Después de aprender As…as, en está lección aprenderemos There is / There are.
There is – There are
Usamos there is y there are para decir que algo existe.
Positive Sentences: Usamos there is para singular y there are para plural.
- There is one table in the classroom. (Hay una mesa en el salón)
- There are 3 chairs in the classroom. (Hay 3 sillas en el salón)
- There is a spider in the bath. (Hay una araña en la bañera)
- There are many people at the bus stop. (Hay mucha gente en la parada del bus)
También utilizamos there is con innumerables sustantivos:
- There is milk in the fridge.
- There is some sugar on the table.
- There is ice cream on your shirt.
Contractions
La contracción de there is es there’s.
- There’s a good song on the radio.
- There’s only one chocolate left in the box.
No se puede contratar there are.
- There are nine cats on the roof.
- There are only five weeks until my birthday.
Forma negativa
Lo negativo se forma poniendo «not» después is o are:
- There is not a horse in the field.
- There are not eight children in the school.
- There is not a tree in the garden.
- There are not two elephants in the zoo.
Casi siempre usamos contracciones cuando hablamos. Las contracciones negativas son:
- There’s not = There isn’t
- There are not = There aren’t
There aren’t con ANY
Cuando queremos indicar que existe una cantidad cero de algo que usamos, there aren’t any.
- There aren’t any people at the party.
- There aren’t any trees in my street.
También usamos esta estructura con innumerables sustantivos:
- There isn’t any water in the swimming pool.
- There isn’t any sugar in my coffee.
Questions (Preguntas)
Para formular una pregunta que colocamos is / are delante de there. Nuevamente usamos cualquiera con preguntas plurales o aquellas que usan sustantivos incontables. También usamos there is / there are en respuestas cortas.
- Is there a dog in the supermarket? – No, there isn’t.
- Are there any dogs in the park? – Yes, there are.
- Is there a security guard in the shop? – Yes, there is.
- Are there any polar bears in Antarctica? – No, there aren’t.
- Is there any ice-cream in the freezer? – Yes, there is.
How Many with Are There
ISi queremos averiguar la cantidad de objetos que existen, usamos How many en la siguiente forma:
How many + plural noun + are there (+ complement).
- How many dogs are there in the park?
- How many students are there in your class?
- How many countries are there in South America?
- How many Star Wars films are there?
En la próxima lección veremos Demonstratives.
