Lesson 32: There is a beautiful

place.
There is – There are
Objetivo: utilizar las estructuras there is – there are, para preguntar y responder
sobre cantidades.
 Formas “There is – There are”
•En inglés, “hay” se dice con dos palabras= “there + verbo TO BE” conjugado.
“There is” se emplea cuando hablamos de
nombres en singular y there are cuando
HAY
hablamos de nombres en plural.
Ejemplo:
•Hay un niño.
there is there are There is a boy.
•Hay un balón.
There is a ball.
•Hay tres mujeres.
singular plural There are three women.
•Hay dos bolsos.
There are two bags.
 Ejemplos
There are 12 healing herbs in my garden.

There is A wheelbarrow inside the garden shed.

There is a bench in the middle of her garden.

There are 5 Different varieties of flowers in his garden.

There are different reasons to join the gardening club.

There is a strong fence around their garden.

There are bees, butterflies and humming birds in a flower garden.

There are 5 fertilizer brands in that store.

There is a shovel in my backyard.

 Let’s practice
Observe las imágenes y complete las siguientes oraciones con “There is” o “there are” según corresponda.

1.___________students in 2. ___________a lawyer in the office. 3. ___________a cat in the car.

the classroom.

4. ___________colors in the basket 5. ___________a dog next to the girl 6. ___________animals in the jungle.
and ___________a ruler too. and _______ sushi on the plate. _________a lion and _________a gorilla.
 Let’s practice
Observe las imágenes y complete las siguientes oraciones con “There is” o “there are” según corresponda.

1.___There are __ students in 2. __There is __a lawyer in the office. 3. __There is ___ a cat in the car.
the classroom.

4. __There are __ colors in the basket 5. ___There is ___a dog next to the girl 6. __ There are __ animals in the jungle.
and __there is __ a ruler too. and __There is __ sushi on the plate. _There is __a lion and _there is _a gorilla.
 Pasado y futuro
•Estas expresiones también se pueden utilizar en pasado y futuro, lo cual es muy sencillo
porque sólo cambiamos la conjugación al verbo To Be.

En el pasado:
HABÍA there was = para singular
(hubo) There were = para el plural

Ejemplo:
THERE THERE Había un niño en el parque
WAS WERE There was a boy in the park.
(Usamos there was porque es singular)

Ejemplo:
singular plural Había tres mujeres hermosas
There were three beautiful women.
(Usamos there were porque es plural)
 Ejemplos - There was – there were - Pasado

There were gardening gloves in your house yesterday.

There was a watering can at home last week.

There was a flower bed here before.
There were 4 new flowerpots outside yesterday afternoon.

There was a lawn mower at the farm.

There was a sharp axe on the floor this morning.

There were 3 bags of seeds in the car yesterday morning.

There was a recycling bin out to be emptied last night.

There was a green garden by the shed last week.

hose
 There will be - futuro
•En el futuro, se emplea la misma estructura para singular y plural, entonces es muy fácil, ya
que el verbo To be en futuro es «WILL BE», es decir, la estructura es: THERE WILL BE (habrá)

HABRÁ Ejemplo:

•Habrá una fiesta.

THERE WILL BE There will be a party.
•Habrá dos payasos.
There will be two clowns.
Singular y plural
•Habrá un buen show.
There will be a good show.
 Ejemplos - There will be - futuro

There will be a gardening workshop next month.

There will be emphasis on flower varieties.

There will be examples of good gardening practices.
There will be speakers from all over the world.

There will be different kind of seminars this year.

There will be new techniques and ideas on domestic gardening.

There will be miniature gardening experts from Japan.

There will be a botanical garden workshop in september.

There will be a wonderful seminar on vegetable gardens next year.

 “There is – there are - Negación
•En presente y en pasado, la forma negativa se realiza agregando la palabra
NOT después del verbo «to be»

•No hay un pastel, hay tres. There is not a cake, there are three.
•No hay dos pasteles. There are not two cakes.

•No había una mesera, había cinco. There was not a waitress, there were five.
•No había dos meseras. There were not two waitresses.

•En futuro, la forma negativa se realiza agregando la palabra NOT después del auxiliar
«Will»

•No habrá un florero, habrá seis. There will not be a flower vase, there will be six.
•No habrá tres floreros. There will not be three flower vases.
 Ejemplos - “There is – there are - Negación
There is not a gardener around.

There are not plant pots available.

There was not a garden trowel on the table.
There were not speakers at the openning.

There will not be interruptions in the class.

There isn’t one ugly flower in the Italian garden exhibition.

There aren’t exhibition stands on the street this year.

There wasn’t a pink daisy in the flower vase yesterday.

There weren’t a lot of empty seats in the last conference.

There won’t be information on roof gardens in the seminar.

 Let’s practice

1. Lea el siguiente texto:

In my town, there are a lot of places you can visit. There are expensive restaurants. I love to eat out with
my friends. There is a local cinema. I go there every time I can. There are two drugstores and there is one
hospital. There is a pet shop, and there is an amusement park. It gets very crowded on weekends. There is
a police station, and soon there will be a fire station. Near the bank, there was a museum before. But no
anymore because there will be an art gallery, they are building it.

2. Marque falso (false) o verdadero (true) en las siguientes oraciones

True False
1. In my town, there are a lot of places to visit.
2. There is a sport store.
3. There are four drugstores.
4. There was a pet shop before.
5. There will be a police station.
6. There is a museum near the bank.
 Let’s practice

1. Lea el siguiente texto:

In my town, there are a lot of places you can visit. There are expensive restaurants. I love to eat out with
my friends. There is a local cinema. I go there every time I can. There are two drugstores and there is one
hospital. There is a pet shop, and there is an amusement park. It gets very crowded on weekends. There is
a police station, and soon there will be a fire station. Near the bank, there was a museum before. But no
anymore because there will be an art gallery, they are building it.

2. Marque falso (false) o verdadero (true) en las siguientes oraciones

True False
1. In my town, there are a lot of places to visit. √
2. There is a sport store. √
3. There are four drugstores. √
4. There was a pet shop before. √
5. There will be a police station. √
6. There is a museum near the bank. √
 English is easy
You can do it!
Autor de la metodología: Francisco González Cifuentes
Supervisión académica: Mayra Teresa Hurtado Mendoza
Diseño y adaptación: Cristian Alfonso Duarte Rivera
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