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Grammar and Linguistics > Help me please!!!
Help me please!!!
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Dannyngo
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Help me please!!!
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Hello everyone, I have a difficult point in my lesson plan...That is the question "Where is the bed?"...I am confused with the article "the" and "a" in this situation. I wanna begin my new lesson with the pattern "There �s a bed in the bedroom."...So,If I use the question "Where �s the bed? for the answer ""There �s a bed in the bedroom", is it right or wrong? I am not sure about the meaning of THE in the question "Where �s the bed" right here...So,anybody can explain for me about that more...Thank alot... |
25 Jul 2010
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jujuka
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For the question "Where �s the bed? The answer is : "IT is in the bedroom." In this case you speak about a specific bed which has been mentioned before.
In the sentence "There �s a bed in the bedroom" you state the existence of a bed.
When you know "there is a bed somewhere", you may ask the question: "Where is it/the bed?" and you answer: "It �s in the bedroom.
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25 Jul 2010
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Dannyngo
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Thank you a lot Mrs.Jujuka. That mean I should teach my students the pattern : "Where �s the bed? _It is in the bedroom" is more exactly than "Where �s a bed?"_There is a bed in the bedroom" right? |
25 Jul 2010
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Dannyngo
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So,If I wanna teach my students the new structure "There �s a bed in the bedroom". What kind of questions that I can make?...I mean I wanna find a question for the pattern "There �s...in the..." ??? Give me some guide please (^~^) |
25 Jul 2010
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juliag
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How about: What �s in the bedroom? |
25 Jul 2010
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kodora
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You can also ask:What is there in the bedroom? There is a bed/a chair...
Dora
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25 Jul 2010
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vfinney
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When we mention an object for the first time the indefinate article �a/an � is used. Whenever the object is mentioned again, the definate article �the � is used.
For example:
In my bedroom there is a bed, a dresser, a mirror and a TV. The bed is made of metal. The dresser is tall. The mirror is round. The TV is on top of the dresser.
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25 Jul 2010
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libertybelle
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The is used for a specific bed. (definite)
a bed is indeterminate bed - any bed. (indefinite)
The best answer, in my opinion is:
Where is the bed?
The bed is in the bedroom.
There �s is the spoken term for there is.
You need to make sure your students know that.
We use there is in written English and there �s in spoken English
and when quoting what people are saying in written English.
( articles (the/a/an are the first things young people often learn in many book systems.
I would suggest you get a grammar book Practical English by Michael Swan.)
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25 Jul 2010
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67Englishteacher
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To introduce "there is" I usually project a picture and I ask the students to DESCRIBE it, to give a DESCRIPTION, making sure they know some of the required vocabulary or at least that they �re able to ask for it ("what �s the English for...?"). And when they come up with "a bed", I give them the structure "there is a bed". I also introduce "there are" because at that stage they know the difference between "is" and "are". This way they easily understand the meaning of there �s/there �re.
Later I introduce questions like "is there..." or "what is there...". Hangman is a fun and easy way to practice "is there" ;) To meke the sentences more complex I also teach place prepositions around the same period, yielding sentences such as "there are three books on the shelf", "there �s a teddy bear on the bed" etc.
Hope this is ueful!
Good luck!
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25 Jul 2010
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Dannyngo
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Thank you a lot guys...Have a nice weekend to everybody (^_^) |
25 Jul 2010
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