Right use of there is and there are.

1. THERE IS AND THERE ARE

2. we use "there is" or "there are" to talk
about things we can see and things that
exist.

3. • We use “there is” for singular and uncountable
nouns
• For example: “There is a television in the living
room.” (singular countable noun)

4. USE OF SOME
• There is some milk in the fridge.” (uncountable
noun)

5. • with singular countable nouns we use a/an, the, or
another determiner or pronoun – not “some”.
• For example:
“There is a woman in the shop.”

6. • we use “there are” for plural countable
nouns.
• For example: “There are five people in
the office.” (plural countable noun)

7. • “There are some people in the office”
Plural uncountable noun (we don’t know how many
people but we know they are in the office)

8. COUNTABLE NOUNS
• Countable nouns are nouns that you can count. This means you
can have a singular and plural form.
• For example, one apple or two apples.
• Remember: with singular, countable nouns there is always an
article.
An apple, my apple, the apple, this apple, etc (not just "apple".)

9. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
• Uncountable nouns are nouns that you cannot count. This
means that there is no plural form. Uncountable nouns
are usually:
• – concepts (life, love, happiness, peace, advice,
information. time, money)
– materials and substances (wood, paper, iron, bread)
– liquids (water, coffee)

10. USE OF ANY
• For uncountable nouns, use “any” after the
negative “isn't”, and for plural countable nouns
use “any” after “aren't”.

11. FOR EXAMPLE
• There isn't any money in my wallet
• There aren't any students in the
classroom