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Life Beginner Unit 9b

Is there ...?: Prepositions of place (opposite, in front of, between, behind)

Woman: Is there a cash machine near here? Guest: Excuse me.


Man: Yes, there is. It’s in Marlowe Street, Receptionist: Yes?
opposite the supermarket. Guest: Is there a restaurant in the hotel?
Woman: Thank you. Receptionist: Yes, there is. It’s on the first floor.
Man: You’re welcome. Guest: Is there a lift?
Receptionist: No, there isn’t. Sorry.

Presentation

Yes/No questions Short answers

cash machine near here? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t.
Is there a
restaurant in the hotel?

Prepositions of place
in (Marlow Street), on the (third) floor

opposite in front of between behind

Key vocabulary Places in town: café, cash machine, cinema, gym, hotel, office, restaurant, swimming pool,
supermarket, taxi rank
In a hotel: reception, lift, the ground/first/second/third floor

Exercises
1 Put the conversations in order.
Conversation 1 Conversation 2
Yes? Yes?
 Yes, there is. It’s behind the Thank you.
supermarket. No, there isn’t. But there’s a
Thank you. swimming pool on the third floor.
Is there a taxi rank near here? Excuse me.
1 Excuse me. You’re welcome.
You’re welcome. Is there a gym in the hotel?

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Beginner Unit 9b
Exercises
2 Look at the hotel lift and the questions. Write the answers.
1 Is there a restaurant in the hotel? Yes, there is. It’s on the first floor.
2 Is there a gym? No, there isn’t.
3 Is there a swimming pool?

4 Is there a café?

5 Is there a cash machine?

6 Where’s reception?

3 Read the answers and look at the map. Write the questions. Then listen and check.
1 Is there a cinema near here?
Yes, there is. It’s in Gill Street, next to the café.
2
Yes, there is. It’s next to the cinema.
3
Yes, there is. It’s in Burton Street, behind the café.
4
Yes, there is. It’s in Long Street.
5
Yes, there is. It’s opposite the cinema.
6
Yes, there is. It’s between the supermarket and the
restaurant.

4 Answer these questions about your town.


1 Is there a cinema? Where is it?
Yes, there is. It’s in Union Street opposite the pizza restaurant.
2 Is there a cash machine? Where is it?

3 Is there a supermarket? Where is it?

4 Is there a swimming pool? Where is it?

5 Is there a taxi rank? Where is it?

6 Is there an Italian restaurant? Where is it?

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