There is / There are and It
There is / There are and It
As you watch the video, look at the examples of there is, there are and it. They are in red in the subtitles. Then read the conversation below to learn more. Finally, do the grammar exercises to check you understand, and can use, there is, there are and it correctly.
We often use there + to be and It…as a subject but they do not refer to any object. There is / are is used to introduce a topic, or say that something exists. It … is often used for the weather, time and distance.
Can I have some examples of there is / there are, please?
There's so much happening.
Is there anything much going on at the moment?
There are two new students in our class.
There aren't any good football matches on TV this week.
What about other tenses? Is there is / there are only used in the present?
No, you can change the tense.
There were fire-breathing dragons in the streets.
Were there any accidents?
I think there'll be loads of people at the festival.
There haven't been many entries for the competition.
Have a look at these sentences. The topic is introduced with there is / are, then it and they refer back to something already mentioned.
There's a good film on channel 2. It starts at 10 o'clock. (It = the film)
There are two new students in our class. They're from Brazil. (They = the students)
No, you can't.
Yes. We use it for talking about the weather, time, distance and days and dates.
It's warm and sunny
What time is it? > It's only 6 o'clock
How far is it to the shopping centre? > It's three km to my house from here. It's a long way to walk.
It's Saturday tomorrow, great!
What's the date? It's November 18th.
Yes, and there's more. We also use it + to be + adjective + infinitive clauses. In these sentences it refers forwards to the infinitive clause.
It's nice to meet you.
It's hard to hear anything with this noise.
Was it easy to understand him?
It'll be difficult to find the venue without a map.
That's a good it expression!
Yes, it really is time to stop now! Bye!
Comments
:D
so easy :D
This year my country has the hundred years of independence.We are going to celebrate it.
There aren't any unusual local celebrations where I live.
In my city, we celebrate 'Carnaval de Barranquilla'. It's a funny and amazing party.
Yes, there are. In my country we celebrate "La Purisima". It´s a catholic celebration, dedicated to the Virgin.
I live in Crimea, Ukraine. My native town is Evpatorya.Here we havegiant show and live sculpture show.It's interesting to see them peforming!
I live in Iran and I can't see your movies. Could you please email the grammar videos for me? I really need them and I can't use them, please do it for me.
Hi catherin,
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Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
In my country Korea. There was nothing so special.
It was just like the year before.
Seems very basic but still we really have to know the underlying meaning/usage of each words so that we can use it right.
Jane
There aren't any unusual local celebrations where I live.
are Saints days it celebration from different cities in my country i think that is a local celebration
there aren't any unsual local celebration in my country
I dont now but i think that in my country haven't any local celebration
yes there are