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Thereis/Thereare

Singular Plural
Affirmative a cat. Therearetwo cats.
Thereis a cat./There's
Negative Thereisn't a cat. Therearen'ttwo cats.
Interrogative ls there a cat? Aretheretwo cats?

Weusethereis to list thingsin the singutar.


There'san umbrella,an appleandan orangeon the table.
(NOT: an umbrella,an appleandan orangeon the table.)
Weusethereare to list thingsin the ptural.Thereare hasn'tgota shortform.
Thereare five desksin the classroom.

ShortAnswers o In shortanswers we useYes,there


Yes,thereis' is/areor No,there isn't/aren't.We
lsthere...?
No,thereisn't. do not repeatthewholequestion.
Yes'thereare' ls there a fly in the kitchen?Yes,
Arethere...? there rs. (NOI:
No,therearen't.

Lookat the pictureandfill in thereislisn't


and therearel aren't, 2 Usethe promptsto askandanswer
questions,
asin the example.

fivetemons/ paperbag?- No.


A: > Aretherefive lemonsin thepaperbag?
B: No,therearen't.
ten students/ ctassroom?- Yes.
A: ....
B:..........
dog/house?- Yes.
A: ......
B: ........
fourcats/ garden? - No
a bedbut A: ....
.. a carpet. B: ....
.... a tampbut or ange/fr idge?- Yes.
a bookcase. A: ....
threepillowsbut B:
cushions. 6 threebooks/ schoolbag? - No.
... a windowbut A:
......a painting. B:

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Thereis/Thereare

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Rewritethe sentences,
asin the example. Putthe wordsin orderto makesentences.
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1 Thereis a chairin the livingroom.(four) 1 is / desk/ there/ a / the / in / ctassroom
p lhere arefour chairsin the livingroom.
2 Therearetwo mugson thetable.(one) 2 aren't / books/ three / schootbag
/ there /
> Thereis onemugon the table. in / my
3 Thereis onewindowin the room.(two)
3 ther e/ a/ in/ dog/the/ par k/is?
in theftat. (one)
4 Therearefivebedrooms
4 two / mugs/ on / there/ the / table/ are7
5 Therearetenstudents (one)
in thectassroom.
5 isn't/ a / computer/on/ desk/the/ there
6 Thereisn't one dogin the garden.(three)
6 there/ are / pencits/ four / in / penci[/
7 Therearen'tsixpensin the pencitcase.(one) case/ the ?

8 Thereisn'toneappteon thetabte.(six) 7 o n / b e d / t h e / is n ' t / t h e re / t e d d y / a / b e a r

E Look at the two pictures and spot the differences.Write sentences,as in the example.
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oca t od o g owindows oboy egirls o f rid g e o g t a s s o rT lu g o c o o k e r o b o o k o CDs
o towe[ o carrots o orangeso chairs o knife

* ln pictureA there'sa cot. ln pictureB thereisn'ta cat. Thereis a dog.

Speaking Writing
Workin pairs.Askeachother aboutwhat Drawa pictureof your kitchenandwrite a
thereislare in the two picturesabove. paragraphaboutwhat thereislorein it.
* A: Are theretwo windowsin pictureA? F Ihe kitchenin my houseis big. Thereis a
B: Yes,thereare. ls therea dogin pictureB? table...
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Some/Any

Countablenouns Unountablenouns
Plural
Affirmative Therearesomeerasers. Thereis someorangejuice.
Negative Therearen'tanyerasers.Thereisn't any orangejuice.
Interrogative Arethereanyerasers? ls there any orangejuice?

Some
o We use somein affirmativesentences with pluratcountabtenounsand with
uncountabte nouns.
Weneedsomeeggsand somecoffee.
Any
o Weuseanyin negative andinterrogative
sentenceswith bothcountabte
nounsin
the ptural,anduncountabtenouns.
Are thereony |emons in thefridge?Thereisn'tany soup.
NOTE:Weusesomein interrogative sentencesto makeoffersandrequests.
Wouldyou likesomepizza?(offer)
CanI havesomefruit juice?(request)

Lookat the picturesandthe wordsandsaywhatthere islisn't,arelaren'tin the picture,asin


the example.
1 oranges/apptes 4 coffee/mitk
= Therearen'tany
oranges,
but thereare
someopples.
keerl

5 oranges/temons

3 carrots/tomatoes

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