6.

1 there is/there are

1 We use there is/there are to talk about things that exist or don’t exist
somewhere.
Singular Plural

Positive There’s a park. There are cafés.

(There is a park.)
Negative There isn’t a cinema. There aren’t any banks.
(There is not a cinema.) (There are not any banks.)

2 We do not use contractions in plural positive sentences. NOT There’re some

buses.

3 We use any before plural nouns in negative sentences.

4 If the first thing on the list of nouns is a singular noun, we use the singular
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There is a gym and three cafés. BUT There are three cafés and a gym.
 6.1 there is/there are

1 Choose the correct word.

1 There is/are lots of good restaurants in the city.

2 There is/are a café by the park.

3 There isn’t/aren’t a swimming pool at my university.

4 There ’re/are three shops on my street.

5 There aren’t the/any shops in my village.

6 There ’s/aren’t any museums I like in our town.

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