DESCRIBING MY TOOLS

There is- there are

There are seven days in a week.

There's a shovel in the garden

Singular

there is ... (there's) is there. . . ? there is not ...

(there isn’t or there's not)

Singular

There’s a shovel in the garden. There’s no traffic today. a : Do you have any money? b: Yes, there's some in my bag. a : Excuse me, is there a wheelbarrow? b: Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t. We can’t go to Bogotá. There isn't any car.

Plural

there are ... are th ere. . . ? there are not ...

(there aren't)

Plural

There are some excavators in the contruction. There are a lot of accidents on this road. a : Are there any helmets here? b: Yes, there are. / No, there aren't. This restaurant is very quiet. There aren't many people here. How many topographers are there in this class? There are 11 topographers in this class .

There is VS it is

There is a shovel in the garden(not It's a shovel in the garden)

I like this book . It’s interesting. (It = this book)

What's that noise?' 'It's a bus.' (It = that noise) There's a bus at 10.30. It’s a fast bus. (It = the 10.30 bus)

The articles a- an

there is a total station

it's an umbrella

He´s got a prism pole

a ... = one thing or person: Jenny works in a company. Do you have a wheelbarrow? I don't have a vest. There's a Topographer at Ruta 40.

an before a/e/i/o/u: Do you want an umbrella or a shovel? There was an interesting programme on TV last night. also an hour (h is not pronounced) but a university (pronounced yuniversity) a European country (pronounced yuropean)

We use a/an ... when we say what a thing or a person is. For example: The sun is a star. Football is a game. Dallas is a city in Texas. A mouse is an animal. It's a small animal. Joe is a very nice topographer.

We use a/an ... for jobs etc.: What's your job? I'm a topographer. (not I'm topographer) What does Ramon do? He's an engineer. Would you like to be a topographer at Ruta 40? Beethoven was a composer. Picasso was a famous painter.

Singular and plural

Sometimes we use a plural noun for one thing that has two parts. For example:

let´s practice