There is – There are

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NAME: Brayan Stiven Reynozo Vergara PROGRAM: Tecnico en construccion. DATE: 08/04/2917

A) Complete the following sentences with there is / there are in the affirmative.
My name is Annie and I live in a very big house. There are twenty-three rooms in my house, but there
is only twelve bedrooms. I live in one of the rooms on the third floor. In my room, there is a huge bed
and there are nine windows. My bedroom isn’t small. On my bed there are lots of pillows, and there
is my cat, Fluffy. In my closet
There are many toys, and there are also many clothes. I don’t have a bathroom in my bedroom, but
there is a bathroom next to my room. Also in my house there is two kitchens, a big dining room and
three living rooms. The house is really big!

B) Complete the following sentences with there isn’t / there aren’t.

Be careful with countable and uncountable nouns!
1. There isn`t a flight from here to London.
2. There aren’t any movies that I want to see in the cinema.
3. I’m very hungry, but there isn’t any food in the refrigerator.
4. We want to go to the concert, but there aren´t any tickets.
5. There isn’t any money in my bank account so I can’t pay the bills.
6. There isn’t seventy minutes in an hour.
7. In my neighborhood, there aren´t any children.
8. Henry can’t bake a cake because there isn’t any sugar in the cupboard.
9. It’s sunny today and there isn’t a cloud in the sky.
10. I’m sorry, there aren’t any letters for you today.
C) Describe your neighborhood: What is there in your neighborhood? What doesn’t exist?
There is a church, there is a police station, there is a park, there is a supermarket, there are some
house.
There isn’t a drugstore, there aren`t any stationery.

D) Create sent ences using there is / there are and the following words: (You can change the words
to their plural form if necessary)
1. Key There are some key in the cell phone
2. Tree There are some trees in the neighborhood
3. Music There is a music in the park
4. Book There is a book in the house
5. Floor There isn`t a floor in the yard
6. Food There is a food in the restaurant
7. Minute There aren`t any minutes in the store
8. Star There are some star in the heaven
9. Restaurant There is a restaurant in the sena
10. Coffee There is a coffee in the kitchen

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