THERE IS

We use There is / There are to say that something exists (or does not exist). The real subject usually comes after There is / There are. Examples: There is a river in my town. There is a ghost in this room....

There is an apple on the desk There is ice on the lake There is oil on the pavement. Has the meaning of "having". Formed by "there" followed by present tense affirmative 'There is' and 'there are' is formed with the present of the verb "to be" in the affirmative There is a shop There are some shops There's a shop negative The negative form of 'there is and' there are 'is formed with the present negative verb' to be '(there is not / are not). You will often see the contracted form (there is not / there are not). There isn't a shop There aren't any shops There was not a shop There were not any shops .

interrogative The interrogative is formed with the verb "to be" (is / are) followed by "there". These questions are answered in the short form: "Yes, there is / are" or "No, there is not / aren't". Is there a park there? No, there isn't Yes, there is Are there any restaurants? Yes, there are No, there aren't Quantifiers They are responses to the question "How many?". Like articles, quantifiers define a name and are always placed before the name. Some may be used only with countable nouns, others only with countless names and others with both We do not make MUCH money. No ganamos mucho dinero. MANY teens like rock music. A muchos jvenes les gusta la msica rock. SOME teens prefer jazz. Algunos jovenes prefieren jazz. A LOT OF babies take the swimming class. Muchos bebs toman la clase de natacin. A FEW babies swim well. Unos pocos bebs nadan bien. A SINGLE mother arrives on time. Una sola madre llega a tiempo. A SINGLE MOTHER wants to enroll her child. Una madre soltera desea matricular a su nia.