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CHAPTER IV

There Is/There Are

a. Usage of There Is/There Are

It is meant to indicate the existence

of objects and people. To express this,

we usually use “ada” in Indonesian. For

objects or people that are singular in

number, “there is” is used. As for plural

or more than one, we use “there are”.

There is and there are have a Simple

Present Tense sentence pattern.

The use of there is and there are in a

sentence is also usually followed by:

Adjective (kata sifat): long, big,

small, red, square, dan lainnya.

Noun (kata benda): hair, book,

bottle, television, frame, dan lain-

lain.

23 I Vocabulary