ENGLISH I, BLOCK IV “UNITS OF MEASUREMENT”
THERE IS & THERE ARE
Activity 1 listening and reading
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¿Cómo se utiliza el There is y there are?
'There is: se utiliza con los sustantivos contables en singular y
con sustantivos incontables.
'There are: se utiliza con los sustantivos contables en plural
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1. Use of there is, there are in sentences and questions
Singular Plural
Affirmative sentences There is a cat in the room. There are two cats in the room.
There is not a cat in the room There are not two cats in the room.
Negative sentences
There is no cat in the room. There are no cats in the room.
Questions Is there a cat in the room? Are there two cats in the room?
2. Contracted forms of there is, there are
Contactions are only possibe from there is – there's
The form there're is not used.
Do not form contracted forms in questions with is there/are there.
Singular Plural
Affirmative sentences There's a cat in the room. There are two cats in the room.
There's not a cat in the room.
There are not two cats in the room.
Negative sentences There isn't a cat in the room.
There's no cat in the room. There are no cats in the room.
Questions Is there a cat in the room? Are there two cats in the room?
► In informal English you may hear the contracted form there's used with plural nouns. This is grammatically
not correct.
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There is or There are – Exercise
Task No. 1743
Choose There is or There are from the drop down menu to complete the sentences. Mind
singular or plural of the nouns.
Do you need help?
there is – there are
1. a bag on the table.
2. a calendar on the wall.
3. two posters in my room.
4. a banana in this basket.
5. six chairs in the kitchen.
6. lots of books on the shelf.
7. a mirror in our hall.
8. 12 cushions on the sofa.
9. a big wardrobe in my sister's bedroom.
10. children in the yard.
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