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There + the Be Verb. by Patricia Galien. Make sure you are in slideshow view before you start this presentation. http://pjgalien.wordpress.com. There + the Be Verb. there is. there are. Present Tense. there was. there were. Past Tense. There + the BE Verb with Spatial Order.
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There + the Be Verb by Patricia Galien Make sure you are in slideshow view before you start this presentation. http://pjgalien.wordpress.com
There + the Be Verb there is there are Present Tense there was there were Past Tense
There + the BE Verb with Spatial Order The first time you write about a subject, use there + the BE verb when you write about location, time, ways, reasons, etc. When write using spatial order, you describe a location, so there + the BE verb is very useful. location • There is a sofa near the window. • There are three plants on the shelf next to the door. location
There + BE Verb (Singular) Singular Word Location Noun There + BE a fireplace in my living room. There is There is one bathroom in my apartment. There isn’t a swimming pool in my building.
There + BE Verb (Plural) Plural Word Location Noun There + BE two chairs in my living room. There are There are a few train lines in my neighborhood. There are several children in my building.
Practice: Add there + the Be Verb. There is 1. __________a porch in front of my house. There are 2. _________three smoke detectors in my apartment. There is 3. _________a number on my apartment door.
There is/there areare not usually used in other languages, so sometimes students use have instead. Are the following sentences correct or incorrect? (Food is a noncount noun and takes a singular verb.) Have a lot of food on the table. incorrect It has a lot of food on the table. incorrect There have a lot of food on the table. incorrect There is a lot of food on the table. correct
What is wrong with these sentences? There is a book. This sentence needs a location. There is a book on the table. There are two plant on the shelf. Plant should be plural. There are two plants on the shelf.