Basic Civil Engineering first year Notes- Chapter 4 Building.pptx
There is and there are
1. Susana Angelica Cruz Sanchez
Denisse Lopez Barahona
THERE IS / THERE ARE
Universidad autónoma del Carmen
Facultad de Ciencias Educativas
Lic. Lengua Inglesa
23/11/2018
2. OBJETIVE
• The purpose of this document is that you can learn how to use
there is and there is, it is an easy subject but you may be using
it badly. Here we will show you its structure and its uses in a
very short lesson.
3. CONCEPT
• You probably know that the choice between is vs. are
depends on a noun. In most sentences, the noun
comes before the verb. But in sentences that begin with
there is and there are, the noun comes later.
4. USES
• We use there is before singular nouns
• We use there are before plural nouns
5. EXAMPLES
There is
There is a cat on the porch.
There is a new cafe in the centre of town which sells Indonesian food.
There are
There are many opportunities to learn at this company.
There are two new buildings next to the school. They are both science
buildings.
6. STRUCTURE
Affirmative Negative
Full forms Short forms Full forms Short forms
Singular There is There’s There is not There isn’t
Plural There are X There are not There aren’t
Questions Short answers
Singular Is there…? Yes, there is No, there isn’t
Plural Are there…? Yes, there are No, there aren’t
7. REFERENCES
• Stahl. (2018). there are and there is . 2018, de Cambridge University Press Sitio web:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/there-is-there-s-and-
there-are
• Ross. (2018). there is and there are . 2018, de Grammarly Inc Sitio web:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/there-is-there-are/
