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GRAMMAR SUMMARY Unit 8
8a there is/are Singular question forms www.english0905.com

Yes, there is.
Singular Is there a sofa?
No, there isn’t.
There’s a book in my bag. Plural question forms
There’s a camera on my phone.
Are there any trains Yes, there are.
Plural
today? No, there aren’t.
There are some books in my bag.
There are two computers in my office.
singular
REMEMBER! Is there a noun
there’s = there is

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there
Are
noun

REMEMBER!
Is there a TV in the room?
Yes, there is. Not Yes, there’s.
For more practice, see Exercises 3–5.
www.english0905.com 8b there is/are negative and 8c Imperative forms
There are three restaurants.
There’s a restaurant.
For more practice, see Exercises 1 and 2.

The imperative is the base form of the verb. The
negative is don’t (= do not) + base verb.
question forms
Buy your tickets online.
Don’t travel by train.
Negative singular
Imperatives are the same when you speak to one
There isn’t a fridge in the room.
person or more than one person.
Negative plural
There aren’t any hotels here. REMEMBER!

REMEMBER!
there isn’t = there is not, there aren’t = there are not

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there isn’t a singular
noun

there aren’t any plural
noun Buy your tickets from Buy your tickets from
the machine. the machine.
For more practice, see Exercise 6.

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