اللغة الإنجليزية — There is and There are: Usage and Exercises — 1ثانوي — شعبة آداب — Algerian Curriculum

There is and There are

There is and There are are used to say that something exists or doesn’t exist. They introduce new information.

There is + singular/uncountable

There is a book on the table.
There is some water in the bottle.
There is a supermarket near my house.

There are + plural

There are three students in the classroom.
There are many cars on the street.
There are two cats in the garden.

Negative form

There is not (isn’t) any milk in the fridge.
There are not (aren’t) any chairs in the room.

Question form

Is there a bank near here?
Are there any restaurants in this street?

Exercises

Exercise 1: Complete with there is or there are. (1) ____ a big park in my city. (2) ____ twenty students in my class. (3) ____ some juice in the glass.

Exercise 2: Make negative and question. (1) There is a supermarket. (2) There are two books.

Review Present Simple vs Continuous and study Articles: A, An, The.

Related Lessons:

• English – Basic Question Formation: Wh-questions and Yes/No – 1st
• English — Modal Perfects: Must Have, Should Have, Could Have with
• اللغة الإنجليزية — Conditionals: Types 1, 2 and 3 — 2ثانوي — شعبة