UNIT
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There is / There are AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
There is a table. There is an apple. There are four desks.
There isn’t a table. There isn’t an apple. There aren’t four desks.
INTERROGATIVE
SHORT ANSWERS
Is there a table? Are there two books on the table?
Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t. Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
We use there is and there are to show the existence of people or objects. We use there is with singular nouns and there are with plural nouns. There is / There’s a book on the table. There are two cats in the garden. In a list, we use there is when the first noun is singular. There’s a table and four chairs. We use there are when the first noun is plural. There are four chairs and a table.
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Underline the correct option.
1 There isn’t / There aren’t a guitar in the bedroom. 2 There are / There is two cinemas in the town centre. 3 There is / There are a new bookshop in South Street. 4 This restaurant is very quiet. There isn’t / There aren’t many people here.
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5 A Are there a lot of museums in London? B Yes, there are. / there is. 6 There aren’t / There isn’t an apple tree in the garden. 7 There isn’t / There aren’t thirty days in October. 8 There is / There aren’t a Greek student in my class.
Look at the picture of a shop window and write sentences with There is / There are and the objects you can see. You can use the words in the box to help you. T-shirt jeans umbrella book tie sandals skirt hat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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_________________________________________________ There are two ties in the shop window. _________________________________________________. _________________________________________________. _________________________________________________. _________________________________________________. _________________________________________________. _________________________________________________. _________________________________________________.