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There is/ There are
The Perfect House
9
Focus on Grammar 1
Part VIII, Unit 26
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ WellsCopyright 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Slide 1
JJB2 Change 2005 to 2006 (done)UBEAUJO,2/9/2006
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Our New House
Honey, I found the
perfect house. You
are going to love it.
Oh, thats great!
Tell me all about it.
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Our New House
There is a big
backyard.
Theres air
conditioning.
There are good
schools nearby.
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Present Singular
There is a big
backyard.
There is air
conditioning.
Use there is ortheres to state facts about a
person or thing.
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Present Plural
There are good
schools nearby.
There are a lot
ofwindows.
Use there are if the noun is plural.
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Are there trees in
the yard?
Is there a
fireplace?
There arent any trees,
but theres a big
driveway for my car.
There isnt a fireplace, but
theres a big space for my
flat screen TV.
Theres even an extra
bedroom for my mother!
There isnt a
swimming pool, Hmmm . . . Great.Is there a
swimming pool?
The Perfect House
but theres a
basketball court.
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Slide 7
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Change "stories" to "floors"UBEAUJO,2/8/2006
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Theres a basketball court.
Contractions
Use theres in speaking and informal writing.
Theres even an extra bedroom
for my mother.
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Practice 1Look at the information about Mrs.
Chans class. Make sentences using
there is, there are and information
about this class.
Mrs. Chans History ClassQuiz Students Homework Readings
This Week 0 18 very little many
Example: This week, there isnt a quiz.
This week, there are 18 students.
This week, there is very little homework.
This week, there are many readings.
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JJB18 Change "Last week there wasn't a Power Point." to "Last week there weren't a lot of readings."
Change "This week there is PowerPoint" to "This week there are five readings."UBEAUJO,2/9/2006
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Questions
Put is, orare before there to make a
question.
Is there a swimming pool?Are there mice in the house?
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Short Answers
Use there in questions and short answers.
Is there a
porch?Yes, there is.
Are there anyproblems in the
basement?
No, there
arent.
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Practice 2Ask a partner questions about his
or her neighborhood. Use is there,
are there and short answers.
lots of housesExample:
a good school
many childrena highway five years ago
restaurants
problemscafs five years ago
parks
noise
Are there lots
of houses in
your
neighborhood?
No, there
arent.
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References
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