PAST SIMPLE I

MEANING THERE IS / THERE ARE I

X
1972 when I
_ for three years,
NOW
MEANING
You can use there is / are to say that things or people exist.
I
was five often in a certain place:
In my home town, there's a university and there are a lot of parks.
Use the past simple to talk about events that are in the past
and finished. In my class, there's an architect and there are two doctors.
Pavel made the Stereobelt in 1972 You usually give more information about the things or people: U
My family moved from Nigeria to Scotland when 1 was five. There's a bus stop near my flat. 1= where)
I lived in France for three years. There's a train at eight o'clock this evening. (v when)
There are nine students in my class. I= how many)
FORM
I. you, he. she, it. we and they all have the same past simple You don't use it's or they're with this meaning:
form. 4l:s-a-bus-Mop-rtear-my-fial,
-They4e-o-lof-ef-perks-irrimenbeth
0 I went to the cinema last night.
We moved to Scotland. FORM
You use there is with singular nouns and there are with plural
C I didn't go to the cinema last night.Didnt went nouns. In the negative form, there's no ... and there are no ...
We didn't move to Scotland. Didnt moved are much more common that there isn't and there aren't. M.
Singular Plural
1 Did you go to the cinema last night?
Did you move to Scotland? 0 There's a bus stop near There are two banks in Main
my flat. Street.
0 Yes, I did.
0 No, I didn't.
There's I a lot of shops in my neighbourhood.
There are
Some past simple verbs are regular and end in ed.
move > moved listen > listened like > liked There's no bus s op.
There isn't a bus stop.
There are no banks.
There aren't any banks.
Some past simple verbs are irregular. C
go > went make > made buy > bought have > had til Is there a bus Are the e any How many banks
See Irregular verbs on p160. stop near here? banks near here? are there?
PRONUNCIATION a Yes, there is. Yes, there are. There's one.
Ycu usuaity say ed as Id/ or /t/. 0 No. there isn't. No, there aren't.
There are two.
moved imutvd/ listened /Band/ studied 1st AdicV Ther6 aren't any.
Liked Alai/ worked /wo:kt/
Contractions:
With a few verbs. you say ed as /id/.
there's = there is
wanted /wound/ started Iskultdi ended /ended/
You can use there's and there are with a couple of and a lot of
The infinitive of these verbs ends with a /t/ or a /d/:
want > wanted. start > started, end > ended if the noun is plural.

Don't say ed as /eel/. PRONUNCIATION No

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You don't usually stress there, is or are:
PRACTICE There's a bus stop near my flat. There are no banks. fs there a
Complete the conversations with did or didn't. bOs stop near hare,
1 __________you have a nice weekend?"
"

"Well no. I ____ . It was terrible." But you usually stress is and are in negatives )isn't and aren't].
and short answers:
2 When _________ you buy that mobile phone?"
There i'sn't a bus stop. There aren't any bus stops.
"I__________buy it. My sister gave it to me. -
3 "_________ you see your family last weekend?" Yes, there T. NO, there isn't. Yes, there ;re NO there aren't.
"Yes, I ________ . We had a great time. -
4 "How much ________ your laptop cost?" PRACTICE
"I ______ pay a lot - about $150. I bought it from a friend.'
Complete the conversations with is, 's, are, isn't, aren't.
5 "Who ________ you see at the party'?"
"I________go. I stayed at home." 1 - Excuse me ______ there a bus stop near here" 2
6 "___________you like the film?' 'Yes, there ________ one at the end of the street, about five
the story was OK but I_______ like the actors.' minutes walk."
7 ________ you call the hotel? 2 -___________there any good cafs near your flat?"
Yes, I_________ and I got directions from them."
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-Yes, there _______ two or three. There_______ a very nice
8 "__________you go out last weekend?" one on the corner. We could go there."
No I________.I____________ have time. I was really busy"
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3 -___________there any books in that cupboard?"

"No, there_________. There ________ only an old newspaper. -
4 _______there a photocopier in your office?"
- No, sorry, there ______