ADJECTIVES - WORD ORDER

THERE IS - THERE ARE 10/15/2014  0 COMMENTS We use there is and there are to say that something exists. Positive Sentences We use there is for singular and there are for plural. There is one table in the classroom. There are three chairs in the classroom. There is a spider in the bath. There are many people at the bus stop. Contractions The contraction of there is is there's. There's a good song on the radio. There's only one chocolate left in the box. You cannot contract there are. There are nine cats on the roof. There are only five weeks until Christmas. Negative Form The negative is formed by putting not after is or are: There is not a horse in the field. There are not eight children in the school. There is not a tree in the garden. There are not two elephants in the zoo. The Negative contractions are: There's not = There isn't There are not = There aren't There Are with ANY When we want to indicate that a zero quantity of something exists we use there aren't any. There aren't any people at the party. There aren't any trees in my street. We also use this structure with uncountable nouns: There isn't any water in the swimming pool. There isn't any sugar in my coffee. Questions To form a question we place is / are in front of there. Again we use any with plural questions or those which use uncountable nouns. We also use there is / are in short answers. Is there a dog in the supermarket? - No, there isn't. Are there any dogs in the park? - Yes, there are. Is there a security guard in the shop? - Yes, there is. Are there any polar bears in Antarctica? - No, there aren't. Is there any ice-cream in the freezer? - Yes, there is. How Many with Are There If we want to find out the number of objects that exist we use How many in the following form: How many + plural noun + are there (+ complement). How many dogs are there in the park? How many students are there in your class? How many countries are there in South America? How many Star Wars films are there? 0 Comments   ADJECTIVES - WORD ORDER 10/15/2014  0 COMMENTS An adjective is a word that describes something (a noun) or someone (a person). Adjectives sometimes appear after the verb To Be He is short. She is tall. Adjectives sometimes appear before a noun. Red car Old hat BUT… Sometimes you want to use more than one adjective to describe something (or someone). What happens if a hat is both old AND ugly? Do we say… an ugly old hat OR an old ugly hat? An ugly old hat is correct because a certain order for adjectives is expected (Note, you may hear the other version old ugly hat, though it doesn’t sound natural)