08 There is a table.

Grammar Station
A Choose and write the words in the correct boxes.
a room some butter three buses
two babies some dolphins some water
There + The Verb Be
We use there is for singular nouns and noncount nouns. There is There are
We use there are for plural nouns.
a room
There Be Noun
a chair.
Singular
an umbrella.
There is
some bread.
Noncount
some milk.
two clowns.
seven butterflies.
There are Plural
three rabbits. B Complete the sentences with is or are.
some dishes.
1. There is some juice.

There is a table. There are two clowns. 2. There a peach.

3. There two melons.

4. There some ham.

There is some bread. There are some dishes.

5. There four cucumbers.

6. There two tomatoes.

Circle the correct words.

is is C Circle the correct words.

1. There a big house. 2. There many stars.
are are 1. There is ( two swings / a swing ). 2. There are ( some trees / a tree ).

is is 3. There are ( a river / two rivers ). 4. There are ( a cow / some cows ).
3. There some flowers. 4. There some rice.
are are
5. There is ( a tent / some tents ). 6. There is ( some money / a money ).
is is
5. There two children. 6. There a hospital. 7. There are ( some bowls / a bowl ). 8. There is ( a farm / two farms ).
are are
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Grammar in Writing use there is or there
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that something exi sts

A Complete the sentences with there is or there are.

1. There are some shoes.
Complete the story with there is or there are.

2. some rice.
Alice sees a strange rabbit.
3. a child.
She follows the rabbit.
4. two lambs. There is a garden.

5. some soup. many

strange things in the garden.

There is a fat queen.
B Write the sentences using there is and there are.
some soldiers.

1 vase sofa a white rose.

4
monkey some milk some soda

on the table.
2 This is the living room.
She drinks the soda.
3
1. There are three monkeys.
Look! The soldiers chase her.
2. Alice runs away.

3.

4.

C Correct the underlined words and rewrite the sentences. • Complete the chart.
1. There are some jam. There is some jam.
There Be Noun There Be Noun

2. There are a queen. There is a swing. three dolphins.

a bowl. four men.
3. There is three airplanes.
some honey. nine airplanes.
4. There are a station. some oil. some cookies.

5. There are some flour.

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