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We use 1)
Plural
in the
There are two bedrooms upstairs.
There aren't any windows.
Singular
Affirmative There is a living room.
Negative There isn't a garden.
Interrogative Is there a kitchen downstairs? Are there flowers in the garden?
Short
Yes, there is
answers No, there isn't.
singular
• We use 2)
in the plural
We use 3)
in questions
Yes, there are.
No, there aren't.
is there isn'
Read the examples and complete the rules in your notebook.
2) Ellie had finished her report by 11 p. m. yesterday.(Past Perfect)
3) Helen could eat a lot of chocolates when she was a child.(Past Simple)
4) I am at school.(Present Simple)
5) We wrote this essay last month.(Past Simple)
6)Matt works in police.(Present Simple)
7) Mum look. I have found something interesting.(Present Perfect)
8) Now I am trying to find my camera.(Present Progressive(Continuous))
9) She can dance well. Everybody likes it.(Present Simple)
10) They go to church on Sundays.(Present Simple)