Grammar - THERE IS and TEHERE ARE

2. Observe the picture below

3. Is this road busy?
How do you know it is busy?
What do you see there?
What else do you see?

4. Let’s Learn
To describe things

5. Read the text below
This is my classroom. There are
many desks in my classroom but
there is no rubbish. There are many
students in this class and there is
one teacher.

6. there is vs. there are
ð Gunakan there is (there’s) untuk benda tunggal/satu
(singular)
There is one smartboard in my class.
There’s one rubbish bin here.
ð Gunakan there are (there’re) untuk benda
jamak/banyak/lebih dari satu (plural)
There are two brooms in my class.
There’re many students in school.

7. Singular vs. Plural
ð Singular adalah kata
benda yang bermakna
satu (tunggal).
ð Plural adalah kata benda
yang bermakna jamak.
Cara membentuk Plural
adalah menambahkan –s /
-es pada kata benda
tunggal Singular.
Singular
one pen
a book
one bike
this class
that box
one knife
a potato
Plural
two pens
many books
some bikes
these classes
those boxes
three knives
many potatoes

8. Plural (pengecualian)
Singular
child
foot
man
woman
sheep
fish
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-
Plural
children
feet
men
women
sheep
fish
scissors
trousers

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11. Summary
There is
Singular

12. Sources
Murphy, R. 2000. Essential Grammar in Use (2nd Edition).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Zaida, N. 2014. Bright – An English Course for Junior High
School Students. Jakarta: Erlangga