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there is / there are
Listening
questions short answers
In town
Is there a river in London? Yes, there is.
Is there a supermarket near here? No, there isn’t. • I can listen and identify key information.

Are there any banks on Oxford Street? Yes, there are.
1 Look at the map. Describe the location of
Are there any parks in Oxford Circus? No, there aren’t .
the four underground station exits A-D.
7 INTERFACE E.g. Exit A is next to the sports shop and opposite exit C.

Look at your house and the
places in the map. Practise asking and
answering, using Is there / Are there...?

Are there any parks in front of your house?

Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.

2 Ben is at one of the underground
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station exits and he's looking for Emily.

Listen to the dialogue. Which exit is he at?

3 Listen to Ben and Emily again.
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Pronunciation Choose the correct answers.

/a / 1 There are 4 / 5 underground exits.
The / /, /a /, / / are the most frequent sounds in the
English language. You hear them in words like the, 2 The traffic lights change every 2 / 2.5 minutes.
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mine and dear. 3 People have got 13 / 30 seconds to cross
the road diagonally.
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4 Emily is near the number 113 / 130 bus stop.
Note the , , sounds.
- There is a library in my town. 5 There are 200 / 2,000 people in front of Ben.
- The library is behind my house.
- There is a lake near here.

b Can you identify the , , sound
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in these sentences? Cars and buses run on the left
Listen and check your answers. in the UK. So, look right first when
you cross the road!
- There’s a bus stop in front of the bank.
- There are some mice beside my bike.
- This little monster has four ears so it can hear
very well any sounds near here.

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