Reading 1 Vocabulary
Reading 2 Vocabulary
Reading Content
Simple Present Tense
There is ... There are ...
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What word best matches this photo?

a. cool

b. unusual

c. bright

cool

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What word best matches this picture?

a. gas

b. light

c. traditional

light

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True or False: The Keret House in Poland is an unusual house because it is very wide.

False (it's VERY narrow, only one meter from one side to the other!)

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He ____ (build) houses for his job.

a. build

b. builds

c. building

builds

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____ a washing machine in my house.

a. There is

b. There are


There is

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They want to _____ a pool for their house.

a. hope 

b. show

c. build

build

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I _____ the house is bright.

a. build

b. hope

c. show

hope

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True or False: Living "off the grid" means that you do not get gas or elecricity from a utility company.

True

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The house _____ (use) a lot of electricity.

a. use

b. uses

c. using

uses

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_____ a lot of windows in our house.

a. There is

b. There are

There are

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There is a river _____ my window.

a. inside

b. outside

c. without

outside

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Please _____ me how you built your new house.

a. build

b. hope

c. show

show

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Why are the homes in Coober Pedy, Australia underground?

a. the people there are afraid of bright sun light

b. underground homes stay cooler in the hot weather

c. they don't have enough money to build regular homes

b.underground homes stay cooler in the hot weather

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They _____ (live) in an unusual house.

a. live

b. lives

c. living

live

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_____ any trees outside this house.

a. There is

b. There are

c. There isn't

d. There aren't

There aren't

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What word can we use to describe where the cat is?

inside (the box)

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What word can we use to describe a thing inside our home that helps us do work more easily?

machine

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Why does Thomas Culhane teach people about his way of living?

a. because he makes a lot of money as a teacher

b. because he feels like he is smarter than everyone else in the world

c. because his mother told him that he must do it

d. because he wants to be an example for protecting the environment

d. because he wants to be an example for protecting the environment

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My living room _____ (have) a lot of lights.

has

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_____ an unusual house in your town?

a. There is

b. There are

c. Is there

d. Are there

Is there

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What adjective did we learn in Unit 2 that best describes this house?

unusual

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What word can we use to describe a bad situation?

problem

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We read about unusual homes in FIVE different countries.

Tell me FOUR of the FIVE countries!

Serbia, Poland, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia

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In English, when do we use simple present tense of verbs?

1. To tell ____ and _____ information that is true.

2. To tell ____ and _____ that happen frequently.

1.To tell facts and general information that is true.

2. To tell habits and routines that happen frequently.

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What is There is / There are used for in English?

a. to say that something exists in a place

b. to tell your opinion or idea about something

c. to change the topic of a conversation 

a. to say that something exists in a place 

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