ENGLISH FOREING LANGUAGE

TOPICS:
• THERE IS - THERE ARE
• THERE WAS – THERE WERE
• THERE HAS BEEN – THERE HAVE BEEN

Fidel Candela Oropeza

PRESENT TENSE
SENTENCES WITH
THERE IS… THERE
ARE…
THERE IS… THERE
ARE…

1) There is a Teddy Bear in the

box.

2) There are Teddy Bears in the

box.
MAKE UP SENTENCES
 IS THERE?..
Is there a boy here?

Yes, there is.

 IS THERE?..
Is there a girl here?

No, there isn’t.

 THERE ARE…
There are boys at the
table.
 ARE THERE?..
Are there boys here?

Yes, there are.

 ARE THERE?..
Are there boys at the table?

No, there aren’t.

 MAKE UP INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES
1. There is a doll on the table.
2. There are three pictures on the wall.
3. There is a fly on the blackboard.
4. There are books in the bag.
LET’S PRACTICE

• is not = isn’t

• Are not = aren’t

 THERE ISN’T…

There isn’t a boy at the

blackboard.
 THERE AREN’T…

There aren’t boys at the

blackboard.
MAKE UP NEGATIVE
SENTENCES

1. There is a bag on the floor.

2. There are two pens in the box.
3. There is a red house in the street.
4. There are my parents in the hall.
 PAST TENSE
THERE WAS – THERE
WERE
What is the difference?

Yesterday
one drink in the lunch-box.

there was / there were

Yesterday
drinks in the lunch box.
 there was / there were

Yesterday one drink

in the lunch-box.
1.
Yesterday one winner
of the chess competition.

2.
Last week some
car-cleaners in the playground.

3..
Today one painter
working on the house.

4.
Last week some dancers
at the pantomime.

5.
 MAKE UP NEGATIVE
SENTENCES

1. There was a bag on the floor.

2. There were two pens in the box.
3. There was a red house in the street.
4. There were soccer players in the stadium.

Was not = Wasn’t

Were not = Weren’t
 PRESENT PERFECT

THERE HAS BEEN – THERE HAVE BEEN

THANK YOU