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1112 SpokenEnglish II • There's a red balloon = There is a red balloon
• There's gold in those hills = There is gold in those hills
• Where there's water there's life = Where there is water there
is life
• There's a lot of water in the river = There is a lot of water in the river
NEGA TivE:
- • There's not a lot I can do about it.
• There isn't much I can do about it.
IRREGulAR CONTRACTioNS:
won~t = will not Examples:
• Idon'twantto doit,soIwon'tdoit.
• I won't do it unless you make me do it.
• I won't promise you anything.
• I won't do anything.
• Why won't you help me?
• It won't work.
• He won't work.
• She won't work.
• They won't work.
• We won't work.
From those last five sentences, we can plainly see that nobody wants to work.