TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MACHALA

LANGUAGE CENTER – SECOND LEVEL ‘’C’’

CLASS # 25

Name: Rosalía Lizbeth Espinosa Matute Date: Friday, Aug. 28 th, 2020

Topic: Lesson A There are some nice restaurants. Pag 50 – 51.

Objectives: To ask questions about places in a town by using there is/are in order to
interact with reasonable ease.

It is formed with
"there" followed by
the present tense of the
verb "to be" in
singular or plural, as
appropriate. 'There is'
is used with countable
nouns in the singular
and with uncountable
nouns. 'There are' is
used with countable
nouns in the plural
THERE IS AND THERE ARE

'There is' is used with countable nouns in the singular and with uncountable nouns.
'There are' is used with countable nouns in the plural.
Affirmative
'There is' and 'there are' is formed with the present tense of the verb "to be" in its
affirmative form.
'There's' is short for there is.
'There are' cannot generally be contracted, although it is sometimes done in informal
language.
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Negative
The negative form of 'there is and' there are 'is formed with the present negative of the
verb' to be '(there is not / are not). It is common to find the contracted form (there isn´t /
there aren´t).
In negative sentences, keep in mind that 'any' will be used and not 'some'.

Interrogative
The interrogative is formed with the verb "to be" (is / are) followed by "there".
These questions are usually answered with the short form: "Yes, there is / are" or "No,
there isn´t / aren´t".

EXPRESSIONS WITH 'THERE IS'

There is no sense in crying.

No tiene sentido llorar.

There is no point in waiting.

No tiene sentido esperar.

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Is there any point in waiting?

¿Tiene algún sentido esperar?

There is no use crying.

De nada sirve llorar.

There is no need to go.

No hay necesidad de ir.

VOCABULARY:

CRYING: Llorando

FOLLOWED: Seguido