diference between there is - there are

1. UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA
Division de Humanidades y
Bellas Artes
Materia: Recursos &
Materiales II
Alumno: Saaraim Navarrete
Torres
Profesora: Mireya Yánez
Hermosillo Son.
31/09/2014

2. USE OF:
THERE IS –
THERE ARE

3. Introduccion:
The next presentation will show
us the difference between using
THERE IS – THERE ARE, we will
learn different ways and
situations to use it. We will be
practicing a brief activity basing
us on some grammar notes.

4. Objective:
Show students the different
ways and situations in which
we can use THERE IS –
THERE ARE. By the end of the
lesson students will be able
to identify in which situation
we are going to use either
one or another.

5. GRAMMAR
NOTES

6. There is - There are
** We use there is
and there are to say
that something exists.

7. Positive
Sentences
We use THERE IS for singular and
THERE ARE for plural
Example: There is a library on the
main street.
 There are coffe stores on
the center.

8. Contractions
The contraction of there
is is there's.
Example:
There's a Train station next block.
There's a laundamet next to the
coffe store.

9. Negative Form
The negative is formed by
putting not after is or are:
Example:
There is not a horse in the field.
There are not eight children in the
school.

10. There Are with
ANY
When we want to indicate that a
zero quantity of something exists
we use there aren't any.
Example:
There aren't any book stores here.
There aren't any hotels here.

11. Questions
 To form a question we place is / are in
front of there.
 Again we use any with plural questions or
those which use uncountable nouns.
We also use there is / are in short
answers.
 EXAMPLE:
 Is there a supermarket? - No, there isn't.
 Are there any park? - Yes, there are.

12. How Many with Are There.
 If we want to find out the number of
objects that exist we use How many in
the following form:
How many + plural noun + are
there (+ complement).
EXAMPLE:
How many clothing stores are in the
main street?
How many schools are there?

13. TIME TO
PRACTICE!

16. C. Describe your neighborhood.
What is in your
neighborhood?What doesn’t
exist?
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17. Thank
you!