There is / there are

There is / There are

by Class 1CD & Miss Lee

What's wrong...?

• 'My school has a playground.'

• 'My school has many people.'

• 'My school have many facilities.'

have = to own

There is / There are

• to show someone / something exists(存在)

• There is a shopping mall in this street now.

• There was a grocery store in this street ten years ago.

• 'My school has a playground.'

• --> There is a playground in my school.

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Open Ended

1. 'My school has many people.'

Open Ended

2. 'My school have many facilities.'

Summary 1

There is / There are --> to exist (存在)

Somebody has something --> to own (擁有)

What about something that doesn't exist?

Open Ended

Translate this sentence into English : 這個杯子內沒有水。

There is no water in the cup.

• 這個杯子內沒有水。

• Key point 1 : water (Uncountable noun) --> There is

• Key point 2 : We use 'no' in a positive sentence.

There isn't any water in the cup.

• 這個杯子內沒有水。

• Key point 1 : water (Uncountable noun) --> There isn't

• Key point 2 : We use 'any' in a negative sentence.

Multiple Select

Tick the correct sentences.

• There were any blue pens in the pencil case.

• There weren’t any blue pens in the pencil case.

• There were no blue pens in the pencil case.

• There were no any blue pens in the pencil case.

• There was no blue pens in the pencil case.

Summary 2 - no

• e.g. There were no planes 200 years ago.

• We use no in positive statements with uncountable or plural nouns.

• plural noun --> there were / there are

Summary 3 - any

• There isn’t any air in a vacuum flask.

• We use any in negative statements with uncountable or plural nouns.

• uncountable noun -> there was / there is

Homework

• Gram BK p.62-63

• Answer Checking p.64-68