TEMA There is There are rea Acadmica Escuela

TEMA: There is, There are Área Académica: Escuela Superior cd. Sahagún Licenciatura en Contaduría. Profesor(a): Manuel Saldaña Franquis Periodo: Enero – Junio 2015.

Keywords: Some, any , zero , several

ABSTRACT: ‘There is / isn’t’ : is used for sentences in singular. Example: There is a modern football stadium in Pachuca ‘There are / aren’t’ : is used for sentences in plural. Example: There are some factories in Sahagun.

There is and there are

Contractions The contraction of there is, is there's. There's a good song on the radio. You cannot contract there are. There are nine cats on the roof.

There is and there are in three forms: Affirmative Sentences • • There is a big table in the classroom. There are three chairs in the classroom. There is a spider in the bath. There are many people at the bus stop.

Negative Form There isn’t a horse in the field. There aren’t eight children in the school. There isn’t a tree in the garden. There aren’t two elephants in the zoo.

There is and there are with ANY When we want to indicate that a zero quantity of something exists we use any. There aren't any people at the party. There aren't any trees in my street. We also use this structure with uncountable nouns: There isn't any water in the swimming pool. There isn't any sugar in my coffee.

Interrogative form Is there a dog in the supermarket? - No, there isn't. Are there any dogs in the park? - Yes, there are. Is there a security guard in the shop? - Yes, there is. Are there any polar bears in Antarctica? - No, there aren't. Is there any ice-cream in the freezer? - Yes, there is.

Unscramble the following words to form sentences. 1. wardrobe there any in the bedroom isn’t _________________________________ 2. bookcase there are in the books ? _________________________________ 3. bedroom there is a laptop in the ? _________________________________ 4. there desk an alarm clock on the is _________________________________ 5. there pictures are on the wall twenty _________________________________

Referencias Davis, P. (2014) Make It Real Professional UAEH: México. Rogers, M. (2010) face 2 face pre-intermediate. Cambridge: UK