April 17 A1 There is/ There are

Guess the place

There is / There are

• We use there is to say that something exists or is located in a place.

There is a bridge in the park.

• We use there is for singular nouns and there are for plural nouns.

There is a restaurant in the station. There are two cafés in the shopping centre.

• We can say there's instead of there is.

There is a restaurant in the station. > There's a restaurant in the station. There are two cafés. > There're two cafés.

• When we are speaking informally and make a list of things, we often use there is or there's instead of there are.

There's a café, a supermarket and a bus stop on my street.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/a1-a2-grammar/using-there-there-are

Negative

• For negatives, we use there isn't or there's not (= there is not) for singular and there aren't (= there are not) for plural.

There isn't a pharmacy near the hotel. There aren't any restaurants near the hotel.

• To show that the negative is important, we also often use there is no + uncountable noun and there are no + plural noun. (It is possible to use there is no + singular noun, but it's not as common.)

There's no milk. There are no toilets in the park.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/a1-a2-grammar/using-there-there-are

Interrogative

• For questions, we say Is there for singular nouns and uncountable nouns and Are there for plural nouns.

Is there a café near here? Is there any milk in the fridge? Are there any toilets in the park?

• To answer, we say Yes, there is or No, there isn't, or Yes, there are or No, there aren't.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/a1-a2-grammar/using-there-there-are

sugar

sugar

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/a1-a2-grammar/using-there-there-are

A) Complete the sentences:

1. There _____ some movie theaters in this city. 2. There _____ a swimming pool the city. 3. There _____ a bridge in this village. (Negative) 4. _____ there a library near here? 5. There _____ two malls in this city. (Negative 6. There _____ a lot of parks in this city 7._____ there any theaters here? 8. There _____ no racetracks in this city. 9. There _____ any sugar in the house. 10. ____ there any coffee in the restaurant?

Tell me about your hometown.