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Use ‘There’ to Talk About Things in a Place

17 November 2014 by Marc

There are some helpful tips...

This post is for beginners to use ‘there’ to talk about things in places.

You can say “In my room I have a desk, a bed and a bookshelf.” but it isn’t always the most natural way to say it. Instead it’s more natural to say:

There is a desk, a bed and a bookshelf in my room.

Sentences

Just remember ‘is’ for one thing and things you can’t count, and ‘a/an’ or ‘the’ if you can count it; ‘are’ is for more than one of the same thing.

There is a football stadium in Sunderland.

There is Wi-Fi in the cafe.

There is no ice rink in the city.

There are lots of restaurants in Tokyo.

There are no pandas at the zoo.

Questions

Is there a cafe in the shopping centre?

Are there any cinemas in your town?

How many pubs are there in Sunderland?

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