There's a set of very sensible activities you can use to teach there is/there are to adult lower levels. But sometimes you've given it all your best shots and you realise your students still need some practice with it. But if you use your old activities they'll feel like they're not making any progress , plus maybe they just need a bit of practice and a whole thing based on it might just be too boring for them.
Or maybe you just wanna be original.
Pretty straightforward: use Rorschach inkblots. If you don't know what they are, check here. Have students work in pairs and give each pair a different inkblot. Give them a couple of minutes to describe what they see using there is/there are. When the two or three minutes are over, ask them to give their inkblot to the pair next to them, clockwise; and have them discuss the new picture.
What I like to do is focus on the structure for the first two, then let them speak more freely, allowing them to ask you "how do you say..." questions.
It's always nice to finish off the activity with a bit of feedback on what the pictures mean. So find out about the test on Wikipedia, but be very very general! E.g. this is the card of love! This is the card of money! You don't want your class to turn into a shrink session.
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