TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF 02

ASKING ABOUT PLACES 00

IN CONTEXT 5 - 8 min

1 2

Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

Where are they? Where are you?

in an office at work
in a museum at home
in a store at a friend’s home
in a park at a restaurant
in a church at a movie theater

What is it?
Office, home, garden, store, church, beach, castle, movie theater, monument,

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

VOCABULARY 5 - 8 min
Observe & answer the questions

in = inside an area 

at = a point on a map 

Is he at home? Is he in the museum?

a map Yes, he is. No, he isn’t

Is she at a movie theater? Is he in a church? Are they at a restaurant?

Is she at a friend’s home? Is he in the office? Are they in the park?

Is your colleague at work?

Are you in a conference-room?

ASKING QUESTIONS 12 - 15 min
Read the questions & choose the correct answer.
Example (in green): Am I at the store? No, I am not.
Yes- no questions with be

Questions Short answers

1. Am I at the store? I am I am not
2. Are you at the airport? you are you are not
3. Is he in a museum? he is. he is not.
4. Is + she at work? Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.*
5. Is it in the street? it is. it is not.
6. Are we in a cathedral? we are. we are not.
7. Are they at home? they are. they aren’t.*
* Only use contractions in negative short answers (No, it isn’t.) or in negative or positive sentences (He isn’t French. – They’re in Mexico.)

Match the questions and answers

1. Are people in the streets? A. No, we aren’t

2. Is your friend at home? B. Yes, she is.
3. Am I in a medieval cathedral? C. No, he isn’t.
4. Is Carol at home? D. Yes, they are.
5. Are you & your family at the restaurant? F. No, you are not.

Complete

Are they in the office? Is she at work? Are you in Hawaii?

No, they aren’t. Yes, she is. . No, I am not.

Is she in the store? Is it a store? Are we at home?

No, she isn’t. yes, it is. No, we aren’t

Complete the questions and write the answer.

Use a coma “,” and a period “.”
Examples: Are you and your friend at the theater? No, we are not.

1. ______ you in an apartment? No, _________.

2. ______ it in the city? Yes, ______________.
3. ______ you and your instructor in a conference-room? No, ___________ .
4. ______ your boss in the office? Yes, _______________.
5. ______ your colleagues with you? Yes, ______________.
6. ______ Seoul in Japan? No, ______________.
7. ______ I at church? No, _________________

WRITING 5-8 min

Write 3 yes-no questions. Use the words:

am – in – Moscow, Russia – you – I – is – my teacher - at – home – Time Square – the

museum – airport – office – it – work - are

1.
2.
3.

Listen to your instructor answer.

SPEAKING 5-8 min

You are lost in Florence, Italy.

Ask your instructor yes-no questions to find the monument where
you are at. (your teacher selects one place on the map.)
FLORENCE, ITALY
Places & Monuments
Dome

Football field / Stadium

Palace

Basilica Ste Mary of the

Holy Spirit

Basilica of the Most Holy

Annunciation

Uffizi Gallery
ASKING INFORMATION 12 - 15 min

Wh- questions with be

How old is it? It’s very old. / 20 years old. / recent (object).
Where is it? It’s in South/North/East/West of Paris.
What + is + it like? It’s great. / beautiful. / interesting.
What is it? It’s an amusement park. / a monument

How old are they? They’re very old. / young. / recent (object).
Where are they? They’re in Paris. / in France.
What + are + they like? They’re nice. / horrible. / boring.
What are they? They’re monuments.

Match

1. How old A name / type of place

2. Where B description
3. What C location
4. What….like? D age

Complete the questions

____________like? ________ is it?

It’s beautiful. It’s very old.
1. 2.

________ is it? ________ is it?

It’s a movie theater. It’s in the park.
3. 4.

__________they? ________ is it_____?

They’re in a museum. It’s a monument.
5. 6.
SPEAKING 5-8 min
1. Guess the monument by asking yes-no questions. Take turns.
1 2 3

Tower
A Monument
Statue
Church
Clock
B ? Europe
Asia
America
Island
C Africa

2. Ask yes-no questions and wh- questions about this place to choose the
correct answer:
Example: Is the monument from the eleventh century?

Monument’s name City Time

a. Windsor London from the eleventh century (1066)
b. Bodiam Robertsbridge from the fourteenth century (1385)
c. Tower of London London from the eleventh century (1066)
d. Blackpool Tower Blackpool from the nineteenth century (1894)