THERE IS / THERE THERE IS / THERE AREARE

A / AN, SOME, A / AN, SOME, ANYANY

En inglés, existen dos En inglés, existen dos formas de expresar el formas de expresar el verbo verbo haberhaber ( (hayhay).).

affirmativeaffirmative negativenegative interrogatiinterrogativeve

short short answersanswers

Singular / Singular / uncountabluncountabl

ee

there isthere is there there isn’tisn’t

Is Is there…there…

??

Yes, Yes, there is.there is.

No, No, there there isn’t.isn’t.

pluralplural there there areare

there there aren’taren’t

Are Are there…there…

??

Yes, Yes, there there are.are.

No, No, there there aren’t.aren’t.

There is There is + sustantivo + sustantivo contable encontable en singular singular y + sustantivo y + sustantivo incontableincontable

• There isThere is a man. a man.• HayHay un hombre. un hombre.• There isn’tThere isn’t any any

water.water.• No hayNo hay agua. agua.

There are There are + + sustantivo pluralsustantivo plural

• There areThere are some some dogs.dogs.

• HayHay algunos perros. algunos perros.

AA = = un, unaun, una

AnAn = = un, unaun, una

A A + sustantivo+ sustantivo singular singular en oraciones en oraciones afirmativas, negativas afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas e interrogativas cuando el sustantivo cuando el sustantivo comienza por comienza por consonanteconsonante

• There is There is aa car. car.

• Hay Hay unun coche. coche.

AN AN + sustantivo singular + sustantivo singular en oraciones en oraciones afirmativas, negativas afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas e interrogativas cuando el sustantivo cuando el sustantivo comienza por vocalcomienza por vocal

• There is There is anan elephant. elephant.

• Hay Hay unun elefante. elefante.

somesome = = unos / -as, algunos / -unos / -as, algunos / -asas

anyany = = unos / -as, algunos / -asunos / -as, algunos / -as

ningunos / -asningunos / -as

SOMESOME+ sustantivos en + sustantivos en plural en oraciones plural en oraciones afirmativasafirmativas

• There are There are somesome cats. cats.

• Hay Hay algunosalgunos gatos. gatos.

• There are There are somesome books. books.

• Hay Hay algunosalgunos libros. libros.

ANY ANY + sustantivos en + sustantivos en plural en oraciones plural en oraciones negativas e negativas e interrogativas interrogativas

• There aren’t There aren’t anyany pets. pets.

• No hay No hay ningunaninguna mascota. mascota.

• Are there Are there anyany girls? girls?

• ¿Hay alguna chica?¿Hay alguna chica?

THE DEEP THE DEEP OCEANOCEAN

Imagine:Imagine:

You’re on a boat in the middle of the You’re on a boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Pacific Ocean.

It’s hot and sunny.It’s hot and sunny. There isn’t a There isn’t a cloud cloud in the sky.in the sky.

You go down into the water in a special You go down into the water in a special submarine.submarine.

At 10 metres underwater, it’s warm.At 10 metres underwater, it’s warm.

There are some There are some plants andplants and some some fish.fish.

At 1000 metres underwater, it’s cold At 1000 metres underwater, it’s cold and dark.and dark.

At 2000 metres underwater, you’re on At 2000 metres underwater, you’re on the ocean floor. It’s very, very cold. the ocean floor. It’s very, very cold.

There aren’t any There aren’t any plants. But – plants. But – incredibly –incredibly – there are some there are some animals animals

here.here.

There are someThere are some holes in the floor of holes in the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Very hot water the Pacific Ocean. Very hot water

(400ºC) comes out of the holes, and (400ºC) comes out of the holes, and some some amazing animals live there.amazing animals live there.

There’s a There’s a special type of worm and special type of worm and there are some there are some snails, too.snails, too.

Sometimes, the worms are three Sometimes, the worms are three metres long. The snails haven’t got metres long. The snails haven’t got

any any eyes, but they’ve got hair!eyes, but they’ve got hair!

Are there anyAre there any plants at 10 metres plants at 10 metres underwater?underwater?

Yes, Yes, there arethere are..

Are there any Are there any fish at 10 metres fish at 10 metres underwater?underwater?

Yes, Yes, there arethere are..

Are there any Are there any plants on the ocean plants on the ocean floor?floor?

No, No, there aren’tthere aren’t..

Are there any Are there any animals on the ocean animals on the ocean floor?floor?

Yes, Yes, there arethere are..

Is there a Is there a special type of worm on the special type of worm on the ocean floor?ocean floor?

Yes, Yes, there isthere is..

Are there any Are there any dolphins on the ocean dolphins on the ocean floor?floor?

No, No, there aren’tthere aren’t..

There is a There is a worm.worm.

There are some There are some holes.holes.

There is a There is a submarine on the ocean submarine on the ocean floor.floor.

There is a There is a special kind of snail.special kind of snail.

There are some There are some plants at 10 metres plants at 10 metres underwater.underwater.

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