WORKSHOP ENGLISH I
Name: ____________________________________ Date: ___________________
There is / there are.
El there is/ there are en español significa HAY,
There is, se usa para hablar sobre la existencia de sólo una cosa en singular
ex: there is a teacher in the classroom . En este ejemplo el articulo a (un/una) es el que nos
da la idea del sustantivo en singular, ademas del sustativo en sí teacher que no lleva s, por lo
tanto es sólo un/una profesor (a).
There are, se usa para hablar sobre la existencia de dos o varias cosas en plural.
Ex: There are many students in the classroom. En este ejemplo podemos ver el many (varios)
como el cuantificador y nos da la idea del prular, además vemos el sustativo students con la s
que lo pluraliza convirtiendolo en estudiantes.
Exercises
1. Look for an image, cut and paste it here, you have to write 5 sentences with there is, and 5
sentences with there are according to the image.
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2. Complete the paragraph by using there is and there are.
In my town, ______________ a great weather, it is not very cold but neigther very hot; in the
mean square, ______________ always a lot of doves. _____________ aswell some interesting
places like museums, parks and churches, althoug __________ not many malls. On the
outskirts, _____________ a high mountaing and on its top ___________ a beautiful small
church. In my neighborhood, ____________ a lot of houses and each one of them has a big
garden, in the gardens _____________ very beautiful flowers of all the colors and
_____________ some elves for decorating.
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS.
COUNTABLE NOUNS: Los sustantivos contables son muy fácil de reconocer, son cosas que
podemos contar. Ex:
dog, cat, animal, man, person cup, plate, fork
bottle, box, litre table, chair, suitcase, bag
coin, note, dollar
Los sustantivos contables pueden estar tanto en singular como en plural.
My dog is playing.
My dogs are hungry.
Se puede usar los artículos indefinidos (a / an) con los sustantivos contables
(countable nouns). Cuando un sustantivo contable está en singular (sólo 1) se deben
usar artículos como: a/the/my/this. Ex:
I want an orange. (not I want orange.)
Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)
Cuando un sustantivo contable es plural, se puede usar solo sin artículo. Ex:
I like oranges.
Bottles can break.
Plural nouns rules (reglas para los sustantivos en plural).
Se debe tener en cuenta si el sustantivo es regular o irregular.
Regular plural nouns.
1. We add –S to a noun to form the
plural. But most have s.
a car – two cars a name – some Discos kilos photos pianos
names
Radios stereos studios zoos
2. After – S, -SH, -CH and –X We add –
es /IZ/ 4. When a noun ends in a consonant +
Glass- glasses dish – dishes -Y, the –Y changes to –ies.
Match – matches box- boxes Penny – pennies Story – stories
3. A few nouns ending in –o have –es. We do not change –y after a vowel.
Heroes potatoes tomatoes Day – day’s journey – journeys.
Irregular plural nouns.
NO CHANGE
SINGULAR PLURAL
deer deer
fish fish
means means
offspring offspring
series series
sheep sheep
species species
OO- EE
SINGULAR PLURAL
foot feet
goose geese
tooth teeth
"People" is countable. "People" is the plural of
"person". We can count people:
There is one person here.
There are three people here.
OUSE - ICE
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:Los sustantivos
incontables son sustancias, conceptos, etc. No se
pueden dividir en elementos separados, por lo
tanto no le pueden contar. Por ejemplo, no se
puede contar Milk (leche), se pueden contar
botellas de leche, cajas de leche litros de leche,
pero no se puede contar la leche como tal. Ex:
music, art, furniture,
love, luggage
happiness rice, sugar,
advice, butter, water
information, electricity, gas,
news power
money,
currency
Normalmente los sustantivos incontables se usan
en singular.
This news is very important.
Your luggage looks heavy.
No se usan articulos indefinidos con los
sustantivos incontables (a/an), no se puede decir
an information or a music, pero si se puede
decir a “something” of, ex:
a piece of news
a bottle of water
a grain of rice
Se puede usar some o any con sustantivos
incontables. Ex:
I have some money
Do you have any rice?
Here there are some uncountable nouns:
Gen brea econ
eral d omic
hom ice s
ewor crea physi
k m cs
lugga chee ethic
ge se s
clothi toast civics
ng pasta art
furnit spag archit
e
COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE c
Dollar/ peso Money t
Song Music u
r
Suitcase Luggage e
Table Furniture p
Battery Electricity h
Bottle Wine o
t
Report Information o
Tip Advice g
Journey Travel r
a
Job Work
view scenary
SINGULAR PLURAL
louse lice
mouse mice
