Do all exercises in your notebook There is and There are Singular Affirmative There is a clock tower behind the hotel. Negative There is not (isn’t) a church next to the gym. Questions Is there a museum in the town? Yes, there is. No, there is not (isn’t). Plural Affirmative There are trees in the park. Negative There are not (aren’t) four hotels. Questions Are there shops near the gym? Yes, there are. No, there are not (aren’t). We use there is and there are to describe scenes in the present. We use the contracted forms there isn’t (is not) and there aren’t (are not) in the negative. Countable nouns We can use the full form there is or the contracted form there’s with singular countable nouns. There’s a dog under the table. We use the full form there are with plural countable nouns. We don’t use the contracted form. There are people in the restaurant. NOT There’re people in the restaurant. Uncountable nouns We use some with uncountable nouns in the affirmative. There’s some money on the floor. We use any with uncountable nouns in the negative. There isn’t any bread in the kitchen. Third person -s: spelling Verb + s I ride my bike. She rides her bike. Verb ending in -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o = + es I watch TV. She watches TV. Verb ending in consonant followed by -y = y + ies I study at school. She studies at school. Irregular verbs I have a brother. She has a brother. We add -s to the third person singular affirmative. John lives in the city centre. NOT John live in the city centre. We do not add -s to the third person singular negative. Mary doesn’t play the guitar. NOT Mary doesn’t plays the guitar. Adverbs of frequency II Always 100% 0% Usually Often Sometimes Never We use adverbs of frequency to talk about how often we do things. We put adverbs of frequency before the main verb. However, we put them after the verb be. We never go to bed early on Fridays. Lucy is usually late for school. Places in a city bookshop car park gym hairdresser’s hospital museum police station school shopping centre stadium Directions behind between go past go straight ahead next to turn left turn right walk across 68 Unit 3 Language reference Richmond
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