Page 10 - Oxford Grammar for Schools 2 Student Book
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There is, there are







                        I can recognize and use there is and there are.




        Affirmative and negative                                             *  1 Look at the picture and read the text. Are the
                                                                                   sentences true %/ or false/?






               There's a cinema
                  in our toWn.




























                                                                                   ÿ  There's a TV.                    0
                                                                                   1 There are three people.           ÿ

                                                                                   2 There's a cat.                    ÿ
                                                                                   3 There are two chairs.             ÿ
                                                                                   4 There are two tables.             ÿ

                                                                                   5 There's a sofa.                   ÿ

                                                                                   6 There's a sandwich.               ÿ

                                                                               2 Look at the picture again. Complete the
                                                                             *
                                                                                   sentences with There's,There isn't, There are or
                                                                                   There aren't.

                                                                                   ÿ  There's a picture.
                                                                                   1  _        three books.
                                                                                     _
          We use there is and there are to say that                                2           two boys.
          something or somebody exists.                                            3  _        a phone.
                                                                                   4  _        four biscuits.
          We use there is for singular items and there are
                                                                                   5  _        a cake.
          for plural items.                                                          _
                                                                                   6           a computer.
          We often shorten there is to there's.



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