THERE + BE

THERE IS / THERE ARE

We use there + be to talk about existence.

For example: 👉 There is a dog behind the door.        There are four cars in front of the school.

We use THERE IS in singular.  So we use the verb "is". In singular we may also use the indefinite articles "a/an" specially with countable nouns.

For example:

Countable noun: There is an old pencil in the box.

Uncountable noun: there is some fresh water in the refrigerator.

We use THERE ARE in plural. So we use the verb "are". In plural, we can't use the indefinite article, but we can use numbers instead from 2 and on... and we can also use the indefinite pronouns "some/any".

For example: 

Countable singular: There is a blue book on the shelf.

Countable plural: There are six new students in my class.   There are some cars on the corner.

EXERCISES:

1) SELECCIONE EL VERBO CORRESPONDIENTE PARA COMPLETAR LAS ORACIONES:

1- There isn'tisarearen't a box under the bed.

2- There isn'tisarearen't a cat on the wardrobe.

3- There isn'tisarearen't two dogs in the room.

4- There isn'tisarearen't  lots of CDs in the box.

5- There isn'tisarearen't a computer on the desk.

6- There isn'tisarearen't a lamp near the bed.

7- There isn'tisarearen't three jackets in the wardrobe.

8- There isn'tisarearen't two pillows on the bed.

2) COMPLETAR CON LAS PALABRAS FALTANTES:

1- There.............an...........student...........my...................

2- There...........some.............water.........the jug.

3- There............not............dust............the......................

4- There ...........some............dusters............the desk.

5- There ...........   any.............in the fridge.

6- ............there........red............in the...................?

7- .............there ..........apples............the table?

8- .............there ..........onion ...........the kitchen?

9- What...........there.........the desk?

10- ...........there........intelligent..................in your class?

3) ORDENE LAS SIGUIENTES PALABRAS PARA FORMAR ORACIONES:

1- Is/there/fridge/meat/some/the/in.

2- an/box/pencil/there/orange/is/the/in.

3- any/is/there/not/butter/the/fridge/in.

4- There/a/pet/black/your/in/is/house.

5- my/there/are/smart/class/some/in/students.

6- twenty/there/new/are/teachers/school/my/in/two.

7- small/there/ant/under/your/is/a/chair.

8- beautiful/some/horse/there/country/are/horses/the/in.

9- there/any/is/?/sand/in/house/your.

10- are/there/teddy bears/two/bed/the/on.