Verbo “There to be”

(Existir) (tecle enter)

FÓRMULAS

• THERE + to be

• to be – singular ou plural, no tempo necessário

Singularpresente passado

There isThere’s

There was

There is notThere isn’t

There was notThere wasn’t

Is there ? Was there ?

Plural presente passado

There areThere’re

There were

There are notThere aren’t

There were notThere weren’t

Are there ? Were there ?

Singular

• There’s a train at 10:30.

• There is a lot of salt in this soup.

• There’s some in my bag.

Plural

• How many players are there in a soccer team?

• There are eleven.

• Are there any letters for me today?

O verbo to be (is/are – no presente; ou was/were - no

passado) deve concordar com a “quantidade”, ou seja, se o

substantivo estiver no singular ou no plural, se a frase está no tempo presente ou passado.

indians – in 1500

There were indians in Brazil in 1500.

people – in Brique da Redenção – on Sundays

There are a lot of people in Brique da Redenção on Sundays.

water - nowadays

How much water is there in the ocean nowadays?

sugar – in colonial epoch

Do you know that there was sugar in the colonial epoch?

Compare os exemplos

There is/was an orange. There are/were oranges.