There is - there are

We use there is and there are to say that something exists.

POSITIVE SENTENCES
We use there is for singular and there are for
plural.

● There is one student in the classroom.

● There are twenty-eight students in the
classroom.

We also use There is with uncountable nouns:

● There is milk in the fridge.

● There is some sugar on the table.

NEGATIVE SENTENCES We almost always use contractions when

The negative is formed by putting not
after is or are:
● There is not a horse in the field.
● There are not eight children in
the school.
speaking.
The Negative contractions are:
● There's not = There isn't
● There are not = There aren't

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
To form a question we place is / are before of there.
We also use there is / are in short answers.

● Is there a student in the classroom? – Yes, there is / No, there isn't.

● Are there five students in the classroom? - Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.

HOW MANY WITH « ARE THERE »

If we want to find out the number of objects that exist we use How many in the following form:
How many + plural noun + are there (+ complement).

● How many girls are there in the classroom? - There are eleven girls.
● How many students are there in your class? - There are twenty students.
 A, SOME, ANY

 We use A or AN with singular nouns.

A is used when a noun starts with a consonant sound;

example : a dog, a book, etc.

AN is used when a noun starts with a vowel sound;

example : an apple, an hour, etc

THERE IS WITH A / AN
We use a/an when we want to say that just one thing exists. (countable nouns)

There is a student.
There is an orange.

 We use SOME with countable nouns (only with their plural) and with uncountable
nouns.

SOME is used in:

● Positive sentences :

- There is some sugar. (uncountable noun)

- There are some apples (countable noun - plural)

 We use ANY with countable nouns (only with their plural) and with uncountable
nouns.

ANY is used in:

● Negative sentences :

- There isn’t any sugar. (uncountable noun)

- There aren’t any apples. (countable noun – plural)

● General questions :

- Is there any sugar? (uncountable noun)

- Are there any apples ? (countable noun - plural

A/AN SOME ANY

- Positive and interrogative - Positive sentences. - Negative and

sentences. - Uncountable nouns. Interrogative sentences.
- singular nouns - Countable nous, always in - Uncountable nouns.
- with Countable nouns, plural - Countable nouns, plural
plural
 PRACTICE

1. Complete the sentence with the correct form (is/are)

1. There _____________ many animals in the zoo.

2. There _____________ a snake in the window.
3. There _____________ a zebra in the grass.
4. There _____________ lions in the zoo, too.
5. There _____________ many baby lions near their parents.
7. There _____________ many monkeys in the trees.
8. There _____________ an elephant in the zoo.
9. There _____________ some water in the lake near the elephants.
10. There _____________ birds in the zoo.
11. There _____________ many people visiting the animals today.
12. There _____________ many children, too.

1. Complete the gaps with some / any / a / an

1. There aren't _________ children in the playground

2. There are _________ people in that room
3. He isn't wearing _________ uniform
4. Is there ________ fruit left?
5. There is ________ bread left
6. Do you have _________ money?
7. They don’t have _________ computer in their room
8. There aren't _________ books in my bag.
9. Is there _________ good cinema in your town
10. There aren't _________ parks near my house.
 VOCABULARY – ADJECTIVES FOR DESCRIBING PLACES

Amazing nice
ancient noisy
beautiful peaceful
boring picturesque
busy pleasant
colourful popular
crowded quiet
damp remarkable
deserted small
dry stressful
exciting stunning
expencive terrific
famous touristy
fantastic traditional
historical ugly
interesting unique
modern wild

Exemples :
- Paris is a fantastic city.
- Japan and Germany are modern countries.

NOTA : Los adjetivos siempre van delante del nombre o sustantivo al que estàn
describiendo, además, los adjetivos no tienen género ni número.

Fantastic city
Adjective Singular Noun

Fantastic cities.

Adjective Plural noun