ESL presentation. It is addressed to secondary school students of an elementary level.

1. THE EXPRESSION OF QUANTITY THERE IS – THERE ARE SOME vs. ANY

2. AFFIRMATIVE FORM THERE IS + SINGULAR NOUN There is a boy THERE ARE + PLURAL NOUN There are three boys There is + a / an + countable noun some + uncountable noun There is a car There is some water

5. NEGATIVE FORM THERE IS NOT THERE ISN’T + SINGULAR NOUN THERE ARE NOT THERE AREN’T + PLURAL NOUN There isn’t a boy There aren’t two boys

6. There isn’t + a / an + countable singular noun any + uncountable noun much + uncountable noun There isn’t a pencil There isn’t any milk There isn’t much money

8. INTERROGATIVE FORM IS THERE + SINGULAR NOUN ... + ? Is there a girl? ARE THERE + PLURAL NOUN ... + ? Are there two boys? Short answers Yes, there is Yes, there are No, there isn’t No, there aren’t Yes, there is No, there aren’t

9. Is there + a / an + countable singular noun any + uncountable noun much + uncountable noun Is there a banana ? Is there any food on the dish? Is there much money? ... ? Yes, there is Yes, there is No, there isn’t