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LESSON N° 15
THERE IS – THERE ARE

Las expresiones there is y there are hablan de la existencia o no existencia

de las cosas, y significa hay o no hay.
EXAMPLE

There is an apple

There are four apples

THERE IS : Usamos THERE IS para sustantivos en singular , es

decir para una sola cosa. Además, también lo usaremos para sustantivos
incontables, como por ejemplo: milk (leche), honey (miel), sugar (azúcar),
salt (sal), butter (mantequilla), money (dinero), juice (zumo), water (agua),
rice (arroz), time (tiempo), cheese (queso), etc
EXAMPLE
 There is a pen on the table (Hay un lapicero sobre la
mesa). – “pen” es SINGULAR, ya que es solo uno.

 There is milk in the jag (Hay leche en la jarra). – milk es

INCONTABLE, ya que no podemos decir one milk, two
milks (Una leche, dos leches).

También hay una forma abreviada de escribir y decir there is, que es there’s

 There’s a cat in the house (Hay un gato en la casa)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES AND TRANSLATE TO SPANISH

1. _______ a dog in the park.

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2. _______ a man at the door.
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3. ________ a gas station down the street.
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4. _________ a bus stop on the corner.
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5. _________ some wine in the bottle
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THERE ARE : Usamos THERE ARE para sustantivos en plural, es

decir, para dos o más.
EXAMPLE
There are three cars parked outside the house (Hay
tres coches aparcados fuera de la casa).

There are some children playing (Hay algunos niños

jugando).

De igual forma, there are también se puede abreviar al escribir y al hablar:

there’re

There’re a lot of people in the cinema (Hay mucha

gente en el cinema).

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES AND TRANSLATE TO SPANISH

1. ___________ three bottles of beer in the fridge.

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2. ___________six cats in the living room.
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3. ___________a lot of shops on this street.
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4. ___________some people outside.
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5. ___________ two new students in class.

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THERE IS Y THERE ARE EN NEGACIONES

Para formar una oración negativa, se usa la negación not despues de there is/
there are, there isn’t/there aren’t, según el sustantivo singular o plural.

EXAMPLE

There isn’t any food in the fridge.

There aren’t any cats in the living room.
There isn’t a church near here.
There aren’t any shops on this street.
There aren’t many cookies left.

THERE IS Y THERE ARE EN PREGUNTAS

La pregunta se hace colocando el verbo al principio de la frase (IS- ARE), y la
respuesta corta se hace repitiendo las mismas palabras en singular o plural,
afirmativo o negativo, según el caso.

Q: ¿Are there any shops on this street?

A: Yes, there are.
Q: Is there any food in the fridge?
A: Yes, there is.
Q: Is there a message for me?
A: No, there isn’t.
Q: Are there any people on the train?
A: No, there aren’t.

También podemos hacer preguntas abiertas con how much (incontable), how

many (contable), etc.

Q: How many tomatoes are there in the fridge?

A: There are 3 tomatoes in the fridge.
Q: How many people are there on the bus?
A: There are 10 people on the bus.

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Q: How much coffee is there in the kitchen?

A: There’s only a little coffee in the kitchen.

EXERCISES

LOOK THE PICTURE AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH IS OR ARE

There ______ a dog

There ______ a ball

There ______ two curtains

There_______a bed

There ________ two pillows

There ________ a chair

There_________ a cat

There _________ two post it notes

There _________ a mirror

There _________ two pets

Complete the sentences with affirmative, negative or interrogative form of

there is or there are

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1. ___________a book on the chair.

2. ___________any milk in the fridge?

3. ___________some tea in the pot.

4. ___________twenty children in the class.

5. ___________two beds in your bedroom?

6. ___________an Internet café in the town?

7. ___________three dogs in the garden.

8. ___________twenty cigarettes in a packet?

9. ___________a book about computers in the library.

10. ___________two rabbits in the picture.

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