tailieunhanh - Ebook Oxford living grammar elementary: Part 2

Following the contents of the first book living Oxford elementary grammar, part 2 introduces to readers of English grammar lesson from post 21. Last book also gives readers the answers and the review exercises from sesame. Invite you to refer to the disclosures. | There is there ore this that these and those There is there ore 1 Look at these examples There s a cash machine at the supermarket. There aren t many people here. Are there any Brazilian students in your class 2 There is are if the noun after there is singular or uncountable we use the singular form of be There s a good film at the cinema. There isn t any sugar left I m afraid. If the noun is plural we usually use the plural form of be There are two pizzas in the fridge. There aren t any shops open now. 3 To make questions we put be before there Is there a supermarket near here and we use was were after there to talk about the past There weren t any tickets left. 4 We often use these words after there be a an any some much many a lotof lotsof two three hundreds etc. There s a cat under the car. There wasn t any science homework last week. There were three hundred people at their wedding. We sometimes use there be with a problem There s a problem at work. I may be late home. Grammar in action i We use there be to talk about where things or people are. We might talk about our town There are a lot of police in the town centre today. There s a new cinema outside town. Is there a car park near the High Street â We use there be to talk about when things happen. Here we re making plans There s a good play at the theatre next week. Or there are one or two new films at the cinema. OK. And is there a market on Sunday We use there be to talk about numbers. We might talk about parties There were a lot of guests at the party but there weren t any famous people. There are two parties tonight. Which one shall we go to 4 We often use there be to talk about which items we have at home. Here we re talking about food and drink Is there any butter left There are some biscuits in the cupboard. And we use there be to talk about the types of food that are in a meal Don t worry. There isn t any meat in the pasta. Is there any sugar in the coffee A Where things are and when things happen A