There is - are
In British English, "there is" has a much common use in daily conversations.
Today we will study on "there is - are" and exercise with the various examples in the end.
There is / There are
If we want to say that something exists or doesn't exist somewhere or at some time, we often use "there + be". It is often used to talk about something for the first time in a conversation.
- There is a cup on the table.
- There is a restaurant next to the shop.
- There is not anyone in the house.
- There are not any banks in the street.
- Is there a supermarket around here?
- Are there any eggs on the shelf.
In theory, we use "there is + singular" and "there are + plural".
- There is a car in the street.
- There are two cars in the street.
But we very, very often use there is + plural and singular when we are speaking. This is so common that it is not a mistake. We must use the short form here.
- There is a car in the street.
- There is two cars in the street.
We can use "there" with all tenses of be.
- There were many good candidates for the job.
- There won"t be a cake at the party.
- There have been a lot of accidents today.
- Will there be a train at 6 o'clock?
- There hasn't been much rain these days.
We usually use "there + be" with a / an / some / any / no / much / many / a lot of and other various indefinite words.
We don't usually use it with "the" or proper names.
- There is a dog in the garden.
- There is the dog in the garden.
- There is a boy outside.
- There is Sam at the door.
Exercises.
Try to build question senteces and below given examples in different tenses.
- There is a blue skirt on the bed.
- There is not a blue skirt on the bed.
- There are two melons in the kitchen.
- There are not two melons in the kitchen.
- There is a green apple on the floor.
- There is not a green apple on the floor.
- There is some bananas in the fridge.
- There is not any bananas in the fridge.
- There is a boy at the door.
- There is not a boy at the door.
- There are many leaves in the garden.
- There are not many leaves in the garden.
- There is a bear in the forest.
- There is not a bear in the forest.
- There was a car at the parking lot.
- There was not a car at the parking lot.
- There were a group asking for you.
- There were not a group asking for you.
- There was some money in my hand.
- There was not any money in my hand.
- There was a time I was young.
- There was not a time I was young.
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