There is, There are

The expression 'There is/There are' is very common in English. It simply shows that something is somewhere. It's always followed by a subject in an affirmative sentence:
There is/'s a book on the table.
There are five pencils on the table.

You make questions by inversion (Is there/Are there...?):
Is there a pencil on the table?
Are there two books on the table?
How many desks are there in the classroom?

Use NOT after the expression to make negative sentences:
There is not/isn't a pencil on the table.
There are not/aren't two books on the table.

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Izraz "There is/There are" (ima, nalazi se) čest je u engleskom jeziku. Pokazuje da se nešto nalazi negde, da postoji. Uvek se nalazi ispred subjekta u potvrdnim rečenicama:
Knjiga je na stolu.
Na stolu se nalazi pet olovaka.

Upitne rečenice nastaju inverzijom - zamenom mesta:
Ima li olovke na stolu?
Da li su na stolu dve knjige?
Koliko ima klupa u učionici?

Odrični oblik se gradi dodavanjem rečce NOT posle izraza:
Nema olovke na stolu.
Nisu dve knjige na stolu.

Make sentences with There is a or There are some:

book, bag, boys, girls, pen, pictures, maps, pencils, sponge, desks, ruler, windows ... on the desk / in the classroom.

Draw a house and
a tree on the right of the house,
a car in front of the house,
a dog beside the tree,
a man under the car,
a door between the windows.

Write a description of your drawing.

Draw a mountain and
a mountain on the left of it,
a river between the two mountains,
a hotel at the bottom of one mountain,
the sun behind one mountain,
a boat on the river,
a man on top of each mountain.
Write a description of your drawing.

Read or listen to a text. Then, answer the questions:
In my bag there's an old book. There are two old maps in the book. In my bag there's a big blue hat and there's a blue and yellow coat, too. There are four long green snakes in the bag and there's a happy parrot on my shoulder.
1 Is there a new book in the bag?
2 Are there two old maps in the book?
3 Is there a dress in the bag?
4 Is there a  coat in the bag?
5 Is there a parrot in the hat?

Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
1 There are nine cats in their house.
2 There's a box on the table.
3 There's a boy and a dog in the park.
4 There are ten aeroplanes at the airport.
5 There's a bus in front of the house.

Look at the picture for 3 minutes and try to remember as many details as you can. Then, cover the picture and answer the questions:
1 How many animals are there?
2 What is there under the sun?
3 What is there in the field?
4 What is there on the right of the cloud?
5 What is there on the left of the hill?

Play a chain game. One student says what's there in the classroom, another repeats the sentence and adds something else, and so on:
A: There's a board in the classroom.
B: There's a board and a sponge in the classroom.
C: There's a board, a sponge and a door in the classroom.

Draw your desk with some things on it. Find out if your partner can guess everything:
A: Is there a pencil on your desk?
B: Yes, there is.
A: How many pencils are there?
B: There are three long pencils.
A: What colour are they?
B: They are green.
A: Are there books on your desk?
B: Yes, there are.
A: Are they open or closed?
B: they're open.

Talk about you town, house or park. Use 'There is/There are'.
E.g. There's a park in my town. There are flowers in the park. There are swings and paths in the park...

Play a game called What is there in my bag today? Teams have to find out what there is in the bag. They get a point for each right answer.
A: There's an apple in your bag.
B: Yes, there's an apple in my bag. What colour is it?
A: It's red.
B: No, it isn't Guess again.
A: it's green.
B: That's right.