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Teacher: Hi students! Today we will learn how to use “There is” and “There are”. Also, we
And now you are thinking... When do we use “there is”, “there are”, “any” or “some”?
Let’s start!
For example:
There is a book.
We can use “there is” and “there are” in the affirmative, negative or interrogative form.
In the negative form, we use there isn’t or there is not for singular.
For example: “There aren’t any coffee shops in my town.” or “There aren’t any parking lots in my
town”.
Curso: Inglés ll
Remember...
When we want to indicate that a zero quantity of something exists, we use there
aren’t any…
In the interrogative form, there are two types of questions: Yes/No questions and
Wh-questions.
Again, we use any with plural questions or those which use uncountable nouns.
For example:
Are there any coffee shops in your town? No, there aren’t.
To form a Wh-question with there is and there are, we place the Wh-word + the
For example:
Quantifiers “Some” and “Any”. We can use the quantifiers “some” and “any” when:
For example:
sentences.
For example:
Curso: Inglés ll
We use the quantifiers many and a lot of to talk about quantities, amounts and
degrees.
For example:
Now you know how that we use “there is” and “there are” to state that something
exists.
Also, you learned when to use the quantifiers “some”, “any”, “many” and “a lot of”.
Make sure to use them in your texts and dialogues to keep practicing.