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Saying what exists
- Use there is / there are to say something exists in a place.
- There is a park near my house.
- Outcome: say what is present using the written agreement pattern, without changing the amount. Start with a/an and plurals. Starting check: some water is not a plural count noun; use There is some water.
There is a cat on the chair. There are three cats. The chair is full.
there is / there are
- In writing, use There is with one thing or an uncountable amount: There is a cat. There is some water.
- There are + a plural noun: There are two cats.
- Short form: There's a problem. In conversation, There's two problems is also common. For the writing pattern here, use There are two problems.
There is or There are?
In these written examples, there is goes with one thing or some water; there are goes with plural things. There’s + plural also occurs in casual speech.
Choose: There ___ a cat on the sofa.
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One cat (singular) → there is.
Use the present written there-are pattern: There ___ three books on the desk.
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Three books (plural) → there are.
Translate into English: 桌上有三本书。
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Plural → there are: “There are three books on the table.”
Negatives
- There isn't + singular: There isn't a bank here.
- There aren't + plural: There aren't any shops.
- Negatives often use any: There isn't any water.
Is this a correct negative? “There isn't any milk.”
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There isn’t any milk is a natural negative with milk as an uncountable amount. Any is common here, not compulsory in every negative; There is no milk is another natural message.
Questions
- Put is / are before there: Is there a bank? Are there any eggs?
- Short answers: Yes, there is. / No, there aren't.
Common mistakes
- Say There are many people here. Here has many people does not fit this pattern. You can also say The room has two windows; have is useful in other sentence patterns.
- In writing, use There are two cats. You may hear There's two cats in casual speech; here we practise the written are pattern.
- For milk as a drink amount, use There is some milk. You can count containers: There are two bottles of milk. In a café, two milks can mean two servings. Here the number counts servings, not an amount of loose milk.
Match these forms to the written present there-is/are models.
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These models use present there is/are. The room has two windows and There have been changes are also grammatical, but use different patterns. You may hear there’s with plurals in casual speech; use are for these written models.
In writing, describe water as an amount, not as bottles or servings. Which sentence fits?
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Some water is an uncountable amount in this context, so use There is some water. Two bottles of water counts containers, and two waters can refer to servings in a suitable ordering context; neither is the supplied message here.
- For these written examples, There is + singular/uncountable; There are + plural. Do not change an amount into a number of bottles unless the facts say so.
- Negative: there isn't / there aren't (often with any).
- Question: is / are before there. Later recall: describe one new room object and two objects, then ask a question. Continue with have got to compare existence and possession. The guided checks here are not a proficiency test.
Usage guidance checked 2026-10-20: Cambridge, there is/there are. Local source checks; independent language, answer and learner review pending.
Describe your room in one written sentence. Practise there is with a singular/uncountable use or there are with a plural.
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Example: “There is a bed and there are two chairs.”