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Grammar: Unit 1. I Don't Like This City!

This document provides grammar rules for using "there is" and "there are" in English. It explains that "there is" is used with singular nouns while "there are" is used with plural nouns. It also discusses how to form positive, negative, and question sentences using these phrases and important examples of their use.

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Grammar: Unit 1. I Don't Like This City!

This document provides grammar rules for using "there is" and "there are" in English. It explains that "there is" is used with singular nouns while "there are" is used with plural nouns. It also discusses how to form positive, negative, and question sentences using these phrases and important examples of their use.

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5 PRIMARIA

Unit 1. I don’t like this city!

Grammar

There is / There are

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

Positive (+) Negative (-) Questions (?)

Singular

There is a library. There is not a library. Is there a library?


There’s a library. There isn’t a library.

Plural

There are three hotels. There are not three Are there three hotels?
hotels.

IMPORTANT!!!

• We use there is/ there’s with singular (a bakery) or uncountable (traffic)


nouns.
• We use there are with plural nouns (libraries, streets, etc.)
• We use ANY in questions with uncountable and plural nouns.
Eg. Are there any bakeries? / Is there any traffic?

• We use ANY in negative sentences.


Eg. There aren’t any bookshops / There aren’t any museums.
5 PRIMARIA

Short answer

Is there a…? • Yes, there is.

• No there isn’t.

Are there any…? • Yes, there are.

• No, there aren’t.

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