Big Monsters 6

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Lesson 5: Describing people... and monsters!

There is / There are:

THERE IS / THERE ARE:

We use 'there is' and 'there are' to express existence ('Hai').



AFFIRMATIVE:

(Singular)

There is a ball in my schoolbag. (=Hai unha pelota na miña mochila).


(Plural)

There are two balls in my schoolbag. (=Hai dúas pelotas na miña mochila).

 

NEGATIVE:

(Singular)

a) SHORT FORM: There isn't a ball in my schoolbag. (=Non hai unha pelota na miña mochila).

b) LONG FORM: There is not a ball in my schoolbag. (=Non hai unha pelota na miña mochila).


(Plural)

a) SHORT FORM: There aren't two balls in my schoolbag. (=Non hai dúas pelotas na miña mochila).

b) LONG FORM: There are not two balls in my schoolbag. (=Non hai dúas pelotas na miña mochila).

 

INTERROGATIVE: 

(Singular) 

Is there a ball in my schoolbag? 


SHORT ANSWERS: 

A) Affirmative: Yes, there is. 

B) Negative: No, there isn't. 



(Plural)

Are there two balls in my schoolbag? 



SHORT ANSWERS: 

A) Affirmative: Yes, there are.

B) Negative: No, there aren't. 

THERE IS / ARE / ISN’T / AREN’T:

Complete with There + is/are/isn't/aren't or with the interrogative form:

  1. (+) three chickens in my bedroom. 

  1. (+) twelve children in the swimming-pool!

  1. (+) strange rubbers on the teacher's table today. 

  1. (-) one bird in my schoolbag. 

  1. a giraffe in the North Pole? No,

  1. oranges in my kitchen? Yes,

  1. I think _______________________ (+) a black spider on my head. 

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More about THERE IS / ARE...

Translate:

a) Hai cen reglas nesta caixa violeta. 


b) Non hai libretas na túa escola. 

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KEEP ON PRACTISING!

Complete these questions and their short answers with the correct form of THERE IS: 

a) two tigers in our garden now? 

No,

b) an elephant in this classroom?

No,  

c) students in the gym?

Yes,

d) sharks in this river?
No,

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ONE MORE...

Write the words in the correct order: 

in garden There the children now are eight .

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Guess who...

Who was a very well-known singer who sang with the music band Queen wearing a very famous yellow jacket?