Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Grammatical structure THERE IS
THERE ARE
- The structure in English 'there is' and 'there are' is used to express amount
- We use the forms 'there is' and 'there are' express 'be' in English.
- AFFIRMATIVE
- We use 'there is' with when we talk in the singular. without But if we
talk in the plural we use 'there are'.
- there + is/are + resto de frase
- There is a woman in the living room
- There are two women in a house
- NEGATIVE
- To denials deny the verb 'to be' adding particle 'not' after the verb
or the contracted form.
- there + isn't/aren't + resto de frase
- There isn't a woman in the living room
- There aren’t two women in a café.
- INTERROGATIVE
- For the formation of questions we need to invest the verb 'To be'
and the particle 'there'
- is/are + there + resto de frase?
- Is there a woman in the bathroom?
- Are there two women in a house?
- SHORT ANSWERS
- To give short answers must use the corresponding form verb 'to be', respecting
whether singular or plural.
- Is there a woman in the bathroom?
- Yes, there is / No, there isn’t
- Are there two women in a house?
- Yes, there are / No, there aren’t