There is/There are

There’s a small bedroom downstairs

Affirmative
There’s a big kitchen
There is - There isn’t a big room
Negative
Singular nouns There isn’t a laundry room
Yes/ questions Is there a balcony?
BE CAREFUL!
Short answers Yes, there is/No, there isn’t
There is = There’s
There are three large bedrooms
Affirmative There are ≠ There’re
There are a lot of Windows
There are - There aren’t elevators
Negative
Plural nouns There aren’t many closets
Yes/ questions Are there large closets?
Short answers Yes,there are/No, there aren’t

NOTE: If in a sentence you have both singular and plural nouns, the verb has to agree with the
noun that is closest.

There’s a large closet and two windows

Verb is + Singular noun

There are two windows and a large closet

Verb are + Plural noun

How many = Questions about quantity

Note: Use plural nouns with How many

How many plural noun sentence ?

How many bathrooms are there? There are two

Plural noun

How many bedrooms does your house have? It has three bedrooms
Plural noun