Teacher Camila Rodriguez

English

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What's the difference

between singular andd
plural nouns?
 Singular nouns
We use singular nouns to refer to ONE thing (person, place,
object, etc.). We use the word a/an before a singular noun:

a phone, a cinema, an apple, a teacher

Rule:
Use "a" + consonant a bank, a restaurant, a computer...
Use "an" + vowel an actor, an orange, an umbrella...
 Plural nouns
We use plural nouns to refer to TWO OR MORE things
(people, places, objects, etc.). We can use numbers to
specify the quantity:

phones, two cinemas, four apples, three teachers

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Affirmative sentences + singular nouns
Structure:
There is + singular noun + (extra info)
Example:
There is a bank in my town.
(Spanish: Hay un banco en mi pueblo.)
Affirmative sentences + plural nouns
Structure:
There are + plural noun + (extra info)
Example:
There are two cinemas in my city.
(Spanish: Hay dos cines en mi ciudad.)
 Negative sentences
singular plural
Structure: Structure:
There is + not + singular noun + (extra info) There are + not + plural noun + (extra info)

Examples: Examples:
There is not a bank in my town. There are not two cinemas in my city.
There isn't a bank in my town. There aren't two cinemas in my city.
(Spanish: No hay un banco en mi pueblo.) (Spanish: No hay dos cines en mi ciudad.)
Look at these examples:

There's a bookshop in my town.

There's = There is
There aren't any shops in my neighborhood.
There aren't = There are not
/a:nt/
There aren't any cinemas in my neighborhood.
any = zero (0)
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We use the word "any" in plural negative

sentences to say "zero":
There aren't any supermarkets here.
(=No hay ningun supermercado aqui)

We use the word "any" in plural

interrogative sentences to ask if there is at
least one:

Are there any supermarkets here?

(=Hay algun supermercado aqui?)
 Quantifiers
In plural sentences (there are...), we can use these words when we don't
remember the specific quantity of something:
a lot of (=un monton de)
several (=varios)
some (=algunos)
a few (=unos pocos)

For example: There are a lot of restaurants in my town.

There are a few supermarkets in my town.
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Put the nouns (singular and plural) in the correct place:
a cinema - two phones - a bookshop - a person- three banks -
a hotel - some cafés - a lot of computers - a pizza restaurant - a few bus
stations - one key - a book - some people - a lot of teachers -
a market - a pharmacy - some hospitals - a school - a supermarket

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Make sentences:

a. There's a supermarket.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.
Make sentences. Use quantifiers (a lot of, several, some, a few) when possible:

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.
Complete with there is and there are:

a. ____________ a park in my city.

b. ____________ two cinemas in my town.
c. ____________ a hotel in my town.
d. ____________ three bookshops here.
e. ____________ a lot of cafes around here.
f. _____________ a market over there.
g. _____________ several restaurants in my city.
h. _____________ a few flats around here.
i. _____________ one train station near here.
j. _____________ an airport near my house.
k. ____________ a bus station in my town.
l. _____________ a lot of bookshops.
 KEY (ANSWERS)
There is + a cinema/a bookshop/a person/a hotel/a a. There's / There is
pizza restaurant/one key/a book/a market/a b. There are
pharmacy/a school/ a supermarket. c. There's / There is
d. There are
There are + two phones/three banks/ some cafés/ a lot e.There are
of computers/ a few bus stations/ some people/ a lot of f.There's / There is
teachers/ some hospitals. g.There are
h.There' are
i.There's / There is
j.There's / There is
There are three cinemas. / There are four banks. / k.There's / There is
There's a restaurant. / There are three parks. / There's a l. There are
market.

- There are some/a few phones.

- There are several/a lot of computers.
-There are several houses.
-There are a lot of people.
-There are several umbrellas.
-There are several/a lot of cars.