. Make sure you use Is there... and Are there... in your questions. Your partner should answer with Yes, there is or No, there aren't.

Ex:
S1: Are there several floors there?
S2: Yes there are.


S2: Is there an art room there?
S1: Yes, there is.




D. Think about an ideal hospital. In your opinion, what is there and what isn't there in an excellent hospital? Use there is (not) or there are (not) to describe it.

WORKSHEET


MOVIE SEGMENT DOWNLOAD - GIRL, INTERRUPTED


6 comments:

Raquel Lavilla-Pimentel said...

Also very good to practise "rooms of a house"; I actually combined both (vocabulary + building questions with there is/there are) and worked perfectly!!

Claudio Azevedo said...

Thanks, Raquel. Very good idea and suggestions. See you.

Aline said...

Perfect teacher Claudio!
It was so useful for beginners who are learning to be, this/these, room names and wh-questions! Thanks a lot.
Congratulations for your work.
hugs from Sampa.

Unknown said...

Greetings!
I have been looking for this video somewhere else but I can't find it. I can't download it from the page , and I do not know why because I can download others. Is there any other way to find it?

Thanks!

Claudio Azevedo said...

Aline, it has been fixed. Thanks.

Claudio Azevedo said...

Sorry, I had meant Carolina.