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there is/was There's a dog in the garden.

PRESENT PAST

E3 there is there are there was there were
H is there? are there? was there? were there?
B there is not there are not there was not there were not

Contractions: there's; isn't, aren't, wasn't, weren't

We use there is, there are etc to say that something or somebody exists.
We often use there is, there are etc before a/an, some and any.

There's a dog in the garden. (NOT A-dog-is-in-The-gerden/) There are some letters for you.
Is there any milk in the fridge? (NOT Is any milk...?) There isn't much coffee.
Were there any phone calls? (NOT Wereanyph on e-calls?) There was a good film last night.

^ Make some sentences with words from the three boxes, using there is etc.

There is/are a lot of water air grass dogs in Africa in the USA
There isn't much elephants trees cars in Antarctica in London
There aren't many —► people computers ... —► on the moon in 1600 ...
There isn't/aren't any (you think of some more (you think of some more places
There wasn't/weren't any things) or times)

There are a Lot o f avdivwals, Ire A fric a .

There w eren't arcy cars, I ia,±6>oo .

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To make questions with there is etc, we put is etc before there.
STATEMENT D : Thereis a letter for you. There were some problems. William says there are six eggs.

QUESTION Q : Is there a letter for me? Were there any problems? How many eggs are there?

^ Make present or past questions with there is etc.

► any fruit juice in the fridge (present) .. £. ?•)??.??. ?. ........................

► any letters for me (past) . . fP .T ............................................

► how many people / in your family (present)
1 a doctor here (present) ..................................................................................................................

2 any trains to London from this station (present) ............................................................................
3 a special price for students (past) ..................................................................................................
4 any mistakes in my letter (past) .....................................................................................................

5 much money in your bank account (present) ................................................................................
6 how many students/ in your class (present) ..................................................................................
7 many children at the swimming pool (past) ..................................................................................
8 how many people / at the party (past) ..........................................................................................

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