D. Оборот there is/there are

Оборот there is (are) употребляется в тех случаях, когда говорящий сообщает, что в каком-то определенном месте имеется или отсутствует предмет или лицо, о котором ранее не говорилось:

There is a lamp on the table. – На столе есть (имеется, находится) лампа.

Если речь идет о ранее известном предмете, то строй предложения меняется:

The lamp is on the table. – Лампа на столе.

Если подлежащее выражено исчисляемым именем существительным, то в предложении, начинающемся с оборота there is, оно выступает с неопределенным артиклем.

Если подлежащее выражено существительным во множественном числе или неисчисляемым существительным, артикль отсутствует.

Если в предложении имеется несколько подлежащих, то глагол to be всегда согласуется с тем подлежащим, которое непосредственно следует за ним:

There is a dining-table and six chairs in the dining-room.

There are three rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom in our flat.

Типы предложений с оборотом there is (are)

Утвердительные (Affirmative)	Вопросительные (Interrogative)	Отрицательные (Negative)
There is a pen on the table. There are pens on the table.	Is therea pen on the table? Are there pens on the table?	There isnopen on the table. (There isn’t a pen on the table). There are no pens on the table. (There aren’t pens on the table).

Exercise 31. What’s in the box? Ask questions with Is there … ? and Are there … ?

1. (any cigarettes?) Are there any cigarettes in the box?

2. (any books?) …………………………………….. in the box?

3. (a man?) ……………………………………………………. ?

4. (any money?)……………………………………………….. ?

5. (any clothes?) ……………………………………………… ?

6. (a key?) ……………………………………………………… ?

Exercise 32. Dunford is a small town. Look at the information in the box and write sentences with There is/isn’t/are/aren’t …

sports centre Yes swimming-pool No hospital Yes cinemas Yes university No big hotels No cathedral Yes

1. There is a sports centre in Dunford.

2. ……………………………………………. in Dunford.

3. ………………………………………………………. .

4. ………………………………………………………. .

5. ……………………………………………………… .

6. ………………………………………………………. .

7. ……………………………………………………….. .

Exercise 33. Put in there is / there isn’t / is there? / there are / there aren’t ? are there?

1. Dunford is a very modern town. There aren’t many old buildings.

2. Look! ………………. a photograph of George in the newspaper!

3. Excuse me, ………………… a restaurant near here?

4. ……………………. five people in my family: my parents, two sisters and me.

5. We can’t take any photographs. ……………….. a film in the camera.

6. How many students …………………… in your class?

7. Where can we sit? ………………………. any chairs.

8. …………………………… a bus from the city centre to the airport?

Exercise 34. Write sentences with There are …. Choose the right number: 7 9 15 26 30 50.

1. (days / a week) There are seven days in a week.

2. (states / the USA) ……………………………………………….

3. (players / a rugby team) …………………………………………

4. (planets / the solar system) ………………………………………

5. (letters / the English alphabet) …………………………………...

6. (days / September) ……………………………………………….

Exercise 35. Put in there or it.

1. There’s a train at 10.30. It’s a fast train.

2. I’m not going to buy this shirt. …….’s very expensive.

3. “What’s wrong?” “…………….’s something in my eye.”

4. ……….’s a car in front of the house. Is …………… your car?

5. “Is ………. anything on TV?” “Yes, …………. ‘s a film at 8.15.”

6. ……………. ‘s a letter on the floor. Is ………. for you?