There is/there are

There is/there are

​Singular& Plural Noun structure.

There is.

​Singular (Kata nama tunggal)

​There is a cat. A cat is one cat. So you should use there is.

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Singular means one thing (satu benda). When the noun (kata nama) is singular (tunggal) then use "is"

a) There is a car in front of me.

b) This is a car.​

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​*Make sure to use the article "a" or "an" before the noun. "an" is used for words that start with A,E,I,O,U. Example: An Ostrich.

There are.

Plural nouns (kata nama​ ganda)

​There are cats. There are two cats. When there is more than one cat or thing. Use "are".

E.g

There are cars in front of me.

These are new toys.​ (These is the plural of "this").

Can you tell which words are plural nouns?​

Plural nouns.

DO NOT TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS WORK. ITS EASIER TO MEMORISE THEM.

​Simple nouns

Singular	Plural
​Cat	​Cats
​Tomato	​Tomatoes
​Book	​Books

​Just add -s . For O and X such as Tomato and fox, just add -es

Singular	​Plural
​Knife, leaf, thief (-f -> -ves)	​Knives, leaves, thieves.
​Mouse, child, person (special)	​Mice, Children, People
​Foot, tooth, goose (oo-> ee)	​Feet, teeth, geese.
​Man, woman (a - e)	​Men, women.

Irregular Nouns​

There are different rules, but just try and memorise them.

The plural of sheep is still sheep!

So you can say...

There is a sheep in the farm. (one sheep)

There are sheep in the farm.​ (more than one sheep)

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BOTH ARE CORRECT​

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Some other nouns include moose, swine, shrimp, trout, deer, salmon.

FUN FACT

Can you count things like snow, water and fire?

I see two snow on the ground, I can see 5 waters on the floor.

These are wrong.

You can just say, I see snow on the ground. I see water on the floor. ​

​For uncountable nouns, we mainly use "is".

There is snow (ok). There are snow(x).

There is water (ok). There are water (x).

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You should NOT give plural -s to uncountable nouns E.G SNOWS,WATERS

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Uncountable nouns

​Let sir Mateen or Cg. Izan know if you do not understand this!

There are 7 windows in the building. There are also 7 people. There are 4 women and 2 men. There is a child. He is a boy. There are 3 pictures behind the boy. On the left of the boy, there is a woman exercising. There are two dumbbells on her hands.

This is my room. In my room, there are three balloons and 3 pictures on the wall. There is also a bed and a chair with a blue pillow on top. There are 4 butterflies and 6 stars on the wall.​ I love my room.

​Let's try to describe a picture using what we learnt

LET SIR MATEEN or CG. IZAN know if you don't understand this lesson. ESPECIALLY PLURAL AND SINGULAR. THEY ARE IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE LESSONS. PENTING!