There is / there are - cours

There is / there are - cours

Savoir utiliser : « There is/There are »

There is/there are  exprime la présence ou l'absence de quelqu'un ou de quelque chose .

There is + singulier. à Ex: There is a little bird.

There are + pluriel. à Ex: There are two bad boys.

Cette construction existe à tous les temps :

Il suffit de mettre « be » au temps qui convient.

There is a dog

There was a cat

There has been a horse

There will be a lion

There would be a fish

  There peut être  suivi d'un auxiliaire modal + « be »

Ex. : There must be a solution. 

  There est suivi de « be » au singulier si le premier mot de la suite énumérée est singulier.

Ex. : There is a boy, a girl, two babies and a dog in my garden.

  There est suivi de « be » au pluriel si le premier mot de la suite énumérée est au pluriel.

Ex. : There are two babies, a boy, a girl and a dog in my garden. 

 Lorsque There is/There are   est suivi d'un nom + un verbe, celui-ci est à la forme Base verbale + –ing.

Ex. : There was a clown looking at me. 

Exercise: choose the right verb .

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Exercice d'anglais 'There is / there are - cours' créé le 07-07-2006 par lucile83 avec Le générateur de tests - créez votre propre test!
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