at the playground, at the library, at the supermarket, at the police station, at the bus stop, at the fire station, at the park, at the amusement park, at the museum, at school, at the restaurant, at the train station, at the airport, at the zoo, at the hospital

large flash cards

multilingual handouts:      

Places PowerPoint flashcards

I use these to introduce 'they' and 'at'   "Where are they?"  "They're at the airport." But it can be used as is, "What's this?  It's a supermarket."

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places worksheets

Tools for Educators is a website developed by MES with worksheet generators to make vocabulary and language building teaching materials, using the images from these flashcards. There are simple spelling, matching, reading and writing worksheet makers as well as communicative games, vocabulary handouts and fun activities to print. Check the main site for all options, but here are a few of the more popular worksheet templates available:

123 Listening is a website developed by MES with Dream English. It has free listening tests to download with matching audio. There are listening worksheet makers you can use to make custom listening tests as well. They also use the same vocabulary sets and images to match these flashcards.

MES Games is an online ESL games site for students. There are vocabulary building games, spelling games, grammar games and more. Students can listen to native speakers, answer questions and practice online to help with vocabulary retention and use.

Places flashcards set 2: preview these cards

the city/downtown, the suburbs, the countryside, the post office, a movie theater, a coffee shop, the bank, a garage, the aquarium, jail, the arcade, the hair salon/beauty salon, a clothing store, a farm, a travel agency, a fast-food restaurant, the pharmacy/drug store, the dump

 large flash cards, medium cards, small cards, bingo cards, a handout

same cards with b/w backings medium cards, small cards, bingo cards

Places 2 PowerPoint flashcards

For more places around town take a look at the part-time job set 1

Mark's note: After students have finished nature sets 1 and 2 plus  places set 1, I introduce 'There is/are ~ .'

There is/are:

These are four large pictures I use to introduce the grammar.  Introduction Set  I let the students look at the pictures for 30 seconds, memorize the picture and then I take it away.  The students then tell me everything they can remember, the There is/There are game.   I give one point for each correct answer and for older children I take away one point for repeating something that was already said.

I have 52 pictures spread over 2 documents.  Practice Set 1    Practice Set2  Students can use the cards and try to name 4 things they see.  'There is a cat (under the tree.)'  This can be done as a relay race or timed activity (see how many cards you or your group can complete in 1 minute.  Keep a record of times/# of cards and award improvement.  This will increase fluency and also keeps children from getting bored with the same cards.  Both sets are quite large 2mb.

Here are 2 sets of find the differences pictures.  These are great for practicing 'There is no ~ .' and 'but.'

There is a bus stop here, but there is no bus stop here.

I have 4 pages of

There is and There are worksheets

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