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unit 7 Shopping
Grammar
There are many eggs in the basket.
There is a pear in the basket.
“There is /are +某物/某人+某地”
Know to there be
Know to there be
“There be ” is used to convey a message that the existence of one or more than one objects or people in some places.
“There be+某人/某物+某地/ 某时”
There is a leading word, which has no meaning, and be is a predicate verb; Someone/something is the subject of the sentence; Sometime/place is the adverbial of the sentence, mostly is a prepositional phrase.
There are many eggs in the basket.
There is a pear in the basket.
Know to there be
The determination of the “be”
1. In there be structure, the predicate verb should be consistent with the subject in terms of person and number.
(1). When the subject is an uncountable/singular countable noun, we will use “is”.
(2). When the subject is plural, we will use “are”.
1.There ( ) a book and some pens on the table.
2.There ( ) some pens and a book on the table.
There be is shortsighted,follows the principle of proximity
若句子中有几个并列的主语时, be动词的单复数形式要跟与其离得最近的主语在人称和数上保持一致。
is
are
The determination of the “be”
Practice
1.There ( A ) some milk on the table.
不可数名词
A. is B . are
A. is B . are
1.There ( ) some milk on the table.
A
Practice
2.There ( ) a pear on the table.
2.There ( A ) a pear on the table.
可数名词
A. is B . are
A. is B . are
A
Practice
3.There ( ) a lot of apples on the table.
3.There ( B ) a lot of apples on the table.
名词复数
A. is B . are
A. is B . are
B
Negative forms
1.There is a pear in the basket.
There is not a pear in the basket.
2.There are some eggs in the basket.
There are not any eggs in the basket.
规则:be 动词后加not , some change into any.
(在口语中be时常与not缩写在一起)