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Melina Maldonado Posted 15 years ago
Teaching
How to teach there isn't and there arent'
I don't know whether is good or not to teach 'not' or directly the contracted version 'n't'.. I have to teach there isn't and there aren't and I don't know how to begin with it.. It is better to contrast it with there is and there are?
Please someone can help me?
Thaks!
Please someone can help me?
Thaks!
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Hello, Melina - and welcome to English Forums. It is good to teach the contracted (unstressed) and uncontracted (stressed) forms, both affirmative and negative, all together. Mix them around freely, because that's how learners will meet them in real life.
- Hello, Melina - and welcome to English Forums.
- It is good to teach the contracted (unstressed) and uncontracted (stressed) forms, both affirmative and negative, all together.
- Mix them around freely, because that's how learners will meet them in real life.
- 'There is/isn't/is not/are/aren't/are no t' are all forms of a semifixed phrase coming at the beginning of an utterance and whose sole purpose is to emphasize what is coming afterward: There's a fly in my soup.
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Hello, Melina - and welcome to English Forums.
It is good to teach the contracted (unstressed) and uncontracted (stressed) forms, both affirmative and negative, all together. Mix them around freely, because that's how learners will meet them in real life.
'There is/isn't/is not/are/aren't/are not' are all forms of a semifixed phrase coming at the beginning of an utteran
It is good to teach the contracted (unstressed) and uncontracted (stressed) forms, both affirmative and negative, all together. Mix them around freely, because that's how learners will meet them in real life.
'There is/isn't/is not/are/aren't/are not' are all forms of a semifixed phrase coming at the beginning of an utteran
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Hello Melina and welcome.
I completely agree with Mr M. I tend to use the contracted more but use my fingers to show the words and the stressing. So when contracting I count the two words as seperate eg there is, on my thumb and forefinger and repeat then bring them together and say there's and the continue with the sentence. I try to encouage contraction with the Ss as it makes them s
I completely agree with Mr M. I tend to use the contracted more but use my fingers to show the words and the stressing. So when contracting I count the two words as seperate eg there is, on my thumb and forefinger and repeat then bring them together and say there's and the continue with the sentence. I try to encouage contraction with the Ss as it makes them s
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